COLT
22 January 2018
The Colt First Model Ring Lever rifle and Colt Second Model Ring Lever rifle are two early caplock revolving rifles that were produced by the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company between 1837 and 1841. Read more …
4 January 2018
The Colt Paterson is a revolver. It was the first commercial repeating firearm employing a revolving cylinder with multiple chambers aligned with a single, stationary barrel. Read more …
4 January 2018
The Colt Walker, sometimes known as the Walker Colt, was a single-action revolver with a revolving cylinder holding six charges of black powder behind six bullets (typically .44 caliber lead balls). Read more […]
3 January 2018
The Colt 1848 Dragoon, Percussion Army Revolver is a .44 caliber revolver designed by Samuel Colt for the U.S. Army’s Regiment of Mounted Rifles. The revolver was also issued to […]
2 January 2018
The Colt 1849 Pocket, .24 to .36 caliber. The family of Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers evolved from the earlier commercial revolvers marketed by the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company of Paterson. Read […]
1 January 2018
The Colt Revolving Belt Pistol of Naval Caliber (.36 cal), later known as the Colt 1851 Navy or Navy Revolver, is a cap and ball revolver that was designed by samuel colt between 1847 […]
1 January 2018
Revolving rifles were an attempt to increase the rate of fire of rifles by combining them with the revolving firing mechanism that had been developed earlier […]
1 January 2018
The Colt 1860 Army uses the same size frame as the .36 caliber 1851 navy revolver. The frame is relieved to allow the use of a rebated […]
1 January 2018
The Colt 1873 Single Action Army, also known as the Single Action Army, SAA, Model P, Peacemaker, M1873, and Colt .45 is a single-action revolver with a revolving cylinder holding six metallic cartridges. Read more …