The Model 1860 Colts remained in cavalry service in the post-war period up to the adoption of the .45-cal. Colt Single Action Army revolver in 1873. In this article ...

The Model 1860 light cavalry saber, 1873 Springfield carbine, and the 1873 Colt revolver, also known as the Peacemaker. So we went through all of those. ...

During the Civil War, a total of 45,733 Model 1860 carbines and 11,471 Model 1860 rifles were produced under U.S. Army Ordnance Department contracts.

The cavalrymen demonstrated weapons used by the U.S. Cavalry during the Indian Wars period – the 1873 Springfield Carbine, the 1873 single-action revolver and the 1860 light cavalry saber.