Colt revolvers helped shape American history, becoming symbols of self-reliance, exploration, and innovation. From taming the ...

The massive firearm was a fitting sidearm for a man who was larger than life, and Walker’s story is deftly told by authors ...

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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 ...

Samuel Colt was a failed businessman prior to his firearms company, but even in the beginning his patent firearms company based in Paterson, N.J., didn't have much success. Despite his shortcomings, ...

The Frontier West was nothing if not a place of opportunity. It offered an unlimited number of ways to perish including disease (a big favorite), thirst, starvation, weather, livestock, serpents, ...

One of the more surprising facts about Samuel Colt that even shooting enthusiasts don’t know is that he really didn’t create many of the most iconic firearms to bear his name. While the Colt Single ...

For whatever reason, Colts—not Winchesters or Parkers—are the be-all and end-all for collectors of American firearms. This particular Colt is rarest and most valuable of them all. Known as “The Danish ...

TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Governor Greg Abbott has signed a Resolution naming the 1847 Colt Walker pistol the official handgun of Texas. Invented by Captain Samuel Walker of the Texas Rangers and Colt ...

Much like its predecessors the Walker Colt and Dragoon, the handsome revolver found a niche with police and highway patrol forces across the country. Here's What You Need To Remember: The Colt Python ...