Yes, Third Generation Single Action Army revolvers are still being made, with a suggested retail price of $1,799, but are only available in .45 caliber, blued and casehardened, although variations ...

The popularity of the Single Action Army in postwar westerns caused Colt to bring the revolver back in 1955, selling it for $125 each. Older nineteenth-century Model 1873s and Peacemakers are ...

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.

The Entire History of the Colt Single Action Army Revolver. One pistol changed everything. By Matthew Moss Updated: Nov 23, 2020 10:33 AM EST. Getty Images.

But there is no doubt that the one gun that has defined Colt for some 144 years is the Model 1873 Single Action Army (SAA) revolver, a.k.a Model P or Peacemaker.

Bat Masterson’s custom Colt Single Action Army revolver. Rock Island Auction Company. With the adaptation of this icon, the Army Ordnance Department, whose record remains mixed at best, struck fire.

Considering the breadth of firearms and other weapons curated throughout American history, few inventions left as profound a mark as the Colt Single Action Army revolver. Introduced in 1873 and ...

It’s the gun that inspired the epitaph; “God created men, Col. Colt made them equal.” The Single Action Army Colt, along with the .45 Colt centerfire cartridge, solidified American’s love affair with ...

A Colt revolver carried by Captain Myles Moylan at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876 could command up to $120,000 at Rock Island Auction Co.'s sale on May 17, 18 and 19, 2024, in Bedford, Texas ...

A Colt Single Action Army revolver, well-known to collectors as "Black Beauty" realized $1.6 million during Rock Island Auction Company's (RIAC) May Premier Auction.

Compared to the Model 3, it wasn’t even close. Smith & Wesson produced its top-break revolver from 1868 to 1898, with 54,000 guns rolling off the line before production ceased. Between 1873 and 1940, ...

Considering the breadth of firearms and other weapons curated throughout American history, few inventions left as profound a mark as the Colt Single Action Army revolver. Introduced in 1873 and ...