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Discover how the Colt 45 became the iconic pistol of the American frontier, known for its reliability and firepower. It played a crucial role in shaping law and order during a wild time. Landmark ...

Russian customs agents arrested a Russian-American woman at a Moscow airport for trying to bring a gun into the country in her suitcase, officials said Friday. Russia's Federal Customs Service said ...

From dusty saloons to frontier justice, the Colt .45 played a major role in the Wild West. Learn how it earned its reputation as "the gun that won the West." Home Depot responds to nationwide boycott ...

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In 1950, Randolph Scott starred in the classic Western Colt .45, which followed gun salesman Steve Farrell as he gets into a heap of trouble after a gunfighter escapes from prison. While the film is ...

People know about the Smith & Wesson Schofield revolver, even if it’s only from watching Unforgiven. Officially known as the S&W Model 3, it’s one of the important revolvers of the Old West. When we ...

Colt .45 is an American Western series which aired on ABC between October 1957 and September 1960. Christopher Colt was apparently a gun salesman but was in fact a government agent tracking down ...

It's fitting that a power station and blood center partially occupy the grounds once home to Houston's first big league baseball team. Optimistic fans, electrified by the idea the majors had finally ...

After the demise of Sam Colt’s venture in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1842, his dream of a firearms manufacturing empire seemed doomed. Over a six-year period the factory had produced a variety of ...