That’s approximately three times as many revolvers as all the pre-war S&W .357 Registered Magnums that were custom-ordered. So, most Colt snake guns cannot be considered rare. However ...

D uring the early 20th century, to improve upon the rare pre-war Colt Flattop Target Model P, the late Elmer Keith spent a lot of time and money tricking out Single Action Army (SAA) revolvers ...

They patented his invention and blocked Colt from building cartridge firearms for almost 20 years. It was that concept—drilled-through cylinders to allow the use of pre-loaded cartridges—which ...

With the advent of easy-to-produce and more reliable repeaters, the military eventually caught on. The earliest revolver pre-dates Samuel Colt, even though Colt is the one most associated with its ...

The two weapons that Royer will be processing and cataloging back into the Landis Valley collection are pre-Civil War Colt revolvers, Blackburn said. One was an 1860 Army-issue Colt, and the other ...

A Colt .45 revolver once owned by General George S ... far exceeding Profiles in History's pre-sale estimates. The 27 Einstein letters were in both English and German and written longhand and ...

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.

Col. Colt, sent out Mr. Peard as his agent to Cape Town, with a quantity of his revolvers and he invited the most celebrated shots in the British army there, to test their rifles with Colt's ...

The rare Colt "Paterson" revolver will likely be far and away the highest-priced item at a Dec. 6-8 auction featuring more than 1,150 firearms and military relics, according to Morphy Auctions ...

Headlining the auction was a Colt .45-caliber revolver that descendants of Earp ... far exceeding the pre-auction estimated high value of $150,000. The audience hooted and hollered appreciatively.

A handgun carried into the Battle of Little Bighorn by a legendary U.S. Army cavalry officer is headlining a high-profile firearms auction in Bedford, Texas this weekend. The Colt single-action ...