The revolver you pictured shows a "Colt's" .45 cartridge revolver that was not introduced until 1873, 11 years after Sam'l Colt's death. This was the latest model Colt revolver at the time of his death, the .36 cal muzzle loading 1862 Police model:
41 posted on 05/15/2011 8:09:31 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
(My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them)
