The Cimarron Fire Arms Open Top comes factory chambered for .44 Colt, or can be special ordered to also take .44 Specials, but plus-P ammo should not be used in these open topped revolvers.

United States Colt Model 1860 Army revolver, .44 caliber. General History The Colt Model 1860 army revolver was manufactured from 1860 through 1873. The total production consisted of more than 200,000 ...

For example, in 1877 Colt introduced a new gun called Frontier (pictured at the top), which was a Single Action Army chambered in the Winchester Repeating Arms Company's.44-40 centerfire cartridge.

The U.S. Army adopted the new handgun in July 1873, naming it the M1873, and bought 36,000 revolvers chambered in .45 Colt caliber. The revolver was introduced to the civilian market two months ...

Bat Masterson’s custom Colt Single Action Army revolver. Rock Island Auction Company. With the adaptation of this icon, the Army Ordnance Department, whose record remains mixed at best, struck fire.

The U.S. Army adopted the new handgun in July 1873, naming it the M1873, and bought 36,000 revolvers chambered in .45 Colt caliber. The revolver was introduced to the civilian market two months ...

-Finally, the Colt Single Action Army "Peacemaker" (.45 Long Colt) is included for its historical significance. Top 5 Revolvers As Explained by a Gun Expert with over Thirty Years Experience: ...

Colt revolvers were important weapons in the US arsenal for much of the 19th century, with at least four designs — the Colt 1847, the Colt M1848 Dragoon, the Colt Army Model 1860, and the Colt ...

Colt, sent out Mr. Peard as his agent to Cape Town, with a quantity of his revolvers and he invited the most celebrated shots in the British army there, to test their rifles with Colt's revolvers ...

The Army told Colt and John M. Browning they wanted their new pistol cartridge to be more like the lighter-kicking Schofield cartridge than the full-power .45 Colt. They were delivered the .45 ACP ...

The .45-caliber Colt Single Action Army revolver, manufactured in 1885, has been recently researched by the Sweetwater County Historical Museum. Photo Courtesy of Sweetwater County Historical Museum; ...