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[…] wheelguns were the backbone of police work. Plus, wearing a Colt Detective or Chief’s Special was the hallmark of a […]

[…] and a favorite of mine, was known to tinker with Colt SAA’s, changing barrels and cylinders to different calibers. With […]

[…] bullet could be fired at 900 fps from a .45 Colt, or at 1,900 from a .454 Casull. Designing bullets […]

[…] Taylor with a one-handed shot from one of his Navy Colts. Wikipedia currently says Taylor was the last man Forrest […]

[…] arresting officer who identified the weapons. They found two .38 Colt revolvers hidden in a mattress in an upstairs bedroom, […]

[…] assault. I had a Smith .38 revolver; he had a Colt semi-automatic Super .38. He just kept shooting, but he […]

[…] several more Redhawks to my shooting battery, a 71⁄2″ .45 Colt when it became available, and with the arrival of […]

[…] graduated to a handgun at nine and later carried a Colt .45 auto during part-time shifts at the family’s New […]

[…] Model 999, the other was the “Roamin’ Pony” about a Colt having special meaning, but had strayed, then found its […]

[…] in order to make the bullet obturate. For example, the Colt .45 has a SAAMI upper pressure limit of 14,000 […]