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In 1890 Baker returned to the United States. [2] In 1892, he became literary editor for the music publisher G. Schirmer , a job he held until 1926. During his tenure he translated a considerable body of books and libretti into English, and wrote often in the Musical Quarterly , a Schirmer publication.
A Colt M1991A1 Compact ORM pistol A Colt M1991A1 Compact ORM pistol with slide locked back to expose bull barrel. Colt Commander: In 1949 Colt began production of the Colt Commander, an aluminum-framed 1911 with a 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 inch barrel and a rounded hammer. It was developed in response to an Army requirement issued in 1949, for a lighter ...
The Colt "Army" revolver is to be distinguished from the Colt "Navy" revolver of which there were two models, the octagonal barrel Model 1851 Navy, and the round-barreled Model 1861 Navy, both Navy models being in the smaller .36-caliber. Replica Navy revolvers sold today are often sold in the historically incorrect .44-caliber; originally, all ...
The family of Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers evolved from the earlier commercial revolvers marketed by the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company of Paterson, N.J. The smaller versions of Colt's first revolvers are also called "Baby Patersons" by collectors and were produced first in .28 to .31 caliber, and later in .36 caliber, by means of rebating the frame and adding a "step" to the cylinder ...
The Colt Revolving Belt Pistol or Navy Pistol, sometimes erroneously referred to as "Colt Revolving Belt Pistol of Naval Caliber" or "of Navy Caliber" (Naval is heavy gun and Navy Size Caliber was termed later for another Colt model), is a .36 caliber, six-round cap and ball revolver that was designed by Samuel Colt between 1847 and 1850.
Gavin Creel — the celebrated songwriter, singer and stage actor known for roles on Broadway in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Hair, She Loves Me and Hello, Dolly! — died on Monday, Sept. 30 at the ...
The first test production at Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk in Norway occurred in 1917 and 95 pistols were finished and wrongly stamped "COLT AUT. PISTOL M/1912" . [ 3 ] These pistols were identical to the Colt M1911 except for a minor detail on the hammer checkering. 100 pistols were ordered, but 5 were rejected during production.
The Colt Single Action Army (also known as the SAA, Model P, Peacemaker, or M1873) is a single-action revolver handgun.It was designed for the U.S. government service revolver trials of 1872 by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company (today known as Colt's Manufacturing Company) and was adopted as the standard-issued revolver of the U.S. Army from 1873 to 1892.