A new limited run of vintage Colt Model 1911 'Black Army' pistols were designed to invoke the World War I heritage of the M1911's original blackened finish that Colt used in lieu of the standard ...

The revolver, a handgun with a rotating cylinder, was first patented by Samuel Colt of Hartford, Connecticut, nearly 200 ...

COLT M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, recoil-operated pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. It served as the standard-issue sidearm for the United States Armed Forces ...

F or those of you who aren’t familiar with the legendary M1911 single-action semiautomatic pistol and its .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge, it became the U.S. Armed Forces’ standard ...

While Colt has its ties to the original ... including full-auto machineguns, semi-auto carbines and bolt-action rifles. And as with any firearm, the basis of its operation revolves around its ...

Colt's 2000 model, an attempt to compete with ... At first glance, Japan’s first semi-automatic pistol design resembles the ...

Samuel Colt developed the first mass-produced ... 1879 - Lee box magazine patented. 1892- Advent of automatic handguns. The first automatic pistol was created by Joseph Laumann in 1892.

Before Colt came along, most pistols were individually made and had to be fired and reloaded one shot at a time. Colt's gun featured an automatic, revolving chamber that enabled the user to get ...