柯尔特打击手枪 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	柯尔特打击手枪
品名（英）	Colt Percussion Pistol
入馆年号	1932年，32.75.167
策展部门	武器和盔甲（Arms and Armor）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1845 - 公元 1895
创作地区	原产国: 美国（Country of Origin: United States）
分类	火器手枪（Firearms-Pistols）
尺寸	长 4 5/8 英寸 (11.7 厘米); 长 of barrel 2 5/16 英寸 (5.9 厘米); Cal. .41 英寸 (10.4 毫米); 重 7 盎司 (198.5 g)
介绍（中）	1835年和1836年，美国发明家和实业家塞缪尔·科尔特（1814-1862）为一种革命性的多发手枪申请了专利，这种手枪至今仍在使用。柯尔特左轮手枪有一个旋转的圆筒，可以装几发子弹，通过击发和释放锤子快速射击，或者在后来的型号中，只需扣动扳机。早期的柯尔特枪使用冲击点火，必须在单独的操作中装填火药、子弹和点火帽。1870年后，柯尔特型号被生产成独立的弹壳，很像现代手枪弹药
介绍（英）	In 1835 and 1836, the American inventor and industrialist Samuel Colt (1814–1862) patented a revolutionary type of multishot pistol that is still used today. Colt's revolvers had a rotating cylinder that could be loaded with several rounds and fired quickly by cocking and releasing the hammer or, in later models, by simply pulling the trigger. Early Colt firearms used percussion ignition and had to be loaded with powder, bullets, and ignition caps in separate operations. After 1870, Colt models were produced for self-contained cartridges that are much like modern pistol ammunition. First manufactured by Colt's factory in Peterson, New Jersey (1836–42), from 1847, the revolvers were made at a much larger plant in Hartford, Connecticut. A special workshop at the Hartford factory employed highly skilled decorators and artisans, many of German origin. Their ornamental motifs, still popular in American gunmaking, centered on fine scrollwork. Animal and human figures and allegorical images were added to floral scrolls, sometimes enhanced with gold and silver inlay, particularly on deluxe firearms made for exhibition and display or as personal gifts from Colt to prominent individuals, including several heads of state.