MODEL 1860 COLT .44 REVOLVER
Also known as the Colt Army Model 1860, this is a single action
(hammer must be cocked before firing) revolver that can fire .44
caliber rounds. When the Colt Model 1860 was used by 19th century
soldiers, they most often loaded the gun using paper cartridges. These
cartridges consisted of a pre-measured load of black powder and a ball,
wrapped in nitrated paper (paper that had been soaked in potassium
nitrate and then dried, to make it more flammable).
To load each chamber, one
only had to slip the cartridge into the front of the chamber and seat
the ball with the loading lever ram. Then a percussion cap was placed
onto the raised aperture, called a nipple, at the back end of the
chamber. It takes 1
melee round (15 seconds) to reload, (except O.C.C.'s: Gunslinger,
Lawman,
Gunfighter, or Bounty Hunter, who reload in half a melee round), and uses
up half of the character's attacks that (or the next) melee round.
M.D.C. Damage: NA
S.D.C. Damage: 5D6 per round.
R.O.F.: With W.P. Handguns, each shot (cocking the hammer with
the thumb, and a pull of the trigger) counts as 1 melee action/attack.
Without W.P. Handguns, this takes 2 melee actions/attacks (cocking the
hammer and then pulling the trigger).
Effective Range: 130 feet (39.6m)
Payload: 6
Weight: 3lbs. (1.5kg)
Cost: 900-1200 credits
