The years immediately following the American Civil War presented an interesting dilemma for the Colt Patent Firearms Co. Its reliable percussion revolvers had been the most popular military sidearms ...

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The Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver may be a prevalent Civil War weapon, but the one Gene Ferguson carried onto the set of "NRA Gun Gurus" had a back story like no other. As the cameras rolled Thursday, ...

On October 26, 1881, shots rang out at the O.K. Corral. Within the first 30 seconds of the shootout, three members of the Clanton gang were killed. Men on both sides, including Wyatt Earp, Doc ...

The Frontier West was nothing if not a place of opportunity. It offered an unlimited number of ways to perish including disease (a big favorite), thirst, starvation, weather, livestock, serpents, ...

Today, on the 19th of July, we celebrate the birth anniversary of an iconic figure in the world of invention, industrialism, and entrepreneurship: Samuel Colt. Born in 1814, Colt's innovative mind and ...

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