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The Colt Model 1877 was Colt´s first double-action revolver and was introduced as an advanced and faster-firing (It was called “Lightning”) alternative to the popular Single Action Army.

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Object Details inventor Van Deren, G. W. Description This model was filed with the application to the U.S. Patent Office for Patent Number 29,642 issued to G.W. Van Deren of Bigflats, New York on ...

Object Details Author Edgerly, James H Colt, Samuel 1814-1862 Notes Cover title. The author is an "owner of the four unique Colt-Walker-Collins revolver models that bridge the gap from 1839 to ...

John H. Rumsby, SUICIDE IN THE BRITISH ARMY, c.1815 to c.1860, Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol. 84, No. 340 (Winter 2006), pp. 349-361 ...

804, xxvi pages : 23 cm From the Publisher: First published in Great Britain in 1881 and subsequently revised nine times between that date and 1910, The Gun and Its Development traces the fascinating ...