Early on, Colt was at a disadvantage. Many of the company's "open top" pistols were inherently weaker than full-framed revolvers such as the Remington Model 1858. In 1870 when the Army tested Colt's ...

United States Colt Model 1860 Army revolver, .44 caliber. General History The Colt Model 1860 army revolver was manufactured from 1860 through 1873. The total production consisted of more than 200,000 ...

Colt revolvers were important weapons in the US arsenal for much of the 19th century, with at least four designs — the Colt 1847, the Colt M1848 Dragoon, the Colt Army Model 1860, and the Colt ...

Check it out on gunandswordcollector.com. Additional Reading: The Guns of Manassas, 1861 The Guns of Gettysburg Colt 1860 Army Richards "Cartridge Conversion" Revolver ...

Watch the video above to see it in use on the NRA Tech Range. The classic format of the Single Action Army is a six-shot revolver chambered in .45 Colt with a 7.5” barrel.

According to Colt, the limited run of vintage 'Black Army' pistols were designed to invoke the World War I heritage of the M1911's original blackened finish that Colt used in lieu of the standard ...