Colt was the first to apply Industrial Age machining tools to the idea. Mass production made the guns affordable. Reliability and accuracy made the Colt a favorite of soldiers and frontiersmen.

More than 25,000 privately made firearms were recovered in ... uneasy spotlight on 3D-printed firearms, as the first known use of such a gun in a high-profile killing. “It’s already reoriented ...

The German Commission Revolver, also known as the Reichsrevolver, was the official issue sidearm of the German Empire from the 1870s until the dawn of the 20th century.