Back in 1873, when Colt first introduced the Peacemaker, it sold for a whopping $17.50! That was nearly a month’s wages for a laborer. You could purchase one with a $20 gold piece—the old “double eagle” (which, interestingly, weighs about an ounce)—and get a couple of dollars in change. How often have you heard the phrase “good as gold” when someone is referring to the approximate value of something? In the case of the Colt Single Action Army (SAA) revolver, this measurement of
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