What are the most influential, game-changing handguns of the Old West? They are all revolvers made by the same man—Samuel Colt ...

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.

Other calibers offered in this model were .32-20 Win., .38-40 Win., .41 Colt, .44-40 Win. and .450 Boxer, as well as a few others. Guns with 4¾", 5½" and 7½" barrels had an ejector rod, just as ...

454 Casull Originally called the .45 Magnum Revolver, this cartridge was developed by Dick Casull in the late 1950s. It uses a cartridge case that’s 0.10-inch longer than the .45 Colt cartridge ...

In 1870 when the Army tested Colt's latest revolver, they complained that the .44 rimfire round was too weak and that the open top design was too fragile.

SIG SAUER, Inc. introduced its first revolver ammunition for personal defense in 38 Special, 44 S&W Special and 45 Colt. All three calibers are available in the SIG V-Crown jacketed ...

United States Colt Model 1860 Army revolver, .44 caliber. General History The Colt Model 1860 army revolver was manufactured from 1860 through 1873. The total production consisted of more than 200,000 ...

People know about the Smith & Wesson Schofield revolver, even if it’s only from watching Unforgiven. Officially known as the S&W Model 3, it’s one of the important revolvers of the Old West. When we ...

The state museum said Colonel Samuel Colt made a series of .44 caliber, six-shot “Colt Whitneyville-Walkers” revolvers in 1847 under contract with the U.S. War Department for issue to the ...

Description In total, over 19,000 six-shot .44 caliber First, Second and Third Model Colt Dragoon revolvers were produced between 1848 and 1861. Many were purchased for military issue by both the U.S.

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.