Discover how the Colt 45 became the iconic pistol of the American frontier, known for its reliability and firepower. It played a crucial role in shaping law and order during a wild time.

Colt got the M-16 in a roundabout way. The new rifle was invented by a West Coast gunsmith, who sold the patent to the Fairchild Stratos Corp. Not equipped to make guns, Fairchild four years ago ...

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This was a bill filed by Col. Colt, the inventor of repeating fire-arms, against the defendants, merchants of the City of New-York, and engaged in the manufacture and sale of arms, similar in ...

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A prime mystery of World War II is Hartford’s famed Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing ... in the greatest war in history? Get Out the Guns. By last week, hard-driving President Anthony ...

The Colt single-action revolver belonged to Captain Myles Moylan, later a Medal of Honor recipient — and has an estimated price of up to $120,000. "It’s just an amazing piece of American ...

Made between 1837 and 1840, the revolver was one of the early Colt pistols made at the former Patent Arms Manufacturing Co. on the banks of the Passaic River. Opened in 1836 and closed in early ...

Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company. Here, he continually enhanced his models, such as the Colt Model 1848 Percussion Army Revolver designed for the Army's Mounted Rifles and Dragoon ...

The Colt revolving gun patent was filed on Feb. 25, 1836. Credit: Public Domain / U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Following the Texas Revolution in 1835, the frontier of the new republic became a ...

A Colt revolver from the 1800s that was stolen from the state museum more than 50 years ago has been located. It is one of dozens of artifacts dating back as far as the French and Indian War that ...