These classic firearms earned loyal followings for reliability, design, or history. Many shooters still wish they’d stayed in ...

** 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 1969, the decision-makers at ...

For the Union Army during the American Civil War, its officers and cavalry troopers relied on one of Colt's most notable firearms: the 1860 Army revolver.

The Python was exactly what people imagined a revolver to be. The Python had a slightly oversized, stout .41 caliber frame with beautiful, beveled edges. The trigger well was large and capable of ...

While today’s best handguns are modern marvels of speed and accuracy, it would be a mistake to forget about the classic pistols that got us here. Samuel Colt started the revolver evolution with his ...

Following up on his popular .36-caliber M1851 Navy, Colt introduced the more powerful .44-caliber Army. It proved the most widely used revolver of the Civil War. Nearly 130,000 were in service before ...

For whatever reason, Colts—not Winchesters or Parkers—are the be-all and end-all for collectors of American firearms. This particular Colt is rarest and most valuable of them all. Known as “The Danish ...

In late January of this year, the U.S. Army selected a new pistol to replace the Beretta M9, a gun that's served the Armed Forces for 30 years. But like every weapon in the U.S.'s arsenal, the Army ...

Over the past weekend, Colt Defense announced that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy; a move that signaled how dire the legendary gun company’s situation really was. Their latest setback was the ...