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Colts For the Other Buffalo Bill This exquisite cased set of 1861 Navy Colts originally belonged to a rough-and-tumble frontiersman who became the first “Buffalo Bill.”
When we hear the name “Buffalo Bill,” the first person we think of is Buffalo Bill Cody, the famed frontier scout and Wi…
A Real Western Colt in the Reel West An Arizona Ranger and Pinal County Sheriff’s Colt goes to Hollywood in the hands of cowboy star George Montgomery.
It’s a firearms collector’s dream to find a gun that is well documented to have been owned or used by someone famous, or…
What Was the Most Popular Weapon After the Civil War?
What was the most popular weapon after the Civil War? Wes Shinn Saratoga Springs, New York After the Civil War, the most…
Wild West Six-gun Goes to War Here’s an 1880s-manufactured Colt that saw combat service in some of the 20th century’s hottest fighting.
True or False? General George S. Patton was the only top-ranking American officer to pack an 1873 Colt Single Action Arm…
Colt vs. Schofield During much of the Indian Wars era, the U.S. Cavalry relied primarily on these two revolvers—each with its own peculiarities. Which one would you prefer?
Arms enthusiasts often ask which government-issue .45 revolver was the best during the Indian campaigns of the late 19th…
Six-Shooters
Reading the pulp westerns and watching B-westerns one might conclude that the Colt revolver was the only pistol used in …
The Peacemaker
Myth is based on what we would like to believe while Legend takes the truth and enhances its meaning across the passage …
Colt’s Paterson—the Foaling of a Legend One hundred-eighty years ago, Samuel Colt’s revolutionary handgun broke trail for all revolvers to come.
Firearms buffs generally associate Colt’s Paterson revolver, the first truly practical revolver, with the year 1836, whe…
A Pistoleer Goes Semi Auto Frank James started riding the outlaw trail in the 1860s, armed with percussion revolvers, and ended up in the 20th century, packing a 1903 Hammerless Colt.
While we generally think of the Wild West as the era of the revolver—and it certainly was—the last decade of the 19th ce…