in 1899, it became widely popular cartridge ... Colt accommodated these needs through the larger Colt Police Positive Special revolver at first, before adapting the design in a smaller size ...

The “U.S. Army Model 1899” guns were numbered from 13001-14000 in S&W’s factory range. The Navy subsequently purchased another 1000 of the 2nd Model. Colt Model of 1909 .45 Extensive testing ...

38 Long Colt revolvers during the fight against the Moro warriors in the Philippine Insurrection of 1899-1902. But was the ...

The gun is none other than Elmer Keith’s No. 5—a tricked-out Colt Single Action chambered in .44 Special. Keith was born in Missouri in 1899. He grew up in Montana and later moved to Oregon ...

The .45 ACP dates to a war the United States fought in the Philippines from 1899 to 1902. The U. S. forces were using double action revolvers chambered in an anemic cartridge called the .38 Long Colt.

45 Colt. In a SAA revolver, the brass would overlap and bind behind the cylinder ... 38 Long Colt that had proved inadequate during the Phillipine-American War from 1899 to 1902. But the .45 Colt of ...

The Colt revolver was turned over to a sheriff in Utah in 1899 as part of Cassidy's failed attempt to obtain amnesty from the state's governor, said John Eubanks of California Auctioneers ...

A Colt .45 revolver once owned by General George S. Patton sold for $75,000 at auction in Los Angeles Thursday. Profiles in History, which conducted the auction, had expected the working firearm ...

1825 ca. - Percussion-cap guns are in general use. 1830 - The back action lock appears. 1835 - The first Colt revolver. Samuel Colt developed the first mass-produced, multi-shot, revolving firearms.