Category Archives: Colt

A look at the Colt .22 rimfire conversion kit.

This is a golden oldie from the old site I recovered over the weekend. So, any link is probably long dead. The gun isn’t even sold on the commercial market anymore unless you get one on the secondary market. I repost it only for interest and historical purposes. After taking a look at the partsContinue reading “Colt 6940 Piston Carbine Accuracy Test”

Above of course is the famous side arm of  General Patton.    This Colt  Model P is of course chambered  for the classic widowmaker, .45 Colt. or .45 Long Colt if you like that better.   I won’t go into its purchases history and serial number and blah blah blah. That has been done to death.    ItContinue reading “Patton’s Revolver And The M1911”

Four years ago I did the “10 years of the Colt 6940” post and then a few days after realized I had left out some pretty neat stuff from the history of the Colt monolithic uppers. Over the last 10 years there was some other monolithic upper rifles and carbines from colt in some variantsContinue reading “More On Colt Monolithic Upper History”

In the 1990s Colt came out with a .22 rimfire pistol. It was no doubt intended to compete with the ultra popular Ruger .22 pistols and be an affordable plinking and target pistol. The Cadet was the shorter barrel version with fixed sights. The gun had a heavy barrel and it was accurate. I ownedContinue reading “Colt’s Short Lived .22 Cadet Target Pistol”

from 1911wiki The Death of Bonnie and Clyde: On the night of their demise Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot by 112 rounds of ammunition by Louisiana and Texas lawmen. Bonnie Parker had received 26 entrance wounds while Barrow had received 17. In their stolen Ford V8 coupe authorities retrieved an assortment of firearmsContinue reading “Bonnie & Clyde 1911”

Pretty interesting contraption for using a 1911 in a bi-plane. The idea being to keep the fired cases from screwing up the delicate planes.