The Colt single-action revolver belonged to Captain Myles Moylan ... Pennsylvania during the Civil War in 1863. He rode into ...

1835 - The first Colt revolver. Samuel Colt developed the first ... and overtax the supply system. But in 1863, President Lincoln test-fired a Spencer. His approval led to the purchase of 107,372 ...

Derek Landers explores how 19th-century American gunmakers produced cartridge revolvers while avoiding Smith & Wesson's ...