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Rare Colt Combat Commander in the Wild
A curious reader sent these photographs in, of what appears to be a very limited edition Colt Combat Commander. Limited edition due to the suppressor sights, threaded barrel, and front picatinny rail...
View ArticleColt Detective Special | Cops & Robber’s Best Friend
The Colt Detective Special is a revolver that was a constant companion to cops as well as robbers for over 60 years. This episode of TFBTV Patrick takes a look at his 1951 production Dick Special that...
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Modern Personal Defense Weapon Calibers 005: The 5.56x30mm MARS
Today on Modern PDW Calibers we’re going to look at what might seem like a humdrum round, but which represents an important performance band for the modern personal defense weapon. That round is the...
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Colt Promotions for 2017
Colt is running a pair of promotions to encourage you to buy its guns. One is centered on the Expanse rifle while the other is for some of its 1911-style pistols. Expand Your Expanse The marketing...
View ArticleColt Police Positive Special: Al Capone’s Favorite Pistol
The Cole Police Positive was not only a favorite with beat cops, but also happened to be the revolver of choice for Al Capone himself! In this episode of TFB TV, Patrick takes his 1937 Police Positive...
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Colt – From Passionate Origins to Hollow Corporate Shell
In the last few years, we have seen tumultous times for Colt. The prancing pony company has been in and out of bakrupty twice in as many decades, driven there by a variety of factors including no new...
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BREAKING: Colt Lays Off Custom Shop Director, Other Employees, Company...
What is happening at Colt? That’s the question on many people’s minds as news of layoffs in the company began to trickle out starting on Tuesday. Rumors of massive layoffs at Colt began with a post at...
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Results of US Marine Corps Infantry Automatic Trials Released Through FOIA...
Today, a variant of the Heckler & Koch HK416 rifle is the standard squad infantry automatic rifle (IAR) of the United States Marine Corps, as the M27. At one time in the mid-2000s, though,...
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Colt Announces Jobs and Expansion of Operations
An official announcement from the Connecticut Governor’s office has confirmed that Colt’s Manufacturing Company, the current, official name of the company we all call “Colt”, is purchasing its own...
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MYTH BUSTED! No Reason for .357 Magnum Snubnose Revolvers? NOT SO, Says...
We’ve all heard that one before, right? “There’s no point to the .357 Magnum in a snubnosed revolver, from a barrel that short you might as well carry a .38.” Well, thanks some some exhaustive testing...
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Counterfeit M4s In Iraq
A number of AR15s that have been turning up in Iraq appear to be counterfeit products but are in the markets and treated as legitimate production versions of the rifle companies the producers are...
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Colt Capitalizes on Foreign Military Sales Program
In a recent announcement, the U.S. Government has released a 7 million dollar award modification notice for Colt Defense’s over 35 million dollar contract to provide M4 and M4A1s in the Foreign...
View ArticleElvis Guns | S&W Model 19 and Colt Python | NRA 17
While walking the NRA Show floor, we had a once in a lifetime opportunity to talk with Rock Island Auctions about the Elvis guns that will be offered for sale at the next Premier Auction. Being offered...
View ArticleSecret Guns: Fully Automatic .22, Hip Mounted Pistol, Suppressed M1 Carbine
Recently we’ve been looking at a number of high-profile developments that came out of Special Operations Executive. Namely the infamous Welrod and Welwyn suppressed devices, and the Norm and Welgun...
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Beretta AR-70 – For When You Are Rejected by Colt
What happens when you are Beretta, one of the most storied gun makers in the world, when you are rejected by Colt? Why, you go off and make a competing rifle, partially co-developed by Sig! In all...
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Colt (Re)Releases Wheelguns with the Double-Action Cobra Revolver
With well-known 1911 manufacturers like Kimber getting into and now colt re-entering the wheel gun market, one might claim that it is the year of the revolver. Yes, new 1911 and other semi-auto models...
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10 Most Expensive Firearms Sold in May 2017 Rock Island Premiere Auction
Rock Island Auction Company’s May 2017 Premiere Auction started on May 5 and ended on May 7. Among the main and iconic lots of this auction were Elvis Presley’s revolvers. The King’s guns were sold at...
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POTD: Colt 1900 With A Three Digit Serial Number
Not long ago I was working as a marketing and content guy for a retail gun store that pretends to be an eCommerce company as well. It was an experience that I don’t care to repeat but did bring some...
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Colt Announces Series 70 Competition Pistols
Series 70 vs Series 80 is a bit of a holy war within the 1911 community. Many purists believe that Series 70 pistols are a superior version of the gun (and they can make a good case for it.) If you...
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Colt Goes Retro Clone (ish) With AR15A4 Availability
I know this is not exactly breaking news, but when I saw Gary Hughes of Dead Air Armament post up the ‘In Stock’ notice for a Colt AR15A4 at Brownells, I was intrigued. Sure, other manufacturers have...
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