A woman swiped a Civil War-era gun and then opened fire when the owner tried to get the weapon back, New Mexico officials ...

Last Updated on July 25, 2025 by Matt Staff The Wild West wasn’t just a time; it was a frontier of chaos, grit, and rebellion ...

Sleek, balanced, and deadly accurate, the Colt Navy became one of the most popular revolvers of the 19th century. Its use in the Civil War and on the frontier made it a symbol of American grit ...

The Colt Model 1877 was Colt´s first double-action revolver and was introduced as an advanced and faster-firing (It was called “Lightning”) alternative to the popular Single Action Army.

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 revolvers ...

The repairs of the Half-Moon Battery, on Bedloe's Island, which mounts 35 guns, were completed on Friday. The ground has been lowered 18 inches to protect the men as much as possible, in case of ...

Object Details maker Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company Location Currently not on view ID Number AF.75681MA catalog number 75681MA serial number 0309SB accession number 298650 catalog number ...

John H. Rumsby, SUICIDE IN THE BRITISH ARMY, c.1815 to c.1860, Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol. 84, No. 340 (Winter 2006), pp. 349-361 ...

Copiously illustrated with photographs and marvelous engravings, The Gun and Its Development is the classic, authoritative reference work on the subject, certain to be of great interest to marksmen, ...