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Gun shows, gun shops, e-gunparts.com
Do a search on the "Ruger Old Army User Manual". It is a free download and will answer all your questions.
John Wilkes Booth was killed by Sgt "Boston" Corbett of the US Army with a Colt .44 cap and ball revolver.
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Yes their a good single action revolver
Proofhouse.com has Colt sn tables. You can also call Colt and they will tell you.
Its in the revolver you put the caps in it.
not much info, but if a cap and ball revolver then made about 1847. if cartridge model then need more detail info
the initial colt revolvers were cap and ball loaded. 1873 colt converted to the brass cartridge loads. making them easier and faster to re-load.
A good candidate may be the Starr Model 1858. This was a ball and cap revolver. With cartridge firearms, Forehand & Wadsworth made a .32 revolver inn what we would today recognize as a "double action: revolver. However, there were earlier "double action only" pepper box pistols.