Samuel Colt's 179-year old gun company supplied both sides of the Civil War. Rifles sit on display in the Colt's Manufacturing Co. booth on the exhibition floor of the 144th National Rifle Association ...

One of the most famous handguns of all time is the Colt Single Action Army revolver. Also known as the Peacemaker, Frontier Six-Shooter and the M1873, the Single Action Army is also a staple of ...

On October 26, 1881, shots rang out at the O.K. Corral. Within the first 30 seconds of the shootout, three members of the Clanton gang were killed. Men on both sides, including Wyatt Earp, Doc ...

For the Union Army during the American Civil War, its officers and cavalry troopers relied on one of Colt's most notable ...

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Say “Old West six-gun” and most folks picture a single-action Colt on a cavalryman’s hip. That image isn’t wrong – but it’s incomplete. The late 1800s were an arms-race of ideas, and double-action (DA ...

SWEETWATER COUNTY — The Sweetwater County Historical Museum’s Vintage Firearms Research Program recently examined and researched two classic double-action revolvers, one a Colt, the other a Smith & ...

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