Mel Guy’s Colt "Buntline Special" single-action Army Revolver with a 16-inch-long barrel is available to bid on during Morphy's firearm auction on Nov. 17 and 18.

The city of Paterson, N.J., has had bad luck with its Colts – it keeps losing them to Hartford. First it was legendary firearms magnate Samuel Colt, who closed his gun-making factory, the Patent ...

Colt Model 1860. 1 of 20. Sale price: $33,600 ; Morphy Auctions in Denver, Penn., put nearly 1,000 antique guns up for bid, and a few swords as well, just in time for the Christmas shopping season.

Colt Patent Firearms Co.'s reliable percussion revolvers had been the most popular military sidearms during ... This Colt 1860 Richards is in NRA Antique Very Good condition with generally ...

For Bigfork’s Richard “Short Colt” Cheney, firearms are a way of life. Stepping into his Short Colt Antique Arms store on Montana 35 just south of the bridge is like taking a walk back in time.

Mel Guy collected more than 300 antique Colt six-shooters – known as the guns that tamed the Wild West. He had searched for decades for a super-rare Buntline with a 16-inch barrel.

Stolen antique guns, some ‘priceless,’ will return to Massachusetts after long federal probe. ... Only a 1,000 Colt Whitneyville Walker revolvers were made, Matos said.

The collector of antique guns also picked up a Remingtonball and cap revolver belonging to Earp's lawman grandfather for $12,000 and the vast archive of three-time Earp author Glenn Boyer for $55,000.

WHAT: As a matter of choice, we rarely feature firearms. But when an antique cased weapon soars and is top lot in a sale, the piece is worth noting. In a sale of Antique Arms and Armor and Modern ...

Samuel Colt died in 1862, so he never saw his cylinder guns reach their evolutionary pinnacle: the double-action revolver. In 1877, Colt came out with its first double-action, the medium-frame ...

Julia's auction house obtained a set of Colt revolvers presented to Cameron's brother, Col. James Cameron, during this same time frame. The guns sold for $138,000 at auction last year, Julia said.

The owner of an antique, pearl-handled Colt .45, ... single-action revolver was in his car when both were stolen in 1997 as he and his family were traveling through Jacksonville, Fla., ...