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Today’s percussion revolver shooters will, in the main, choose either a .36 calibre Navy size pistol or its larger cousin the .44 Army model. Back in the 19th Century a number of manufacturers catered ...

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 ...

On October 26, 1881, shots rang out at the O.K. Corral. Within the first 30 seconds of the shootout, three members of the Clanton gang were killed. Men on both sides, including Wyatt Earp, Doc ...

Images Used (Clockwise from top Left): (1) A Beretta M9 (2) US Marines on board the USS Blue Ridge and training with Beretta M9 pistols (3) A Shoulder stock mounted Colt Army Model 1860 revolver (4) ...

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, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Colt Model 1860 army revolver was ...

The arguments for and against the Colt open top design revolvers have raged since their inception and will probably do so far into the future. The argument is generally based on the apparent weakness ...

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