** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** In the 1870s, Colt needed a double ...

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

If you close your eyes and picture a cowboy’s revolver, chances are your brain draws a Colt Peacemaker. Long barrel, plow-handle grip, big exposed hammer, six fat cartridges in the cylinder. It’s ...

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 ...

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How would you like to own a fancy 1800s Colt revolver given by inventor Samuel Colt himself to famed Texas Ranger John Coffee “Jack” Hays? Those are among more than 100 firearms, photos, maps, letters ...