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.

Top image courtesy Colt.com Colt—the name has stood for great firearms for nearly two centuries. From the first Paterson revolver of 1837 to the M16 rifle, millions of people have bought ...

I’ve even used it on African plains game. So why not get a rifle in .30-30? Its only real limitation would be reach, as the cartridge is best used inside 200 yards. But if you know how to hunt ...

The company's website identifies it as "the world's largest manufacturer of over-the-counter-firearm replicas" and lists partnerships with well-known gun companies like Beretta, Colt and Glock.

The museum has his "1860 Colt Revolver and his 1864 Smith & Wesson Revolver, both of which Hayes received during his service during the Civil War," and "several rifles from the Civil War that are ...

The rifle that was found in Ryan Wesley Routh’s alleged sniper’s nest just outside Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach on Sept. 15. Photos were included in a detention memo filed ...

Georgia school shooter Colt Gray managed to smuggle an AR-15 style rifle onto a school bus the morning of the tragic incident by hiding it inside a poster board. Colt, a 14-year-old student at ...

At the time, the only way anyone could lay his hands on such a rifle was with the help of a custom gunsmith. That changed in 1997, when Steyr introduced the Steyr Scout Rifle, which Cooper helped ...

“Guns are a symbol for a lot of people, and they mean different things. I think the symbol to some Americans is of tradition, of family, of history. And others, I think, view it as a symbol of ...

After the Vietnam War ended, Colt began marketing semi-automatic versions of the rifle to US gun enthusiasts and police forces alike, although many gun owners remained wary of the weapon.

Gray, 54, is now facing manslaughter and murder charges of his own after his son, Colt Gray, allegedly opened fire, killing four, at his Georgia high school with a gun he received from his father ...