Revisiting the Peacemakers Part 1

It took Colt’s management and the company’s Superintendent of the Armory, William Mason, until 1871 to even begin manufacturing a viable cartridge loading revolver and until 1873 for Colt’s to start selling Mason’s brilliantly designed .45 Colt Single Action Army revolver. To the company’s newest good fortune the U.S. military adopted the SAA as its new primary issue sidearm, but the ... ................
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