The Ames Model 1842 Navy Pistol was manufactured by N.P. Ames of Springfield Massachusetts and Henry Derringer of Philadelphia approximately 1842 to 1847. This revolver is also known as the Model 1842 or Navy Box Lock Model. Ames shipped 300 of these pistols to the government before the contract was signed to deliver these pistols. This breech loaded revolver used a .54 caliber ammunition. The power of a caliber .54 bullet can put a full grown deer or elk down to the ground, that was a very powerful caliber back then! A breech-loading gun is a gun in which the cartridge or shell is inserted or loaded into a chamber behind the rear portion of a barrel. The Barrel length of the Ames Model 1842 is approximately 6 inches. This revolver was widely
