For the Union Army during the American Civil War, its officers and cavalry troopers relied on one of Colt's most notable ...

The years immediately following the American Civil War presented an interesting dilemma for the Colt Patent Firearms Co. Its reliable percussion revolvers had been the most popular military sidearms ...

These classic firearms earned loyal followings for reliability, design, or history. Many shooters still wish they’d stayed in ...

Firearm aficionados should set their sights on the Denver-based Morphy Auctions Extraordinary Firearms Auction on Nov. 17 and 18. “The November auction is one of the best offerings of high-end ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The revolver was one of the first ‘modern’ pistols – and, nearly two hundred years later, one of the most widely produced in history. One of the most famous handguns ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Like other inventors, Colt was a forward thinker who didn’t just create the products but considered how to get people to buy them. One of the more surprising facts about ...

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 ...

After receiving a patent in England in 1835, American inventor and industrialist Samuel Colt was granted US patent 9430X for a “revolving gun” on February 25, 1836. The Colt revolver had a revolving ...

Today, on the 19th of July, we celebrate the birth anniversary of an iconic figure in the world of invention, industrialism, and entrepreneurship: Samuel Colt. Born in 1814, Colt's innovative mind and ...

Over the past weekend, Colt Defense announced that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy; a move that signaled how dire the legendary gun company’s situation really was. Their latest setback was the ...