The guerrilla's principal weapon was the .36 caliber 1851 Navy Colt revolver. This gun was named for its inventor, Samuel Colt, a native of Hartford, Connecticut, who as a young man designed the ...

Percussion-cap guns are in general use. 1830 - The back action lock appears. 1835 - The first Colt revolver. Samuel Colt developed the first mass-produced, multi-shot, revolving firearms.

His factory produced 100,000 revolvers during the Civil War-the M1860 Army Colt and the M1861 Navy Colt-which armed both Union and Confederate troops. The Colt Peacemaker or Colt M1873 would go on ...

Along the way, he puts his twin Colt 1851 Navy revolvers to famous and deadly use ... entry in "The Man with No Name" trilogy. Three men race to discover hidden Civil War gold buried in an ...

"A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace." - Theodore Roosevelt "I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he ...

Race walking is an event contested in all levels of the sport of track & field, from youth athletics up to and including the Olympic Games. Race walking combines the endurance of the long distance ...

The two civil rights leaders came together at the end of their lives. What might have happened had they met earlier? Nikole Hannah-Jones discusses how the project reframes the role of slavery in ...

Still, both race, which describes one’s physical characteristics, and ethnicity, which encompasses cultural traditions such as language and religion, play significant roles in people’s lives.

The first Navy submarine designed and built for a mixed-gender crew will be commissioned this weekend. The future sub New Jersey is shown here during sea trials. (U.S. Navy) The Navy is slated to ...

The Navy will meet its goal to sign up 40,600 recruits by the end of September, but it will miss its target to get sailors through boot camp. (Patrick Semansky/AP) The Navy will meet its goal to ...

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