In the process of colonizing large parts of the world the British created some of the most practical firearms ever made and the break action Webley & Scott revolvers stand tall amongst them. These revolvers are…
Engraved First Generation Colt Single Action Army Revolver
The Colt Single Action Army is in all probability the most well known revolver on the face of the earth. It has been the star of almost every western movie Hollywood has created and it was…
Colt Model 1878 Double Action Revolver
Samuel Colt was ahead of the pack in many of his ideas and he had designed and patented a double action revolver way back in the 1850’s, a patent that expired in 1857 and which Colt…
Winchester 1883 Prototype Revolver
Winchester were not content with just being America’s main rifle maker, they also looked at becoming her main revolver maker and created prototypes such as the Wetmore-Wells which was displayed at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in…
Experimental Colt Army and Navy Model Double Action
The formative years of cartridge loading revolver design includes some designs for which documentation is scant. The 1870’s saw Smith & Wesson create their No. 3 top break revolver whilst Colt’s design was a development of…
Merwin Hulbert Revolvers
They were a revolver favored by Pat Garret and Jesse James. During the frontier era of the second half of the nineteenth century the Merwin Hulbert revolvers were not just the equal of the revolvers from…