However, thanks to countless hours of R&D, the code has been cracked, as seen here on the range with Colt’s MSR Carbine churning out the empties, trouble-free. Rather than completely reinvent ...

1400s - The matchlock gun appears. Before the matchlock ... 1830 - The back action lock appears. 1835 - The first Colt revolver. Samuel Colt developed the first mass-produced, multi-shot ...

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

Moylan survived Custer’s Last Stand, his Colt cavalry model revolver by his side. "The gun is not only identified with the ...

The guerrilla's principal weapon was the .36 caliber 1851 Navy Colt revolver. This gun was named for its inventor, Samuel Colt, a native of Hartford, Connecticut, who as a young man designed the ...

Their history with cylinder-fed pistols stretches back to 1835, when Samuel Colt patented the first revolver and founded... Last year, Colt brought back the Cobra revolver in .38 Special.

In 1875, the base price of a .44-40 1873 Winchester rifle was $40 and an 1873 Colt or 1875 Remington revolver $18. The Navy Remington was only $12, and .38 ammunition was substantially cheaper ...