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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 pistol of the U.S. Army from 1873 to 1892.
The Colt Single Action Army Peacemaker is aptly named. First introduced within the U.S. Army in 1873, it was referred to as the M1873. The nickname “Peacemaker” actually wasn’t coined until 1878. Some different calibers exist with this model historically but the most iconic has to be the .45 long colt, still readily available today.
Nov 18, 2019 · Call it the Single Action Army, Colt 1873, or Peacemaker, the iconic Colt .45 has been a crowd-pleaser for over 140 years. (Photo: Richard Taylor/Guns.com) SEE COLT SAA 1873 MODELS OF ALL VINTAGES
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Oct 20, 2023 · The Colt Single Action Army Revolver M1873 — also known as the SAA, or the Peacemaker — is undoubtedly one of the defining firearms of the Old West. Historically, the weapon appeared in nearly every famous gunfight of the late nineteenth century, though there were certainly other popular contemporary sidearms available.
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The Colt Peacemaker in Service. The US Army adopted the 7.5-inch barreled Colt 1873 chambered in .45 Colt. In the era of black powder cartridges, the .45 Colt was a magnum of its time. The original Army load consisted of 40 grains of black powder in front of a 255-grain round-nosed bullet, which left the muzzle at about 1000 fe
Jan 3, 2023 · The only irony in the 150-year saga of the Peacemaker is that Sam Colt never lived to see the most legendary gun his company ever produced. He died on Jan. 10, 1862, 11 years before the Single ...
Oct 4, 2023 · That the Colt Peacemaker’s sales are strong 150 years after its introduction speaks louder than anything we can say about it. Few guns can make that claim, though, fittingly, the Winchester Model 1873 is one of them. But even the Winchester hasn’t been in near continuous production like the Single Action Army.
