Following up on his popular .36-caliber M1851 Navy, Colt introduced the more powerful .44-caliber Army. It proved the most widely used revolver of the Civil War. Nearly 130,000 were in service ...

Colt dropped it from their lineup in 1992, just in time for concealed carry reform to start taking hold in America. For those unfamiliar with Colt’s frame sizes, the Detective Special was built ...