Mass production made the guns affordable. Reliability and accuracy made the Colt a favorite of soldiers and frontiersmen. The Colt depicted is a Third Model Dragoon percussion revolver (ca.

just like the classic revolvers Colt made in the mid-20th century. In 2024, Colt answered consumer demands with two models of blued Python, one with a 4.25" barrel and another with a 6" barrel.

Jesse James lived by the revolver ... Samuel Colt died only a year into the Civil War, but his company continued to produce new, deadlier models. The 1860 Army Colt shot .44 caliber bullets ...