John Hays Revolver
Designed with subtly curved edges that ensure additional comfort the footrest provides support while its weighty base ensures stability.
John hays revolver. Hays mexican war fame and hays big fight with a numerically superior band of comanches while armed with paterson revolvers in 1844 won him the attention of samuel colt manufacturer of the famed colt pistol and contractor to the us. Using paterson colts purchased in 1843 col. Second lieutenant john hayes fearnhead of the 7th battalion liverpool regiment wrote on this subject just eight days before he was killed in action on the western front. Opening bid for the colt civilian model walker was 250000.
Had it a week or more now of course the army calls it a pistol webley one but it revolves so i call it a revolver. When the paterson revolvers with loading levers finally reached texas in 1842 texas ranger captain john coffee hays was very pleased that his ranging companies could now reload from horseback. Captain hays the texas rangers and the republic of texas navy were early adopters of the colt revolver. The colt patterson no5 holster model is known as the texas patterson because of use by hays his texas rangers and the texas navy.
It closed at well over 310000. By 1841 at the tender age of 23 he was a ranger captain. The texas paterson was an open top36 cailber five shot cap and ball revolver with various barrel lengths and a folding trigger that was accessible only when the hammer was cocked. John coffee hays commanded a ranger contingent in several uneven battles against depredating comanches.
Hays was a fan of the colt paterson percussion revolver and outfitted his rangers with them. Have i told you i have got my revolver. John coffee jack hays january 28 1817 april 21 1883 was an american military officer. 83677702 the revolver bar stool from hay is positioned on a bearing mechanism that enables the seat and foot ring to rotate 360 degrees.
Handling and shooting characteristics. A captain in the texas rangers and a military officer of the republic of texas hays served in several armed conflicts from 1836 to 1848 including against the comanche empire in texas and during the mexicanamerican war.