replacing it with Colt’s New Army & Navy double-action revolver chambered in .38 Long Colt—a smokeless-powder cartridge with roughly half the striking energy of the .45 Colt. During the ...

36 caliber 1851 Navy Colt ... in one cartridge and was therefore much easier to reload. This meant that Jesse now needed only a pair of pistols for each robbery. Other companies sold revolvers ...