Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Single Action Army that most Colt collectors will never see in person. This SAA shipped on June 22nd, 1882, as one of six sent to Colt’s London Agency, chambered for the “44 German Cartridge.” Only about 60 SAAs are known...
First up, the new XS ACRO footprint optic plate for Glock Gen6 pistols, as well as the R3D 2.0 night sights for Glock 43X/48 COA pistols, are on the market now. Here’s how XS Sights describes these new offerings, if you aren’t familiar with their versions for other pistols:
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a Colt Model 1878 double action with a name on it that raises more questions than it answers. The factory letter shows it shipped on July 21st, 1883, to “Collow Row Bill” in 44-40 with a 7 1/2 inch barrel, nickel finish, and ivor...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a big Colt with a Civil War story attached. This is a Colt Second Model Dragoon in 44 caliber, one of only 100 the Massachusetts militia received from the U.S. Ordnance Department in 1852 under the Militia Act. Roughly 20 are thought to surv...
Back in July Colt CZ Group announced that the Montenegrin Armed Forces had selected CZ small arms, ammunition and accessories. This included the new CZ Bren 3 as well as pistols, precision rifles and CZ Scorpion EVO 3 submachine guns. At the time Colt CZ Group's CEO, Radek Musil, said: "...
West Hartford, CT — October 9, 2026 — Colt is proud to announce its participation in the 2026 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting & Exposition, taking place October 12–14, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Colt’s leadership team looks forward to connecting with mi...
Condition, rarity, make and model, history, and art — those are the five factors that determine what a collectible firearm is worth, according to Jim Supica, Director of the NRA Firearms Museum and the author of a three-part series on gun collecting. Understand how each one works, and you can l...
The M4A1 is one of the most recognizable U.S. military carbines of the modern era. Still, the weapon that entered service in the 1990s is not quite the same M4A1 that soldiers and special operations forces use today. Its development has been driven by a recurring problem: how to keep the M4'...
Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have an early American take on the double action revolver. This is a prototype Josiah Ells center hammer percussion revolver in 31 caliber, made around 1854 and built to the design in U.S. Patent 11,419, granted to Ells of Pittsburgh on August 1s...
Finely embellished handguns are a thing of the past, right? Nobody goes in for engraving and other fancy-pants finishes anymore, right? Wrong. Uh, sort of. The Korth Dreadnought is an example of an old idea reborn for the 2020s, although it is a far cry from the work that F.W. Martin used to do a...