Samuel Colt disliked the idea of a double action revolver, considering the idea to be wasteful of ammunition and likely to be fragile. However, he passed away in 1862, and by 1873 double action Webley (and other British make) pocket revolvers were starting to become popular in the United States. In order to compete with them, the Colt company decided to introduce its own first double action model. Designed by talented Colt engineer William Mason, the Model 1877 was released in three calibers, .32 (the Rainmaker), .38 (the Lightning), and .41 (the Thunderer). Only a few hundred of the .32 models were made, but the Lightning and Thunderer were quite successful, with 166,849 made between 1877 and 1909. Both calibers were offered as 6-shot guns on identical frames. Barrels could be had form 1.5 inches up to 10 inches, with or without ejectors, and with a variety of finish levels including a few very fancy engraved examples like the one we have here today.
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Looks like there is a Russian Apologist trying to spin the events. The following is the English translation of the comment in Russian from the article. Anything to hide or mask the atrocities that have been committed under communism.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fierce shit. At that time there was famine in many European countries and in the USSR it was not only in Ukraine. It was caused mainly by lean years. The figure of 7 million was generally invented in the 2000s, it is not confirmed by any historical sources, just from the ceiling. It is enough to look at demographics, and where is the pit? More than one generation would have responded to such losses; it simply does not exist. By the way, the Chelyabinsk region is not in Ukraine, it is the Urals, Russia. But you don't care, you write nonsense and outright propaganda. You don't give a damn about what really happened and about these people. Abomination.
Always thought old Sam was right on that.
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My grandfather, an avid gun collector had a fine collection of old Colt revolvers. numerous different caplock revolvers, three lightning revolvers with different barrel lengths and two Thunderers. My dad wound up with one of the thunderers which he traded off many years ago. The only Colt revolvers I wound up with was one .44 40 Model P, one 1851 Navy and a tiny little .22 short revolver circa 1874 with a gold plated frame and Ivory grips.
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