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Since its beginning in 1873, the Colt SAA has been made in three distinct “generations.” First generation SAAs ran continuously […]

[…] the first installment (July/Aug 2016) when Sam Walker approached Sam Colt with the idea of improving and enlarging the Paterson, […]

The Colt Single Action Army revolver has to be the most famous, most recognizable handgun in the world. But it […]

With this installment we reach a fascinating type of Colt single action revolver — the Cartridge Conversions. That’s a misnomer […]

[…] back of the cylinder with a percussion cap. However, unlike Colt revolvers following, the Paterson did not have a triggerguard, […]

[…] modern collectors applied to the next series of improvements Samuel Colt made on his revolving handguns after the Walker version […]

[…] I’ve previously made it clear I am not the .45 Colt’s greatest fan. That said, there is one area where […]

Colt’s Idea

In 1955 Colt introduced the soon to be legendary Python. Originally conceived as a sort of “super-grade” target revolver, the […]

In the early 1890s, Colt was playing catch-up in the target revolver category, while records were being broken with S&W’s […]