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Colt dropped the single action from production prior to World War II and announced it would never be produced again.

[…] both good news and bad news. The bad news was Colt had quietly discontinued production of the 2nd Generation Single […]

[…] to the days when America had two major handgun manufacturers: Colt and Smith & Wesson. Now consider this when speaking […]

Let’s think about the .38-40 and the .41 Long Colt. Two totally different cartridges. The first is a tapered or […]

In 1851, Sam Colt came real close to the concept of PPP with his .36 Navy, which was somewhat handicapped […]

[…] to their horse-mounted troops, then called Dragoons. The first was a Colt’s cap and ball sixgun commonly known as the Walker.

[…] and legend didn’t begin until 1850. That was when Samuel Colt introduced his first “Belt Pistol” meaning one practical for […]

[…] Handgunner’s pages by writing I didn’t particularly like the .45 Colt as a smokeless powder cartridge. And I still don’t. […]

[…] Fitzgerald became interested in firearms at an early age — especially Colt revolvers, which he became adept at working on. By […]