The revolver, a handgun with a rotating cylinder, was first patented by Samuel Colt of Hartford, Connecticut, nearly 200 ...

In 1875, the base price of a .44-40 1873 Winchester rifle was $40 and an 1873 Colt or 1875 Remington revolver $18. The Navy Remington was only $12, and .38 ammunition was substantially cheaper ...

This gun was named for its inventor ... deadlier models. The 1860 Army Colt shot .44 caliber bullets, which did much more damage. And by the time of Jesse's bank robberies in the early 1870s ...