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So how could an 1851 (octagon!) be fitted with an "Open Top solid lug barrel"?
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easily:
make the parts historically incorrect, then put the barrel on, and slip the wedge in
FWIW, if you lived in the late 1870's and had a Richards Type I pistol with a defective/bent/broken barrel, and sent it back to the factory for repair, they may very well put a solid lug barrel on it, and send it back to you
Colt used whatever parts were laying around, until all the inventory was depleted