The 1851 Colt replaced the three versions of dragoon revolvers that came before the 1851, as it was lighter making easier to carry on a man's belt. It remained in production until 1873 because of its ...

Samuel Colt and his 1851 Navy Revolver. Everyone knows Texas was an independent republic after winning its independence from Mexico, but between 1836 and its annexation by the United States in 1845, ...

-- A missing Civil War-era pistol is back in its owner's hands. An 1861 Navy Colt revolver that disappeared from the Stockton Center at Spring Grove, 720 Ann Arbor St., in March was returned Tuesday.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. One of a set of two cased Colt Navy ...

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, ...

Today, on the 19th of July, we celebrate the birth anniversary of an iconic figure in the world of invention, industrialism, and entrepreneurship: Samuel Colt. Born in 1814, Colt's innovative mind and ...

The “Colt Revolving Belt Pistol of Naval Caliber,” as the 1851 Navy was originally called, was Colt’s first practical revolver, coming after its 4-lb., 8-oz., .44-cal. Dragoon and the less-powerful ...