Of Colt's Model 1877 double-action revolvers, the Lightning is the most well-known, chambered for the .38 Colt cartridge. I Have This Old Gun: Colt "Lightning" Revolver | An Official Journal Of ...

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 "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.

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 ...