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The Colt Single Action Army (also known as the SAA, Model P, Peacemaker, or M1873) is a single-action revolver handgun.It was designed for the U.S. government service revolver trials of 1872 by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company (today known as Colt's Manufacturing Company) and was adopted as the standard-issued revolver of the U.S. Army from 1873 to 1892.
A few third-generation Buntlines were manufactured in the late 1970s, as well. [12] Colt manufactured 70 New Frontier Buntline Specials from 1962 to 1967 with 12-inch barrels and folding target sights, chambered in .45 Colt. [13] The 1873 Buntline Target is an Italian 6-shot single-action revolver chambered for the .357 Magnum or the .45 Colt ...
1955-2005 (First generation) 2020-present (Second generation) Colt Single Action Army: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company.45 Colt.44-40 WCF.38-40 WCF.32-20 WCF.38 Long Colt.22 LR.38 Special.357 Magnum.44 Special.45 ACP: 6 United States: 1873–1941 1956–1974 1976–1982 1994–present Colt Trooper
The Colt Walker, sometimes known as the Walker Colt, is a single-action revolver with a revolving cylinder holding six charges of black powder behind six bullets (typically .44 caliber lead balls). It was designed in 1846 by American firearms inventor Samuel Colt to the specifications of Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker .
Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless .380 ACP. Its serial number dates manufacture to 1919. This is a Colt' US Armament reprise of the 1903 pocket model. It has all of the major updates except the magazine disconnector that was added in 1926. Dismounting for cleaning resembles the Colt .25 "Vest Pocket " Pistol of 1906 but is considerably easier.
Action: Single-action: Muzzle velocity: 850–1,236 feet (259–377 m) per second depending on powder/projectile: Effective firing range: 80 yards (70 m) Feed system: Six-round cylinder: Sights: Blade front sight, hammer notch rear sight, some with sight mounted on rear of barrel for use with shoulder stock
More than 200,000 were manufactured from 1860 through 1873. Colt's biggest customer was the US Government with no less than 129,730 [1] units being purchased and issued to the troops. The firearm was a single-action, six-shot revolver accurate from 75 up to 100 yards, where the fixed sights were typically set when manufactured. The rear sight ...
The US government purchased 200 1902 Militaries (serials 15000–15201) in 1902 for service evaluation of type (round hammer, checkered front slide). The Mexican marked pistols undoubtedly saw service during the Mexican revolution along with other privately acquired Military, Sporting Model, and 1903 Pocket Hammer Colts.