** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** A long time ago, I was privileged ...

A Colt revolver from the 1800s that was stolen from the state museum more than 50 years ago has been located. It is one of dozens of artifacts dating back as far as the French and Indian War that were ...

At one point in time, Samuel Colt firearms company held the largest private armory in the world. Colt’s original factory and the utopian village that flanked it (a.k.a. Coltsville) was like the Google ...

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** During the latter half of the 20th ...

Say “Old West six-gun” and most folks picture a single-action Colt on a cavalryman’s hip. That image isn’t wrong – but it’s incomplete. The late 1800s were an arms-race of ideas, and double-action (DA ...

The city of Paterson, N.J., has had bad luck with its Colts – it keeps losing them to Hartford. First it was legendary firearms magnate Samuel Colt, who closed his gun-making factory, the Patent Arms ...

This six-shooter, in the collection of the National Museum of American History, is not the very first Colt six-shooter, but an updated, slightly lighter version Colt produced between 1848 and 1861.

Drawing on the enduring legacy of the original Colt Single Action Army—dubbed the “Peacemaker” by historians—this 1:1 scale replica captures both authenticity and safety for young marksmen and ...

The Colt Detective Special. The Pecheneg PKP. The "Cold War Commie" CZ70. These are just a sampling of the interesting weapons being discussed in a series called "Weapon Trivia Wednesday" on the ...