No matter how you look at them—as outstanding examples of John Browning's genius, an interesting phase in American firearms ...

This is the impression that most of the traveling public has. Indeed, there are plenty of times when all the engines are needed to taxi out for takeoff, but there are also many other instances when a ...

They say lightning doesn’t strike twice, but Colt Patent Firearms disproved that old adage. Colt’s first lightning strike occurred in 1877, with the appearance of its Self-Cocking Central Fire ...

The SAA board is weighing up the sale of a landing slot at Heathrow Airport in the UK to free up cash. A valuation by the government a few years ago valued the slot at R1-billion. It is now ...

The Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises has reached a decision to refer the matter of the Takatso Consortium’s purchase of a 51% stake in South African Airways (SAA) to the Special Investigating ...

With just five hips left to go through the ring, a colt by Curlin surged to the top of the leaderboard, bringing $550,000 during Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky October Yearling Sale Oct. 22. Alistair ...

Props from the iconic Western series are set to hit the auction block on Nov. 15. Julien’s Auctions is handling the sale of ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. As I watched my nine-month-old wobble to standing for the first time, I realised it was time to find out who his father was. In 2019 ...

This was also a problem for the earlier generations of cap-and-ball revolvers, which is why many models used in the 1860s had a safety notch between the chambers where the hammer could rest when the ...

Colin Gray, Colt's father, faces 29 charges, with allegations that he ignored his son's warning signs and purchased the firearm used in the incident. A total of 25 individuals were affected by the ...

Presidents George Washington and John Adams used it to quash early rebellions against federal authority. President Abraham Lincoln used it at the start of the Civil War, and some presidents used ...