Usage Operation Snake Eater See also: Virtuous Mission and Operation Snake Eater Today, the Artillery and Civilian models are popular with Cowboy Action Shooting competitors and gunspinners, and are in production with several modern firearms manufacturers, including Colt. Also, during that time period, Colt would constantly showcase "new" models of the Single Action Army, with names such as the Bisley, New Frontier, and Buntline. The three main versions (differing in barrel length) are now known as the 7 1/2" "Cavalry Standard", the 5 1/2" "Artillery Model", and the 4 3/4" "Civilian" or "Gunfighter", though in actual fact customers could order Single Action Army's in any barrel length they wanted. As a stopgap measure, the old M1873s were reissued beginning in 1902 and remained in service for 9 more years until finally being replaced for good by the superb Colt M1911.45 automatic.įrom 1873 to 1941, Colt produced many different versions, in various calibers, finishes, and barrel lengths. This new pistol was mechanically reliable, but its ammunition was notoriously weak. 38-caliber revolver manufactured by Colt in 1897. Army chose to replace the venerable Peacemaker with a newer double-action.
It remained popular even long after double-action revolvers entered the market, including Colt's own Lightning and Thunderer. It was wielded by famous lawmen like Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and Bill Tilghman, as well as outlaws such as Henry McCarty (a.k.a Billy the Kid) and John Wesley Hardin. It was easily the most popular pistol in the American West. Still, it was widely praised for its balance, ergonomics, simplicity, and the excellent stopping power of the. The SAA had some drawbacks it was much slower to reload than the contemporary Smith & Wesson Schofield revolver (a top-break design), and difficult to fire rapidly due to its single-action mechanism. Colt also offered the pistol on the civilian market.
The Army promptly adopted the new revolver as the new standard-issue sidearm. It utilized an improved single-action mechanism coupled with a greatly-improved frame design.
In 1873, Colt submitted a new pistol to the U.S. Beginning in 1865, the conversion kit was applied to guns on the assembly line, resulting in the Colt Open-Top revolver. During the American Civil War, Colt began offering the after-market Richards-Mason Conversion Kit for the 1860 Army, which allowed the pistol to fire the recently-invented metallic cartridge. Numerous black powder designs saw great success over the next 25 years, including the Paterson, Dragoon, 1851 Navy, and 1860 Army models. Colt's Patent Firearms Company first began manufacturing single-action revolvers in 1841.
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