The 1851 Navy Percussion Peacemaker from Cimarron

By Laura Burgess

Cimarron Firearms 1851 Navy Laser Engraved revolver, by far, the most famous of all cap and ball six-shooters, carried by famed frontiersmen, Pawnee scouts, the Blue and the Grey and none other than “the Prince of Pistoleers”, James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok.

Fredericksburg, Texas ( Ammoland.com) – Cimarron Firearms, recognized as the leader in quality and authenticity in Old West replica firearms, is proud to make available the legendary 1851 Navy cap and ball six-shooter replica, known as the “Percussion Peacemaker.” Originally introduced in 1850, the .36 caliber revolver was highly prized by stalwart individuals during the great Western migration including the gold rush of ’49 and carried by both sides during the American Civil War.

Other famous and infamous 1851 Navy owners included John Wesley Hardin, Texan outlaw known to have shot a man for snoring, the James Younger Gang and Wild Bill Hickok. No other six gun sold more than a quarter of a million in less than a quarter of century than the 1851 Navy did, making it one of the Wild West’s most epitomes guns.

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