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** 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. ** In the 1870s, Colt needed a double ...

Three models rose to the top in notoriety and numbers: Colt’s lithe Model 1877, Colt’s huskier Model 1878, and Smith & Wesson’s Frontier Double Action (the DA New Model No. 3). Together, they explain ...

Q. The gun pictured is a .38-caliber Colt revolver referred to as the “Lightning,” said to be the type of pistol carried by “Billy the Kid.” Can you please tell me what it’s worth? A.Colt’s first ...

A handgun carried into the Battle of Little Bighorn by a legendary U.S. Army cavalry officer is headlining a high-profile firearms auction in Bedford, Texas this weekend. The Colt single-action ...

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, ...