Remington’s investment paid off when, two years later, the U.S. Navy returned about 1,000 .36-cal. percussion revolvers for conversion to .38 Colt. The post-Civil War era saw the end of the cap ...

The guerrilla's principal weapon was the .36 caliber 1851 Navy Colt revolver. This gun was named for its inventor, Samuel Colt, a native of Hartford, Connecticut, who as a young man designed the ...