No matter how you look at them—as outstanding examples of John Browning's genius, an interesting phase in American firearms ...

First introduced in 1873, the Colt Single Action Army has officially been around for 150 years. In that time, it has become ...

Derek Landers looks back at the days when cinema and TV shaped his future interest in collecting antique arms and his choice ...

People know about the Smith & Wesson Schofield revolver, even if it’s only from watching Unforgiven. Officially known as the S&W Model 3, it’s one of the important revolvers of the Old West. When we ...

1825 ca. - Percussion-cap guns are in general use. 1830 - The back action lock appears. 1835 - The first Colt revolver. Samuel Colt developed the first mass-produced, multi-shot, revolving firearms.

The Colt New Service was produced from 1898 to 1941 and was the first large-frame revolver made into a snub-nosed version, adopted by none other than F. Scott Fitzgerald himself.

Lane specializes in antique Colt firearms but collectors can find almost anything military here, at all price levels. A few years back, Lane sold an 1875 Remington that belonged to Jesse James for ...

Jesse James lived by the revolver, and he died by it as well. Throughout his career as a bushwhacker and robber, Jesse made use of Samuel Colt's revolutionary new pistol to inflict mayhem at close ...

Richmond Auctions is excited to host a multi-day Firearms & Sportsman Advertising Auction on November 15 and 16, 2024, ...

He also confirmed that two other people had handled the gun, an antique Colt .45 revolver, before it was given to Mr Baldwin - the film's armourer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed and assistant director Dave ...

For maximum preservation, antique textiles, especially cottons and linens, should have no direct contact with wood, blue tissue, regular tissue, or other wrapping paper. Most paper tends to be acidic; ...

A man has been found guilty of murdering a Met Police sergeant by shooting him in the chest with an antique gun he had smuggled into a south London custody centre. Sgt Matiu Ratana, 54, died of a ...