A .38 'Model 1877 Lightning' double-action revolver by Colt, no. 74664 Modern Sporting Guns, Rifles & Vintage Firearms 24 May 2018, 14:00 BSTLondon, Knightsbridge Sold for £500 inc. premium Follow Share Own a similar item? Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.How to ...
Samuel Colt was ahead of the pack in many of his ideas and he had designed and patented a double action revolver way back in the 1850’s, a patent that expired in 1857 and which Colt himself did not attempt to renew. Colt considered that the double action revolver was unreliable and whe...
Combining power and portability, the Colt 1851 Navy revolver became a Civil War staple, a frontier favorite, and helped usher in the age of the gunfighter.