It was not a robust gun and had very little in the way of power. When production ceased in 1842, only 2,800 had been made, and Sam Colt went into bankruptcy. But the Paterson’s destiny awaited ...

An attempt was made to bring revolver-level firepower to the world of rifles, the Colt 1855 Revolving Rifle. Unfortunately for Colt, the weapon was a failure: the open nature of the revolver ...

He is arguably said to have invented the modern revolver with that model. By 1836, he was producing the Colt Patterson, named for Patterson, N.J., where he made the guns. A neat feature on this gun ...

For nearly all of the past 138 years, Colt’s of Hartford, Conn., has made the Single Action Army revolver in .45 Colt. Produced in many barrel lengths, calibers, finishes and styles, one of the ...

The gun is none other than Elmer Keith’s No. 5—a tricked-out Colt Single Action chambered ... this grip design for the No. 5 and had a frame made up in the flat-top style.

Colt was the first to apply Industrial Age machining tools to the idea. Mass production made the guns affordable. Reliability and accuracy made the Colt a favorite of soldiers and frontiersmen.

Seed drills made planting crops a much easier process ... need for more advanced guns and one of the most popular was the Colt revolver. Capable of holding six shots, the “Texas pistol ...