The revolver had a six-shot cylinder and originally ... take the time to tweak and polish the fifty-seven parts that made up a Colt Python until it ran like a watch. The Python may have been ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

It is still headquartered today in West Hartford. Then, two Colt revolvers made in the early years of the Paterson plant and worth hundreds of thousands of dollars were stolen in 1998 from the ...

The revolver had a six-shot cylinder and originally ... take the time to tweak and polish the fifty-seven parts that made up a Colt Python until it ran like a watch. The Python may have been ...