Archive for Colt

Colt Model 1903 - I Have This Old Gun

Colt Model 1903-1908 Video History

June 01, 2010

Colt Bisley

Bisley is a place that gave its name to a gun. It is a range complex in Great Britain where many great matches were once fired. I am told that the range is still in use for some shooting.

May 07, 2010

The Old New Service

When Colt cast about for a name for their latest big revolver and came up with “New Service,” it was just before the turn of the 19th Century.

March 11, 2010

Colt’s New Frontier

The twists and turns in the history of the Peacemaker Colt and its many variations are unending and fascinating. Initially made in the 60s, Colt’s New Frontier six-shooters were adjustable-sighted, flat-topped Peacemakers in several different barrel lengths and calibers.

February 01, 2010

Clockwise or Otherwise

Does it really matter what direction a cylinder spins?

December 15, 2009

Special Editions

The Colt Royal Combat Commander is one handsome shootin' iron.

September 10, 2009

Colt Tactical .22 (Page Two)

For fun, training and pinching pennies.

August 21, 2009

Colt Tactical .22

For fun, training and pinching pennies.

August 21, 2009

Buffalo Bill's Colt Revolver

The most illustrious owner of this scroll-engraved Colt with serial number 1 was the larger-than-life frontiersman called "Buffalo Bill."

August 11, 2009

Magnum, p.i.'s Colt Pistol

The 9 mm chambering for this prop gun was selected due to better functioning with easily obtainable 9 mm blank cartridges.

August 11, 2009

John Wesley Hardin's Colt Revolver

Hardin usually carried more than one Colt revolver, as reloading a cap-and-ball handgun under fire was not a quick or easily completed task.

August 11, 2009

Colt Mustang .380

A compact, but familar .380.

July 23, 2009

Sheriff’s Model

Colt still makes a version of its Single Action Army.

July 08, 2009

Colt Recall

Six 1911 models are affected.

July 02, 2009

The Curious Case of Colt

Colt’s Patent Firearms Mfg. is considered by many—and with good reason—to be the first name in American firearms. And change appears to be coming to Colt.

May 11, 2009