Derek Landers explores how 19th-century American gunmakers produced cartridge revolvers while avoiding Smith & Wesson's ...

1807 - Percussion-detonating principle patented. 1825 ca. - Percussion-cap guns are in general use. 1830 - The back action lock appears. 1835 - The first Colt revolver. Samuel Colt developed the ...

Some call this finish “Black Colt.” Another indication of a “Black” pistol will be the repositioning ... slide to the center just behind the patent dates. This change occurred before ...

A new limited run of vintage Colt Model 1911 'Black Army' pistols were designed to invoke the World War I heritage of the M1911's original blackened finish that Colt used in lieu of the standard ...

F or those of you who aren’t familiar with the legendary M1911 single-action semiautomatic pistol and its .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge, it became the U.S. Armed Forces’ standard ...

Their history with cylinder-fed pistols stretches back to 1835, when Samuel Colt patented the first revolver and founded... Last year, Colt brought back the Cobra revolver in .38 Special.