Colt developed a series of designs that could be used to convert an existing percussion gun to a cartridge revolver. The various conversion systems used by Colt are known as the Thuer, followed by ...

Colt relaunched the revolver as the “Frontier Six-Shooter” and sold it for $17. The company sold 357,859 Frontiers of varying calibers between 1873 and 1941.

These changes developed into the 2-pound, 11-ounce, single-action, six-shot .44-cal. Model 1860 percussion Colt revolver. By the early 1870s, Colt’s Hartford, Conn., plant had manufactured about ...

A Czech firearms company has reached a deal to buy Colt, the iconic American gunmaker that helped popularize the revolver. Česká zbrojovka Group said it will acquire all of Colt’s business for ...

A Colt lawyer also told a U.S. bankruptcy judge that the gun maker may ditch its plan to sell itself to its current owner, Sciens Management, and wipe out $250 million of bond debt. Colt Defense ...

A Colt "Paterson" revolver made in the New Jersey city bearing its name between 1837 and 1840 is expected to be sold for more than $250,000 in a Dec. 2023 auction.

WILMINGTON, Del., June 9 (Reuters) - Famed U.S. gun maker Colt appears to be headed into a bankruptcy duel in the coming week if its private equity backers and bondholders cannot overcome widely ...

A Colt .45 SAA revolver that belonged to Robert LeRoy Parker, better known as Butch Cassidy, the legendary bank thief, train robber and leader of the Wild Bunch Gang. Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS ...