You can’t talk about American handguns without tipping your hat to the Colt Single Action Army. It’s more than a revolver—it’s a symbol of the American frontier, and somehow, it’s still relevant more ...

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For those of you who aren’t familiar with the legendary M1911 single-action semiautomatic pistol and its .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge, it became the U.S. Armed Forces’ standard-issue ...

That’s what makes handguns such an oddball part of military history. Soldiers carried them into the worst moments of combat, the Western Front trenches, the Pacific jungles, the Eastern Front winters, ...