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Colt's pistols began an enviable reputation starting with the Walker and Dragoon's, through the entire percussion revolver series, and cemented it indelibly with the Colt Single Action Army Model P of 1873. Colt Firearms invented the modern double action, swing-out cylinder revolver in 1889, an...
THE LAST DECADE of Colt's history has been one of slowly regaining the place in the market that was once rightfully its own. While this may sound a bit bold, note that between the AR-15, Model 1911 and Model 1873 Single Action Army, there are very few major firearms manufacturers that...
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Colt Single Action Army Revolver Cylinder / Endshake Shims Our Shims will fit the Colt SAA Revolvers with Removable Bushing Fits First and Second Generation Colt SAA and Authentic Reproductions only ~ Uberti SAA / Hawes Also Fits Third Generation Colt SAA with Removable Bushing Also Fits Uberti ...
TheCimarron Single Action Model Pis inspired by the Model ‘P’ Old Model revolver’s design which, in turn, was based the 1873 Colt Peacemaker. Although it was manufactured for the U.S. Cavalry, it soon became the precursor of the classic Wild West six-gun. ...
1858 Remington "New Model Army" Revolvers Colt's direct competitor 742 Posts 49 Topics Last post by Hawg in Re: Pietta .45 on February 03, 2025, 02:50:37 PM Child Boards: Beals Colt's Southern Cousins A place to discuss the Southern copies and offshoots of the Colt Revolver...
Single Action Army, or 'Peacemaker' revolvers. Both the 1851 Navy and 1873 Army revolvers were of single action design, meaning that the hammer had to be manually cocked prior to squeezing the trigger in order to fire the weapon. Additionally, the cylinders on these revolvers did not swing...
The U.S. Army formally adopted Browning's Colt design in March of 1911, designating it the Model 1911 or M1911. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps formally adopted it in 1913. Over 68,500 M1911 pistols had been manufactured and delivered to the War Department by Colt and the U.S. Gove...
I did a feature on Colt’s 3rd Generation of Single Action Army sixguns. So it’s only fitting to discuss their immediate predecessor—the 2nd Generation. Some even consider the 2nd Generation guns the best of all three generations.