This, then, became the Single Action Army, a gun that would signal the ... only lasted but has actually been adopted by Colt itself is that of “Peacemaker”—a nickname attributed to Samuel ...

As a stopgap measure, the American troops and Philippine Constabulary reverted to using the tried-and-true Colt Single Action Army “Peacemaker” .45 revolvers (ofttimes erroneously termed ...

In 1873, Samuel Colt’s Colt Patent Firearms, looking to reinvent the way it produced revolvers, made a gun: the Colt Single-Action Army ... it was dubbed the Peacemaker. Remember this.