In the United States the Colt 1873 Single Action Army became the best known revolver of the 1870’s through to the end of the nineteenth century, with the Smith & Wesson No. 3 in second place,…
Webley No.5 New Model Army Express Revolver
SIG Sauer P210 Target Pistol
Imagine a target pistol that has been based on the design work of an ex-French Foreign Legion captain: a pistol that has been designed with accuracy and reliability as top priorities: and imagine this pistol engineered…
Schwarzlose Model 1908 Blow Forward Pistol
The Schwarzlose pistol, which was first patented in 1908, is one of the more different designs to emerge from that developmental era around the turn of the 19th to the 20th centuries, in the lead up…
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Smith & Wesson No. 3 Revolver
Fast Facts This Smith & Wesson No. 3 revolver has been confirmed as having been delivered to Theodore Roosevelt whilst he was in San Antonio in 1898 preparing his “Rough Riders” for the war in Cuba….
Smith & Wesson and New Haven Arms Lever Action Pistols
The Search for a Self-contained Cartridge The story of America’s iconic lever action rifle began with the efforts to invent a practical self contained cartridge. This was a relatively slow developmental process and while today we…
DWM Model 1902 American Eagle Cartridge Counter Luger Pistol
America’s Service Pistol Could Have Been the Luger The turn of the twentieth century was a time when self-loading pistols were first appearing and looked to be the way of the future. This was also the…
