Another great John Browning design, the Colt Woodsman was manufactured in various forms from 1915 until 1977. It was the first successful semi-automatic, rimfire pistol and is considered by many ...

COLT M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, recoil-operated pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. It served as the standard-issue sidearm for the United States Armed Forces ...

While Colt has its ties to the original ... including full-auto machineguns, semi-auto carbines and bolt-action rifles. And as with any firearm, the basis of its operation revolves around its ...

After the Vietnam War ended, Colt began marketing semi-automatic versions of the rifle to gun enthusiasts and police forces alike. Colt's patent for the AR-15 expired in 1977. After that ...

The revolver, a handgun with a rotating cylinder, was first patented by Samuel Colt of Hartford, Connecticut, nearly 200 ...

The Colt M1911A1 is a recoil operated, locked breech, single action semi automatic pistol. The frame has a mounted safety that locks the hammer and the slide. The hammer could be locked either in the ...