The modern design revolver has been around since 1830 when Sam Colt was bored while crossing the ocean on a slow boat and carved out a wooden model of a revolver. He is arguably said to have invented ...

On March 3, 1934 — as legend goes — Dillinger fashioned a gun out of wood and used it to overpower guards, locking 24 in as he and another prisoner, Herbert Youngblood, escaped the jail. The ...