American history can be an antidote to the entrenched positions we tend to assume when it comes to thorny issues like guns ...

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Here’s What You Need to Know: During the Cold War, the Colt Manufacturing Company retained its relationship with the U.S. military. Colt didn’t develop the AR-15/M-16 but it was responsible for the ...

Long before U.S. Steel, General Motors or IBM were founded, there was another American company that opened its doors and is still in business today: Colt’s Manufacturing Company—even if it was ...

A relic from Paterson's early days as a diversified industrial powerhouse is expected to be sold for more than $250,000 next month. The rare Colt "Paterson" revolver will likely be far and away the ...

A Colt revolver from the 1800s that was stolen from the state museum more than 50 years ago has been located. It is one of dozens of artifacts dating back as far as the French and Indian War that were ...

America has always been an inventive nation and this week we celebrate the filing of a patent that changed the history of this country. The man who filed it was born in 1814, in the city of Hartford ...

Samuel Colt and his 1851 Navy Revolver. Everyone knows Texas was an independent republic after winning its independence from Mexico, but between 1836 and its annexation by the United States in 1845, ...

The 1851 Colt replaced the three versions of dragoon revolvers that came before the 1851, as it was lighter making easier to carry on a man's belt. It remained in production until 1873 because of its ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Samuel Colt was a wonderful innovator, but the prolific gun maker's greatest invention may have ...

A Czech firearms company has reached a deal to buy Colt, the iconic American gunmaker that helped popularize the revolver. Česká zbrojovka Group said it will acquire all of Colt’s business for $220 ...