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Nov 18, 2019 · This early 3rd Generation Colt Single Action Army in the Guns.com Vault has a serial number, 99194SA, which dates it to 1978. Chambered in .45 Colt with a 4.75-inch blued barrel, the gun has a ...
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The Colt Peacemaker Reborn. In 1941, Colt quietly discontinued the Peacemaker in order to focus on double-action revolvers and their M1911 service pistol production shortly before the United States entered World War II. Colt did not resume production immediately after the war, but the shooting public seemed to have never lost their love of the ...
The Colt Peacemaker. .45 bullet penetrated into the 12th board—further than any other. By 1875 civilian demand for Colt .45s resulted in a version with 5-1/2-inch barrel length and by 1879 a 4-3/4-inch length became a standard catalog item. Colt did sell that length earlier but it was a custom order item.
Oct 4, 2023 · The one accurate part of that made-up account is that, by the mid-to-late-1870s, any such encounter would likely have seen both men equipped with a Colt revolver. And there’s a good chance those revolvers would be some version of the 1873 Colt Single Action Army, later known as “the Peacemaker.” Preliminaries
Jan 3, 2018 · In 1878, Colt offered its Peacemaker in .44-40, a charter round in Winchester ’s Model 1873 rifle. Earlier, Colt had chambered it in the .44 rimfire used in the Henry and 1866 Winchester. But the Henry was on its way out, and the 1873 had trumped the 1866. Only 1,900 Colt .44 rimfire revolvers were built.
Jan 24, 2019 · One of the most famous handguns of all time is the Colt Single Action Army revolver. Also known as the Peacemaker, Frontier Six-Shooter and the M1873, the Single Action Army is also a staple of ...
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Jan 25, 2022 · Peacemaker' Colt Single-Action Army Revolver, serial no. 4519. (Photo Credit: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The Colt Single Action Army, also known as the Peacemaker, was a handgun that has been seen everywhere from the gunfight at O.K. Corral to General George S. Patton’s hip. It is an American icon, a symbol of the ...
