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....<ref>[http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jfcooper.htm James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851)]</ref>

*[[Colt 1851 Navy Revolver|Colt 1851 Navy]] (US - Revolver 1851)

|founded= On or about August 22, 1851 (1851-08-22) ...ho patented the first successful [[trigger|double-action]] [[revolver]] in 1851. His revolvers were used during the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, the [[

|1837-1851

'''Thomas Plunket(t)''' (died in 1851 or 1852) was an Irish soldier in the [[United Kingdom|British]] 95th (Exper ...d as pedlars to support themselves, until Plunket's death at Colchester in 1851 or 1852. Several retired officers in the town heard about the death and re

|content= * [[1851]] &mdash; [[Robert Adams]] granted a British patent for his new revolver de

...51. This is referred to as the "First Contract", which was for 5,000 Model 1851 carbines - of which approximately 1,650 were produced by R&L in Windsor. In 1851 the "Second Contract" was made for 15,000 rifles and the [[Sharps Rifle Man

...igned for use in converted .36-caliber cap-and-ball (muzzleloading) [[Colt 1851 Navy Revolver| Navy revolvers]], which had cylindrical firing chambers of a

*[[Colt 1851 Navy Revolver]]

...:Tir.jpg|thumb|Firing of an 18-pound gun, Louis-Philippe Crepin, (1772 – 1851)]]

...er]], the smaller Dragoon Mod. 1848 of the same caliber .44, the Navy Mod. 1851 cal .36, the Pocket Mod. 1849 cal .31 and numerous other famous revolvers o *[[Colt 1851 Navy Revolver]]