Discover how the Colt 45 became the iconic pistol of the American frontier, known for its reliability and firepower. It played a crucial role in shaping law and order during a wild time.

A Colt .45 revolver once owned by General George S. Patton sold for $75,000 at auction in Los Angeles Thursday. Profiles in History, which conducted the auction, had expected the working firearm ...

Headlining the auction was a Colt .45-caliber revolver that descendants of Earp say was carried during his time in Tombstone, Ariz., and possibly used in the shootout at the O.K. Corral.

Those are among more than 100 firearms, photos, maps, letters and other artifacts available for purchase online through the “Old West, Outlaws, Lawmen and Gangsters” auction hosted by Boston-based RR ...

you have to go back 45 years before the O.K. Corral to when Samuel Colt patented his first percussion revolver design in February 1836. Colt plugged away on wooden models and technical drawings ...