He’s been dead 133 years, but Samuel Colt can still sell guns. Douglas F. Donnelly knew that when he came east from California last year. He sought the cachet of a business address in Colt’s hometown ...

SWEETWATER COUNTY — The Sweetwater County Historical Museum in Green River recently researched an iconic Old West revolver through its Vintage Firearms Research Program. Museum staff determined the ...

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When gun collectors started taking potshots at Melissa Guy’s rare Colt revolver, she had to fire back. A lot of money was at stake. Guy believed her gun – a legendary Buntline Special with a 16-inch ...

The Frontier West was nothing if not a place of opportunity. It offered an unlimited number of ways to perish including disease (a big favorite), thirst, starvation, weather, livestock, serpents, ...

The 1851 Colt replaced the three versions of dragoon revolvers that came before the 1851, as it was lighter making easier to carry on a man's belt. It remained in production until 1873 because of its ...