The newly designed .45 Long Colt cartridges were also famously powerful, and it was just as useful to soldiers in battle as it was to sheriffs and frontiersmen. The firearm would eventually become ...

The Maligned Cartridge in Question: the .38 Long Colt The oh-so-maligned .38 Long Colt cartridge started off its life as a black powder cartridge introduced by Colt’s Manufacturing Company in 1875.

On Wednesday, Target 7 learned a lot more about what guns and ammo were on the set of the movie 'Rust'. "That firearm was a F.lli Pietta long Colt 45 revolver," said Sheriff Adan Mendoza, at a ...

From dusty saloons to frontier justice, the Colt .45 played a major role in the Wild West. Learn how it earned its reputation ...

The combination is undoubtedly part gimmick, with a hand shotgun a general rarity among firearms. The .45 Long Colt round, a storied cowboy and military round dating back to 1872, adds historical ...

The Colt 1878 could be had in .32-20 WCF, .38 Long Colt, .41 Long Colt, .38-40 WCF, .44-40 WCF and .45 Colt. It was even chambered for some of the popular British cartridges of the day, such as ...

A Long Colt 45 in working order can not go off without pulling the trigger. Mochel also told us they take gun safety seriously, and with every gun sale they give the purchaser a safety sheet with ...

When 14-year-old Colt Gray rode the bus to his Georgia high school on the morning of Sept. 4, he had a long gun hidden in a poster board that looked like a school project, a state agent said in ...

Before the famous M2 Browning Machine Gun, there was the Colt Model 1924 Automatic Machine Gun. Here's a look at an original operating manual for the gun from the American Rifleman Tech Files.

After 160 years of making guns, Colt is headed for Chapter 11. ... In 1911, the U.S. Army adopted the Colt 1911 semiautomatic .45 caliber pistol as its standard issue side arm.

Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ shooting: Dummy rounds in Alec Baldwin’s gun would’ve looked real but felt different, expert says Dummy rounds and .45 Long Colts — how do armorers know the difference?

Target 7 learned a lot more about what guns and ammo were on the set of the movie 'Rust'. "That firearm was a F.lli Pietta long Colt 45 revolver," said Sheriff Adan Mendoza, at a news conference.