<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Nakuba kungekho nhlangano yezempi eyasebenzisa kabanzi izibhamu ze-Ring Lever zeModeli Yokuqala neyesiBili, eziningana zatholakala e-United States Army naseTexas Navy. Ngemuva kokubuyekezwa okungathandeki yizikhulu Zempi ngoSepthemba 1837, okwabika ukuthi isibhamu sikaColt sika-First Model Ring Lever sasivame ukwehluleka futhi sinzima kakhulu ekusebenzeni empini, kwenziwa isibuyekezo sesibili ngoMashi 1838. Ngokwesicelo sika-Lieutenant Colonel William S. Harney we-Second Dragoon Regiment, uColt waya eFlorida nezibhamu eziyi-100 zeRing Lever ukuze zihlolwe. Ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa, izikhulu zama-dragon wesibili zabika kahle ngezibhamu zikaColt ngemuva kokwenza izivivinyo eziningana ezabonisa ukuthi i-First Model Ring Lever rifle yayilingana noma iphakeme kunezikhali ezijwayelekile ngokunemba, ukungena, ukushesha komlilo, ukumelana nesimo sezulu, nokuphepha. Ukuhlolwa kwaveza ukuthi isibhamu iRing Lever singadubula isibhamu esingu-16 ngemizuzwana engu-31, futhi singakwazi ukulayisha isilinda esinezimbumbulu ezingu-8 ngemizuzwana engu-48. Leli bhodi lezikhulu laphakamisa ukuhlomisa amadoda akhethiwe aqeqeshiwe enkampanini ngayinye ngesibhamu sikaColt, esaba ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwaso sonke isikhathi kungadala ukulimala kwezibhamu ngenxa yokwakhiwa kwazo okunzima. Njengoba leli bhodi laliqhuba izivivinyo zalo, amaNdiya amaningana anobungane ayehlangene ukuze abuke futhi achaza isibhamu sikaColt ngokuthi umuthi omkhulu. Ngokuphumelela kwezivivinyo, i-Army Bvt. UMajor General uThomas Jesup wavuma ukuhlomisa isigaba samaDragons wesibili ngezibhamu ezingamashumi amahlanu zeModeli Yokuqala ezizosetshenziswa ngesikhathi se  <response>: Impi Yesibili YamaSeminole. Ukuthengwa kwalethela uColt isamba esingu-6,250, noma u-125 ngesibhamu ngasinye. 