Colt Patent Firearms Co.'s reliable percussion revolvers had been the most popular military sidearms during the American Civil War, but times were changing, and the firm had to find a way to ...

Author Charles W. Pate has again provided the gun collecting community with another remarkable tome, this time on the most popular revolver of the Civil War era, and—in this reviewers opinion ...

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 ...

History of U.S. Army guns. By Aaron Smith ... 3 of 7. Historians consider the Civil War to be the first modern war, with cutting-edge ... That's how the Union got the Colt Model 1860.

NASHVILLE -- 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 Gurushad a back story like no other.. As the cameras ...

This Colt Model 1860 is a cap and ball revolver used by the Union Army during the Civil War, giving the North a winning edge over the Confederacy.

In July 1873, the Army adopted the Colt and ordered 8,000 revolvers, along with a substantial run of 3,000 Smith & Wesson Model 3s, to replace its obsolete Colt 1860 Army Percussion revolvers.

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 ...

They are all revolvers made by the same man—Samuel Colt. ... and it was handier than the Model 1860 Army. The Navy was probably the revolver that ... most Texas Rangers up until the Civil War, ...

As Colt was developing and perfecting his designs, a series of major events occurred including the U.S.-Mexican War, the California Gold Rush, and the American Civil War. More importantly, Samuel ...

The rifle, along with two Civil War Colt revolvers, were on display and between 5:30 p.m. on February 13 and 8:30 a.m. on February 14, an unknown suspect used a sledge hammer to break a window and ...