The third entry of Colt was not a conversion but a new revolver. Both Colt cartridge conversions were built on the cap and ball 1860 Army. The latter is easy to distinguish from the former as it has a full-length ejector rod housing running all the way back to the front of the cylinder. First came the Richards Conversion in July 1871, followed by the Richards-Mason Conversion in 1872. Once the patent ran out, Colt began offering cartridge conversions on their basic 1860 Army Model. Sam Colt was now gone, and the Colt company was left out in the cold. In 1868 S&W entered an agreement with Remington, allowing them to convert their percussion pistols to cartridge firing revolvers using a bored through cylinder. Due to the White patent no one else except S&W would be allowed to produce cartridge-firing revolvers until 1869.
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