The Colt Single Action Army SAA “Peacemaker,” 1873, was officially adopted as the standard sidearm of the U.S. Army from 1873 to 1892 and played a very great role in taming the Wild West.

Jesse James lived by the revolver ... Samuel Colt died only a year into the Civil War, but his company continued to produce new, deadlier models. The 1860 Army Colt shot .44 caliber bullets ...