As early as October 1874, prominent gun dealer Benjamin Kittredge & Co of Cincinnati began marketing Colt's new pistol as The Peacemaker. While the Army Colts strictly used .45-caliber round ...

45-cal. Second Generation SAA, was used from 1965 until 1973. Interestingly, in 1880, the price for a new Colt Peacemaker was $16.50, which was about equal to a week’s pay back then—almost the ...

When we look back at that era of firearms — the time when cartridges became king and old cap-and-ball revolvers were being converted to fire brass — we think of the Colt Single Action Army, the ...

The first Western movie, “The Great Train Robbery,” was filmed in 1903 and featured Colt single-actions used ... so it is not surprising that when the Peacemaker was brought back in 1955 ...

In 1873, Samuel Colt’s Colt Patent Firearms ... For its role in settling the American West, it was dubbed the Peacemaker. Remember this. This is important. Dynasty Warriors: Origins comes ...

a good example of this case can be made by tracing the price of "The Gun that Won the West," the Colt Single-action Army revolver. The venerable Peacemaker turns out to be a better gauge of ...

Colt relaunched the revolver as the “Frontier Six-Shooter” and sold it for $17. The company sold 357,859 Frontiers of varying calibers between 1873 and 1941.

few inventions left as profound a mark as the Colt Single Action Army revolver. Introduced in 1873 and quickly earning nicknames like “Peacemaker,” this legendary firearm transformed how ...

the weapon of choice was the Colt .45 Peacemaker, which combined the bullet, gunpowder, and percussion cap in one cartridge and was therefore much easier to reload. This meant that Jesse now ...

Considering the breadth of firearms and other weapons curated throughout American history, few inventions left as profound a mark as the Colt Single Action Army revolver. Introduced in 1873 and ...