Gun: Colt Model 1855 Revolving Carbine Caliber:.56 Manufactured: 1856-59 Serial Number: 1079* Condition: 60 percent—NRA Very Good (Antique Gun Standards) Value: $9,500-$12,000 ...

Colt relaunched the revolver as the “Frontier Six-Shooter” and sold it for $17. The company sold 357,859 Frontiers of varying calibers between 1873 and 1941.

1835 - The first Colt revolver. Samuel Colt developed the first mass-produced, multi-shot, revolving firearms. ... 1871 - First cartridge revolver. 1873 - Winchester rifle introduced.

The real guns of the Old West are some of the most recognisable and iconic firearms from history. From the Colt Single Action ...

Colt’s Model 1877 Lightning revolver (occasionally confused with its 1884 Lightning pump-action rifle) was the company’s first double-action handgun, brought out to compete with the double ...

A Colt revolver carried by Captain Myles Moylan at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876 could command up to $120,000 at Rock Island Auction Co.'s sale on May 17, 18 and 19, 2024, in Bedford, Texas ...

Colt didn’t invent the revolver, but he created an assembly line system to mass produce the weapon. But he initially had trouble selling the weapon, because people didn’t know how to use it.