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Pages in category "Colt revolvers". The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
In 1871, Colt's introduced its first revolver models using rear-loaded metallic cartridges: the .41 caliber Colt House Revolver [41] (also known as the Cloverleaf for its four-round cylinder configuration) and the .22 cal Colt Open Top Pocket Model Revolver. [42]
The Colt Single Action Army (also known as the SAA, Model P, Peacemaker, or M1873) is a single-action revolver handgun.
Colt introduces the iconic Single Action Army revolver — also known as the Peacemaker, Colt 45, and ‘gun that won the West’. Colt secures a U.S. government contract designating the SAA as the standard military service revolver and delivers over 30,000 from 1873 to 1891.
In 1836, Samuel Colt received patents for a pistol with a revolving cylinder. He claimed inspiration came while at sea, after studying how a ship’s capstan could rotate and lock into position....
It presents historical and technical details over the range of Colt revolvers, pistols, rifles, shotguns, carbines, muskets, and sub-machine and machine guns. In addition, it describes accessories to the weapons, catalogs, advertising materials, and instruction manuals.
In 1836, Connecticut-born gun manufacturer Samuel Colt (1814-62) received a U.S. patent for a revolver mechanism that enabled a gun to be fired multiple times without reloading. Colt founded a...
The Colt Paterson revolver was the first commercial repeating firearm employing a revolving cylinder with multiple chambers aligned with a single, stationary barrel. Its design was patented by Samuel Colt on February 25, 1836, in the United States, England and France, and it derived its name from being produced in Paterson, New Jersey.
Though largely forgotten and scarce today, the Colt 1871-72 "Open Top" revolvers represented an evolution in design for Colt, and ultimately paved the way for the Colt to transition from the...
Colt's Manufacturing Company (or CMC), better known as Colt, is a United States firearms manufacturer founded in 1848. It specializes in the engineering, production, and marketing of many types of firearms and is most famous for their pistols and revolvers.