But it's a cartridge pistol, not percussion like during the War of Northern Agression. I saw a similar German pistol from the same period made to match their cavalry carbine
The .50 Remington Navy started out as a rimfire, with a 290gr bullet over 23gr of BP. In 1866 it became a Boxer primed centerfire round. It produced 234ft/lbs of energy. That is .38Special territory, but with a lot more mass, and probably very decent penetration.
This is chambered for the .50 Remington Army, which has a slight bottleneck and is mostly found with an internal benet primer. Also, I believe most Navy cartridges utilized either a Farrington or Martin centerfire primer by that period.
@@xthee_0nly_1x11 The only info I can find on that is a translation from Czech language: "”Cartridge for revolver breech pistols accepted 1871 as service US Army. Modification of the .50 Remington Navy CF cartridge. Tested with 1.6 g of black powder and a 19.5 g lead bullet, Vo 180 m/s, Eo 320 J. 1873 replaced by the .45 Colt cartridge, produced for the civilian sector until the beginning of the First World War. It was also produced in a variant with a mass projectile.” original text " "Náboj pro pistole s rotačním závěrem akceptovaný 1871 jako služební armádou USA. Modifikace náboje .50 Remington Navy CF. Laborován 1.6 g černého prachu a olověnou střelou 19.5 g, Vo 180 m/s, Eo 320 J . 1873 nahrazen nábojem .45 Colt, pro civilní sektor vyráběn do počátku I SV. Byl vyráběn i ve variantě s hromadnou střelou."
Hi guys. I’m not sure but, if I remember well, this single shot pistol used a metallic cartridge with experimental 3 round lead bullets. The general idea was to increase the chance of the ordinary trooper hit the enemy while riding a horse. Anyone correct me please if I’m wrong.
I would love to have an original in .50 cal. centerfire. Navy Arms came out with one years ago in .357 magnum that had major flaws so as to make it useless. Too bad they don't make one in the original .50 cal.
