a target version similar to the flat-top target Single Action with adj. sights. Available in all standard calibers with a 7 ½ in. barrel, blue finish and either walnut or rubber grips. Offered from 1894 to 1912, the most popular caliber was...

as with percussion revolvers and derringers, Colt shipped Single Action Army revolvers to England for sale through its London Agency. John Kopec, co-author of A Study of the Colt Single Action Army Revolver, estimates that 18% of production...

pre-1896 mfg. with old style black powder frame.

the most desirable of all Commercial black powder era SAAs, this variant has the words "Colt Frontier Six Shooter" acid etched in a panel on the left side of the barrel. This marking was the result of a request in January 1878 by...

blue or nickel finish, 5 ½ in. and 7 ½ in. barrels, manufactured in two distinct runs, slightly less than 100 converted from unsold .44 RF still in inventory in the late 1880s, and approximately 20 mfg. new in 1891. RF=5+.

slightly less than 1% (approximately 3,400) Single Actions are thought to have been engraved at the factory or elsewhere by authority from Colt between 1873 and 1940. Between 1873-circa 1929 Colt offered three basic grades of engraving with...

.44 Henry rimfire cal., 7 ½ in. barrel, blue and nickel finishes, most were shipped to the southwest and saw hard use, rare with any original finish remaining, many barrels shortened during their period of use, serial numbered in their own...

.45 LC cal., most with 10, 12, or 16 in. barrel, folding adjustable rear sight and extended hammer screw for attachment of nickel plated metal skeleton shoulder stock, long barrel model named after Ned Buntline - author of dime novels in th...