When it comes to ease of shooting, both snubnose revolvers and pocket pistols have their challenges. These small firearms are ...

Back in muzzleloading days, guns designed to be held and fired with one hand were called pistols. With the advent of the revolver—a repeating handgun with a revolving cylinder—this didn’t really ...

Since the first time somebody figured out that they could propel an object out the end of a crudely-fashioned iron tube by igniting a concoction of sulfur, charcoal, and piss, humankind has strived to ...

While today’s best handguns are modern marvels of speed and accuracy, it would be a mistake to forget about the classic pistols that got us here. Samuel Colt started the revolver evolution with his ...

The term “pistol” first came about in 16th-century Europe when the wheel-lock ignition system for firearms allowed a more efficient manner of carry than the matchlock (simply a smoldering cord ...

HARTFORD, CONN. — It’s been a decade since the Wadsworth Atheneum had an exhibit on native son Samuel Colt, an icon who revolutionized the American firearms industry and put Hartford on the world map.

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