Revolvers
The revolver was a giant leap forward from the limited single-shot sidearms available prior.
1990
Continuing the Colt tradition of excellent revolvers named after snakes, the concern delivered their impressive "big boy" Col...
1848
The Colt "Dragoon" (meaning "Dragon" in French) was the brainchild of Samuel Colt himself and went on to become one of his mo...
1849
The Colt Model 1849 "Pocket Revolver" was Colt's answer when replacing their "Baby Dragoon" series of guns. Unbeknownst to Co...
1851
At the end of the 1840's Samuel Colt was hard at work designing a new revolver of .36 caliber, this design becoming the famou...
1855
Early Colt revolvers operated from what was known as an "open frame" design meaning that there was no supporting structure se...
1860
Colt brought about their New Army Model revolver in 1860 and it quickly proved itself the definitive combat revolver of the t...
1861
Design of the Colt Model 1861 Navy was not unlike Colt's previous "Navy" offering - the Model 1851 Navy - and was essentially...
1862
The success of the original Colt Model 1851 Navy (sold in 215,000 examples) provided the foundation for the Model 1862 Pocket...
1862
The Colt Model 1862 Police percussion revolver was intended for security personnel and followed the design lines of other Col...
1917
When the Americans formally entered World War 1 in 1917, they lacked much in the way of viable fighting equipment and this in...
1955
The Colt Python is regarded by many gun purists and firearms experts as quite possibly the finest double-action revolver ever...
1873
The Colt firearms firm certainly hit its stride in the 1800s, helped no doubt by the American Civil War and goings on along t...
1847
Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker (1817-1847) served as a Texas Ranger and within the US military through the violent wars in th...
1860
Many firearms manufacturers of the late 1800s were overshadowed by the likes of Colt and Remington but James Maslin Cooper ma...
1850
F.P. Devisme was a highly skilled weapons maker based in Paris, France. While not exclusively known for his high-quality guns...
The FN Barracuda was a security service pistol proposed by the Belgium firm of Fabrique Nationale and accepted into service w...
1820
The Francotte Pinfire Revolver was Belgian in origin, work completed by the firm of A. Francotte a Liege. Auguste Francotte s...
1898
The Gasser & Rast Model 1898 service revolver was a handgun utilized by the Austro-Hungarian Army at the turn of the century....
1870
The Gasser Model 1870 Army Service pistol became the standard sidearm of cavalry units in service to the Austro-Hungarian Emp...
1823
The Lefaucheux 20-Round was one of the notable attempts at designing a revolver that offered the operator a pistol with more ...
1861
The LeMat Revolver was a Civil War handgun carried mainly by mounted Confederate officers during the American Civil War. It w...
1859
Manhattan Firearms Company was established by a committee of businessmen in 1856 in preparation for the expiration of Colt re...
1873
Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de St. Etienne (MAS) of the arsenal based at St. Etienne in France was the proud sponsor of the...
1864
In 1864, Colt's East Armory erupted into flames which destroyed all but two of its buildings. The event could not have happen...
1882
The Ordnance Revolver Model 1882 was a Swiss attempt at making a lighter revolver for its Army. The Swiss Army was already fi...
1891
The Model 1889 "Bodeo" revolver served as the standard Italian Army service revolver for decades after being adopted in 1891....
1879
The Reichsrevolver ("Government Revolver") Model 1879 appeared during a German initiative to modernize and standardize her Ar...
1861
Used almost as widely as the Colt Model 1860 New Model Army revolver, the Remington Model 1861 Army was the another American ...
1862
Remington produced their similar Model 1861 Navy based on the successful and well-liked Model 1861 Army revolvers. The Army r...
1917
The revolver was the primary side arm in most every major world army during the mid-to-late 1800s and into the 1900s and this...
1955
The .44 Magnum or, more formally, the Smith & Wesson Model 29 became the stuff of legend in the Dirty Harry series of movies ...
2003
The Smith & Wesson Model 500 - Standard Compensator is touted as the most powerful handgun every built. The Model 500 was int...
1889
The popular Model 67 revolver, or '.38 Special' as it is also known, is produced by Smith & Wesson and made with two and four...
1981
In 1981, the fabled American firearms concern Smith & Wesson brought about their SW Model 868 six- or seven-shot revolver. Th...
1872
The British Webley Bull Dog pocket revolver was a small, powerful firearm that saw considerable commercial success in a varie...
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