World-Famous Handguns: Colt 1873 Single Action Army Revolver

Have you ever wondered what type of handgun the people back during the days of the wild, wild West were using? The American Wild West was the historical setting for many popular cowboy movies.

The Colt Single Action Army which is also known as the Single Action Army, SAA, Model P, Peacemaker, M1873, and Colt .45 is a single action revolver with a revolving cylinder holding six bullets. It was made to compete for the U.S. government service revolver trials of 1872 by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company (now known as today's Colt's Manufacturing Company) and was adopted as the standard military service revolver until the year 1892.

This firearm has been offered in over 30 different calibers and various barrel lengths. Its overall appearance has remained the same since mass manufacture in 1873. Colt has discontinued its production twice, but brought it back due to highly popular demand. The revolver was popular with people of the American Old West and was known worldwide as "The Gun That Won the West".

As of the early 21st century, models were mostly bought by collectors and by people involved in the theater and film business. Its design has influenced the production of numerous other models from other firearm manufacturing companies.

Sources: https://tticalinak.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/colt-single-action-army-manual.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColtSingleAction_Army

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