The Colt factory furnishes but one standard model of the S.A.A. now, in plain and fancy finish, though at one time they did furnish flat-top Bisley and S.A.A. models with target sights.

But there is no doubt that the one gun that has defined Colt for some 144 years is the Model 1873 Single Action Army (SAA) revolver, a.k.a Model P or Peacemaker.

For example, in 1877 Colt introduced a new gun called Frontier (pictured at the top), which was a Single Action Army chambered in the Winchester Repeating Arms Company's.44-40 centerfire cartridge.

The popularity of the Single Action Army in postwar westerns caused Colt to bring the revolver back in 1955, selling it for $125 each. Older nineteenth century Model 1873s and Peacemakers are ...

The popularity of the Single Action Army in postwar westerns caused Colt to bring the revolver back in 1955, selling it for $125 each. Older nineteenth-century Model 1873s and Peacemakers are ...