Eventually, the Army phased out the Schofield revolvers and went with the SAA across the board. Then, it also went back to the .45 Colt ammo until it was replaced by the underpowered .38 Long Colt in ...

45 Colt, and it had a six-shot cylinder, along with a 7.5" barrel. "First of all, it's a simple gun. It basically uses the lock work of the, you know, Dragoons and '51 Navys and '60 Armys ...

38 Long Colt version as the Lightning ... with more than 186,000 guns produced. This 1885-production, medium-frame .44-40 Win. carbine retains 45 percent of its original bluing, although the ...

45 Colt cartridge. This very powerful round started as a breech-loader in revolvers and became a standard-issue sidearm for the U.S. Army, earning its stripes during the Indian Wars and in the ...

The judge in the trial of Colt Gray, the teenager accused of killing four people at Apalachee High School, has ordered his ...

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.

When 14-year-old Colt Gray rode the bus to his Georgia high school on the morning of Sept. 4, he had a long gun hidden in a poster board that looked like a school project, surveillance video ...

People know about the Smith & Wesson Schofield revolver ... became king and old cap-and-ball revolvers were being converted to fire brass — we think of the Colt Single Action Army, the legendary ...