Ever heard of a 12 cylinder stops percussion 1860 Army ?

[Patbar]

I saw on another forum a photo of a percussion Colt 1860 Army Model with 12 cylinder stops. I looked up Flayderman's "Guide To Antique American Firearms" and Pate's big "The Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver", but Couldn't find any mention of this variation !

I only read that a very few number of this type of cylinders were tested on Richards conversions of this gun, but were immediatly abandoned because the added slots made the chamber wall way too thin.

So, I think the gun I saw is a fake, but perhaps am I wrong. Has anyone of you ever heard of this type of cylinder on a percussion model (I have already posted this thread on the Colt forum but got no response yet) ?

 

[Nesmith]

Speculation

Would the additional cylinder stop slots have been added to increase the safety aspect of resting the hammer on the small pin between each charge hole on the rear of the cylinder? Haven’t owned and fired an 1860 Army in 40 years or so.

 

[2152hq]

Never saw the 12 stop on a percussion cyl . Just the cart conversion revolver.

 

[gwpercle]

It might be the Walch Navy Revolver manufactured by Walch Firearms & Co. in New York ... 200 - 300 were produced . The U.S. Navy didn't buy any ... they stuck with their Navy Colt Revolvers
The barrel and frame has a passing resemblance to the Colt 1851 Navy but the grip is different . Patened in 1859 .
Do a search on this and see if that is the one .
Gary

 

[BigMuddy]

Manhattan Firearms had “safety notches” between the bolt notches, but not sure if they made an Army model.

“American Standard Tool Company Revolvers: After Manhattan Firearms merged with American Standard Tool in 1868, it introduced a new line of revolvers under this name. These revolvers were larger and designed for frontier use” Possibly???
The American Standards that I have seen were pocket models.

Dan

 

[Patbar]

These 6 cylinder slots were added to the 6 original one on a very small number of cylinders on Richards conversions of the Colt 1860 Army Model (this is why I insisted on the percussion version in my questioning).

They were supposed to give a total security when carrying the gun with the 6 chambers loaded, but this solution was immediatly abandoned because these additional slots made the chambers walls way too thin and resulted in exploded cylinders