this “wheel” of engraved First and Second Generation Colt Single Action Army revolvers highlights the myriad barrel length, finish and stock options that individual owners either factory ...

But there is no doubt that the one gun that has defined Colt for some 144 years is the Model 1873 Single Action Army (SAA) revolver, a.k.a Model P or Peacemaker. Twice the company has tried to ...

Samuel Colt Before the Colt Single Action Army, pistols used percussion caps to ignite a powder charge that had to be hand-loaded into each chamber of the revolver's cylinder. This was a slow and ...

The popularity of the Single Action Army in postwar westerns caused Colt to bring the revolver back in 1955, selling it for $125 each. Older nineteenth-century Model 1873s and Peacemakers are ...

his company found find its future by selling tens of thousands of percussion revolvers to the Union Army during the American Civil War. Before the Colt Single Action Army, pistols used percussion caps ...

Today’s gun dates from around that same era, although it seems to have a much more peaceful career. According to Colt records, this old Single Action Army started life as a .45 shipped to A.

A Colt Single Action Army revolver, well-known to collectors as ... Purdey & Sons shotguns engraved by Master Philippe Grifnée which brought $411,250, and a silver plated, factory engraved ...

In addition to gold plating, the Colt Single Action Army gun has two factory engravings ... end of the Mexican-American War; and an engraved Colt revolver given to saddle bronc rider Burel ...

Considering the breadth of firearms and other weapons curated throughout American history, few inventions left as profound a mark as the Colt Single Action Army revolver. Introduced in 1873 and ...

Museum staff determined the old pistol to be a Colt Single Action Army single-action revolver with a barrel length of 7½ inches. Based on its serial number it was assessed as being manufactured ...

The popularity of the Single Action Army in postwar westerns caused Colt to bring the revolver back in 1955, selling it for $125 each. Older nineteenth century Model 1873s and Peacemakers are ...