But there is no doubt that the one gun that has defined Colt for some 144 years is the Model 1873 Single Action Army (SAA) revolver, a.k.a Model P or Peacemaker.

Colt Single Action Army 1873 "Artillery" Model. Cowboy Culture. ... a brand new Colt Peacemaker cost approximately $17.50 (or about $330 today). That was the equivalent of a month's wages for most.

People know about the Smith & Wesson Schofield revolver, even if it’s only from watching Unforgiven. Officially known as the S&W Model 3, it’s one of the important revolvers of the Old West ...

Colt Model 1851 Navy. An ivory-handled Colt 1851 Navy revolver. NRA Museum. ... The 1873, or Peacemaker, remains one of the most recognizable firearms in the world.

Colt relaunched the revolver as the “Frontier Six-Shooter” and sold it for $17. The company sold 357,859 Frontiers of varying calibers between 1873 and 1941.

Mason and Richards are also credited with engineering a topstrap for additional strength on the Model 1871-72 “Open Top” revolver that became the famous 1873 Peacemaker.

Samuel Colt and his revolvers remain world famous, but for many people today the Colt name evokes images of the Single-Action Army, first issued in 1873 and immortalized as “the Peacemaker.” ...

Shortly after, the Army also began to use the Colt SAA around 1873. In 1875, S&W got a contract to outfit the U.S. military with new and improved Model 3 Schofield revolvers, with the caveat that the ...

Today, the websites of the two successor Colt companies, both based in West Hartford, claim that the 1873-model single-action revolver “became widely known as ‘the gun that won the West.”‘ ...

In the world of imaginative play, the 1873 Colt Single-Action Army revolver toy stands out as a timeless tribute to the rugged spirit of the American West. Drawing on the enduring legacy of the ...