Archive for colt revolvers

Colt's New Model Holster Pistol in the Civil War

Though its first deliveries were to the South, it was also the handgun most used by Federal cavalry.

February 21, 2013

I Have This Old Gun: Colt .38 DA U.S. Navy

I Have This Old Gun: Colt .38 DA U.S. Navy

October 23, 2012

The Colt Bisley

Recently, I saw an old copy of a movie poster from the 1980s. The film was called “The Grey Fox” and starred the late Richard Farnsworth—a wonderful actor in an off-beat western set in Canada at the turn of the century. That poster, a small triumph of the graphic arts, showed a dour Farnsworth in period dress with a big revolver stuffed in his waistband. It was the gun that caught my eye and intrigued me into seeing the movie when it was originally released. The film is a movie-go-er’s delight, but I have to chuckle about why I was personally attracted to it. As a life-long so-called “gun guy,” I was enthralled with someone using a Bisley Colt.

July 10, 2012

A Classic Colt is Back

By Jim Wilson  

January 24, 2012

Convertible Revolvers

I remember reading in someone's old catalog that Colt used only seven different kinds of barrel stock for all those many calibers of the Single Action Army revolver.

September 01, 2010

Harper Creigh's Colt Single-Action Revolver

These .44-caliber revolvers are usually carried in holsters emblazoned with gold and silver conchos depicting the SASS logo.

August 05, 2009

Colt Single-Action Army Revolvers

This customized pair comes from the prized handgun collection of Montanan Bob Munden, the fastest shot alive.

August 05, 2009

Colt's D Frame

Revolvers once ruled the handgun world.

June 02, 2009