The auction includes an 1850 Colt Second Model Dragoon Revolver, with detailing by renowned engraver Louis D. Nimschke — his earliest known work — that Colt presented in 1849 to Hays, a ...

Colt, sent out Mr. Peard as his agent to Cape Town, with a quantity of his revolvers and he invited the most celebrated shots in the British army there, to test their rifles with Colt's revolvers ...

The rare Colt "Paterson" revolver will likely be far and away the highest-priced item at a Dec. 6-8 auction featuring more than 1,150 firearms and military relics, according to Morphy Auctions ...