38 Long Colt The oh-so-maligned .38 Long Colt cartridge started off its life as a black powder cartridge introduced by Colt’s Manufacturing Company in 1875. After the transition to smokeless ...
Before the matchlock, guns were fired by holding a burning wick to a "touch hole" in the barrel igniting the powder inside ... 1835 - The first Colt revolver. Samuel Colt developed the first ...