Talk:Colt's Manufacturing Company

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I have come into an old rifle. I has the colt horse on the left side and numbers on the underside of the stock. It is a thirty two claibar and is pump action. The grips are missing and the magazine tube cap is missing as is the magazine spring. I would like to know some history of this firearm. Any info and help would be appreciated. Thanks Bob Hapgood

Colt Lightning.--TGC55 01:51, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Stuff 2 Revolving rifles 3 Colt-manufactured throwing knifes 4 No mention of Colts earlier revolvers

[edit] Stuff

To begin with, can someone confirm the SAA was a .45? I recall it being .44-40. (Or was that the Peacemaker?) Second, mention should be made of the fact Colt's mfd about 30000 shotguns between 1878-91. Trekphiler 10:29, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Yes, single action army is a .45. It is not the .45 ACP as in the 1911 pistol but the .45 Long Colt, an earlier, outdated round. You're probably thinking of another model of revolvers but since the SAA was so popular, there have been many rechamberings such as .357 magnum and it is quite a possibility that the .44-40 is one.

• To be precise, the .44-40 chambered Peacemaker variants were marked "Frontier Six-Shooters". --D.E. Watters 21:56, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Huh. Should've looked at the link page. My source got it wrong. The SAA was offered in .44-40, but standard was .45LC. Trekphiler 09:20, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

• I don't have any sources of yet, but I've read the 44-40 chambering came after the .45 Colt chambering and was designed to be compatible with the Winchester 1873 carbine which was chambered in 44-40. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.205.138.69 (talk) 07:10, 24 December 2006 (UTC).

Anyone got a cite for the claim "However General Custer himself fell holding a couple of Schofield revolvers (made by rival gunmaker Smith & Wesson) in his hands."? AFAIK, Custer had a pair of Webley RIC revolvers on him at Little Bighorn, not S&Ws. --Commander Zulu 03:11, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Revolving rifles

The revolving chamber technically isn't a magazine right? AllStarZ 02:05, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

That's an excellent question... I've never heard it called one. The cylinder's always applied to sidearms, AFAIK; I'd only expect a mag to apply to rifles. Not that it's much help... Trekphiler 09:26, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Colt-manufactured throwing knifes

At amazon.com, write the search word "Colt Stainless Thrower" and you'll find throwing knifes made by colt.

Maybe someone could add to the article some information about colt's knife manufacturing.

[edit] No mention of Colts earlier revolvers

In the section History:1847-1911 it says: "Colt's early history largely revolved around the production of revolvers[...]The first of these is the aforementioned 1873 Single Action Army"

The first of these was the 1873 Single Action Army?? What about the earlier Paterson and Colt 1860 Army and Navy Cap & Ball revolvers? The were his first revolutionary designs. I'll try to add more on this as i find some sources to cite. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.205.138.69 (talk) 07:07, 24 December 2006 (UTC).

THE COMPANY

um...yeah, Colt's not a public company, it's private.