For the Union Army during the American Civil War, its officers and cavalry troopers relied on one of Colt's most notable ...

At 63, armorer R. Vern Crofoot likes 1870s percussion cap guns well enough, but it is Revolutionary-era flintlocks and their earlier predecessors, the matchlocks, that are his specialty and passion.

The years immediately following the American Civil War presented an interesting dilemma for the Colt Patent Firearms Co. Its reliable percussion revolvers had been the most popular military sidearms ...

Every once and a while Law Enforcement Technology lets me write about a fun topic. This time I picked something I love to do: Black Powder. I tested a Remington Model 1858 Army from Cabela’s, one of ...