IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In total, over 19,000 six-shot .44 ...

Colt's revolver was the first truly mass produced item made using modern industrial techniques. This Colt Dragoon was made in Colts London factory in 1853 in readiness for the Crimean War. It was ...

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 pair of .44 caliber Colt ...

Appraisal: Colt Third Model Dragoon, ca. 1855, from Bismarck, Hour 2. Watch Paul Carella's appraisal of a Colt Third Model Dragoon, ca. 1855, in Bismarck, Hour 2.

Key point: The Colt Python is a very successful revolver and people loved it. In the world of firearms, which gun is truly the best is difficult to quantify. The sheer amount of innovation and the ...

Iconic US gun-maker Colt Defence has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it struggles with falling sales and a heavy debt pile. The company which famously produced the “Peacemaker” revolver – known as ...

This six-shooter, in the collection of the National Museum of American History, is not the very first Colt six-shooter, but an updated, slightly lighter version Colt produced between 1848 and 1861.