An East Texas lawmaker is trying to make the cannon the official state gun of Texas. Senator Bryan Hughes filed Senate ...

What firearms are synonymous with the .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge and World War II? This question brings three ...

A man named Clifford Heniser, claiming to be a federal agent, fired 30 rounds into the air outside the Houston County Sheriff ...

1825 ca. - Percussion-cap guns are in general use. 1830 - The back action lock appears. 1835 - The first Colt revolver. Samuel Colt developed the first mass-produced, multi-shot, revolving firearms.

Samuel Colt, against IToung & Leavit. This case has occupied much of the public attention, inasmuch as the speeches of counsel were published in some of our daily papers. The plaintiflf was Samuel ...

Clifford Heniser fired shots near the Houston County Sheriff's Office, impersonated an agent, and was arrested with weapons.

Throughout his career as a bushwhacker and robber, Jesse made use of Samuel Colt's revolutionary new pistol to inflict mayhem at close range. A pistol fired point blank at the back of his head ...