The Model 1917 Colt was similar to the 1917 Smith ... Colt did not offer a shrouded ejector rod until the 1970s on any of its double-action revolvers. The New Service was Colt’s only large ...

Samuel Colt died in 1862, so he never saw his cylinder guns reach their evolutionary pinnacle: the double-action revolver. In 1877, Colt came out with its first double-action, the medium-frame ...

Although replaced in 1892 with a new Colt double-action revolver, the M1873 remained in limited service with the U.S. military, seeing action in the Spanish American War, Philippine Insurrection ...