The Colt single-action revolver belonged to Captain Myles Moylan, later a Medal of Honor recipient — and has an estimated ...
Colt's Python is a double-action, single-action revolver with a six-shot cylinder chambered in .357 Magnum. As is typical with Colt's revolvers, cylinders turn clockwise when the trigger is pulled ...
36 Navy Colt, .44 caliber Dragoon, and single-action Army Colt down through modern revolvers and semiautomatics. During that time I killed three elk, seven mule deer, one whitetail. three black ...
1825 ca. - Percussion-cap guns are in general use. 1830 - The back action lock appears. 1835 - The first Colt revolver. Samuel Colt developed the first mass-produced, multi-shot, revolving firearms.
At a time of heightened awareness of the prevalence of firearms in American society, as there are almost daily news reports about the misuse of guns, there is something almost comforting to ...