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The Colt single-action revolver belonged to Captain Myles Moylan, later a Medal of Honor recipient — and has an estimated ...

this “wheel” of engraved First and Second Generation Colt Single Action Army revolvers highlights the myriad barrel length, finish and stock options that individual owners either factory ...

1825 ca. - 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.

The revolver, a handgun with a rotating cylinder, was first patented by Samuel Colt of Hartford, Connecticut, nearly 200 ...

38 Long Colt revolvers during the fight against the Moro warriors in the Philippine Insurrection of 1899-1902. But was the .38 Long Colt truly the abysmal failure that conventional wisdom makes it ...

Derek Landers explores how 19th-century American gunmakers produced cartridge revolvers while avoiding Smith & Wesson's ...

While Colt has its ties to the original, this latest configuration is one many people have tried with unsuccessful results. Watch our video above to see this 7.62x39 mm-chambered AR-15 in use on ...

Jesse James lived by the revolver, and he died by it as well. Throughout his career as a bushwhacker and robber, Jesse made use of Samuel Colt's revolutionary new pistol to inflict mayhem at close ...