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First introduced in 1873, the Colt .45 Peacemaker is one of the most iconic firearms in American history. Often romanticized as “the gun that won the West”, this famous revolver played a pivotal...
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In 1836, Samuel Colt received a patent for the Colt Paterson revolver. It was the first revolving-cylinder handgun ever to be mass-produced. Known then as Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing...
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Colt Firearms has been a major force in the design and manufacture of handguns. In the years 1850s to World War I, it was a dominating force in the production of guns. Colt was pivotal in...
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Colt Firearms is one of the oldest firearms companies in the United States, and it has produced a vast array of iconic guns over the years. Many are used in their current iterations in the U.S....
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Simo Häyhä was one of the most famous soldiers to serve in World War II – a Finnish military sniper credited with more than 500 confirmed kills, earning him the nickname “The White Death”....
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Since the early days of television and cinema, firearms have been an indispensable plot device for countless stories on the silver screen. From old noir films and westerns to buddy-cop and spy...
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This article was written with the assistance of A.I. technology, and has been edited and fact-checked by Colman Andrews. The M1903 Springfield, a bolt-action rifle, was put into service in 1903....
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