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MODEL 1849 POCKET CONVERSION (.31 CAL.)

MODEL 1851 NAVY CONVERSION (.36 CAL.)

MODEL 1860 ARMY CONVERSION (.44 CAL.)

Model 1861 Navy Thuer Conversion.

Richards Conversion 1860 Army.

MODEL 1861 NAVY CONVERSION (.36 CAL.)

MODELS 1862 POLICE CONVERSION (.36 CAL.)

MODEL 1862 POCKET NAVY CONVERSION (.36 CAL.)

NOTE: Blued models will bring higher prices than nickel models in the same condition.

RICHARDS CONVERSION, 1860 ARMY REVOLVER

The Richards Transformation was Colt’s second attempt at metallic cartridge conversion and it met with quite a bit more success than the Thuer Model. The Richards Conversion was designed for the .44 Colt cartridge and has a six-shot cylinder and an integral ejector rod to replace the loading lever that had been removed. The other specifications pertaining to the 1860 Army Revolver remain as previously described if they were not directly altered by the conversion. The Richards Conversion adds a breechplate with a firing pin and its own rear sight. Approximately 9,000 of these conversions were manufactured on the basis of a number of the old caplock designs and parts between 1873 and 1878: the .44-caliber M1860 revolver (1,153 converted for the army in 1871), the .36-cal. M1851 and M1861 and 368 .38-cal. rimfire adaptations, which went to the navy in 1873.