Here are the greatest handguns of the Old West—every one a Colt. This Colt Paterson revolver, in its original case, from the NRA National Firearms Museum bears the serial number 3. NRA Museum ...

The original Colt Python revolver was introduced in 1955 and quickly achieved favor with police officers, competitors and handgun hunters. It remained popular throughout its 50-year production and ...

45-caliber centerfire Colt Single Action Army. Original Colt Single Action Army patent, submitted by William Mason in 1875. This iconic revolver had a six-chamber cylinder that used a loading gate ...

Also, .45 Schofield ammunition—essentially a short version of the original .45 Colt—works in any revolver chambered for the .45 Colt. Colt finishes the new guns in the traditional way.

defended Colt in legal disputes with John Ehlers, Patent Arms' treasurer and majority shareholder. Cased with original accessories and a spare cylinder, the five-shot revolver has an octagonal ...

28-caliber Colt Paterson Baby, or pocket model No. 1, in its original case with extra accessories that came with the gun, and a .31-caliber Colt Paterson No. 3 belt model revolver also in its ...

Percussion-cap guns are in general use. 1830 - The back action lock appears. 1835 - The first Colt revolver. Samuel Colt developed the first mass-produced, multi-shot, revolving firearms.

Colt revolvers have a very special place in my heart ... Even though Colt added these features to the new Anaconda, it still retains its original shape, so holsters are readily available and because ...

A Colt Single Action Army revolver, well-known to collectors as "Black Beauty" realized $1.6 million during Rock Island Auction Company's (RIAC) May Premier Auction. It marks the second-highest ...