Plenty of guns have come and gone since 1873, but none have stayed as timeless. The Colt Single Action Army earned its legend the hard way—and it’s still earning it every time someone takes one to the ...

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, ...

Although we have covered the Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless before, the gun shown here makes it worth revisiting, because it is a classic example of how condition affects value. But first, a brief ...

When Colt brought back the King Cobra, everyone expected a revival of one of the company’s great revolvers—tight ...

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Here’s What You Need to Know: Like other inventors, Colt was a forward thinker who didn’t just create the products but considered how to get people to buy them. One of the more surprising facts about ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Colt Python was retired by Colt in 2005. The real reason why Colt gave up on such a desirable money maker is unknown, but the high cost of modern labor — a single ...

HARTFORD, CONN. — It’s been a decade since the Wadsworth Atheneum had an exhibit on native son Samuel Colt, an icon who revolutionized the American firearms industry and put Hartford on the world map.

A Czech firearms company has reached a deal to buy Colt, the iconic American gunmaker that helped popularize the revolver. Česká zbrojovka Group said it will acquire all of Colt’s business for $220 ...

Iconic American gun-maker Colt Defense has filed for bankruptcy protection. The company says in a statement that its Chapter 11 filing late Sunday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware ...

Plans to open a Colt firearms plant in Osceola County got a jolt of life Monday, months after some local leaders had presumed the idea was dead. County commissioners approved a landlord agreement for ...