Staring down the barrels of a large caliber Howdah double-barrel flintlock pistol can be just as intimidating a sawed-off double-barrel...

Everyone has a "Gunsmoke" story. Almost every major actor today who started out playing small roles on TV from the...

Every story has a beginning, and the story of Samuel Colt begins in the mid-1830s with his first company, established...

Today, you wouldn’t think of Tiffany & Company as a place to purchase a gun, unless it was made out...

In 1847, Samuel Colt had a U.S. government order in his hand for 1,000 new .44-caliber revolvers, which would restore...

Sam Colt may have created the 1851 Navy, but Wild Bill Hickok made the .36 caliber Colt pistols immortal. Indeed,...

Winchester is paying homage to America’s greatest achievement of the 19th century: the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad on May...

In an era when the average man had one shot from a fowler or musket, maybe two with a swivel barrel,...

As far back as the 1850s, Colt began offering silver plating and gold-washed cylinders, hammers and triggers as options on its...

The Colt 1871-72 Open Top was new, innovative and virtually obsolete the day it was introduced! In Colt’s haste to...

Double-action cartridge revolvers had a somewhat unremarkable beginning in the American West. This was mostly due to the Civil War....

Great Britain’s role in America’s early history has been one of both adversary and ally. From the fight for our...