Rather than completely reinvent the wheel, Colt maintained simplicity with its MSR Carbine in 7.62x39 mm and modeled the gun after its LE6920-pattern carbine. That said, you get 7075-T6 aluminum ...

In addition, the ongoing popularity of Western movies during the 1930s ... sometimes retrofitted on First Generation guns. Chambered only for .45 Colt and .38 Spl., Second Generation Colts ...

1825 ca. - Percussion-cap guns are in general use. 1830 - The back action lock appears. 1835 - The first Colt revolver. Samuel Colt developed the first mass-produced, multi-shot, revolving firearms.

In 1950, Randolph Scott starred in the classic Western Colt .45, which followed gun salesman Steve Farrell as he gets into a heap of trouble after a gunfighter escapes from prison. While the film ...