The Sixguns Of Cimarron
Colt dropped the single action from production prior to World War II and announced it would never be produced again.
Colt dropped the single action from production prior to World War II and announced it would never be produced again.
The First Generation Colt Single Action Army
[…] 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 […]