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New Colt LE6920MP-R
The new Colt LE6920MP-R combines Magpul furniture with a Troy rail system. From the press release .. Like its predecessor, this rifle comes standard equipped with many of Magpul’s most popular firearm...
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Colt’s Wiley Clapp LW Commander
Thanks to Mr. Revolverguy for sending this to us. He reviews Colt’s new Wiley Clapp Lightweight Commander Talo exclusive. He sums it up with “Everything you need, with nothing you don’t.” Check out...
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Hand-built Gun Coffee Table
At this risk of shortly being “The Furniture Blog” one of our readers sent in this fabulous custom-made coffee table by JD Cabrera. JD is one of the brains behind the start-up of the current Henry...
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Bonafide Colt AK. Colt releases the 7.62×39 CK901
Colt has announced the release and first order of the CK901 7.62×39 direct impingement AR-AK hybrid (not to be confused with the ARAK-21 from Faxon). The weapon systems has been ordered by the Yemeni...
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Samuel Colt’s 200th Birthday O1991Z Pistol
Colt marked its founder’s 200th birthday by donating a O1991Z 1911 Commemorative Pistol to The Museum of Connecticut History at The Connecticut State Library. We are honored to donate this special...
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POTD: Colt Canada C7
Edward O took this photo at a Canadian Army exercise. He wrote … A Canadian Forces soldier fires his C7 rifle during a live-fire exercise in Suffield, Alberta. The rifle is outfitted with an Elcan C79...
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Machine Disarms Police Officer And Discharges Weapon
Apparently an off-duty officer in Western NY State went to an outpatient imaging center. Here is the case report. The officer was carrying his Colt 1991-A1 compact. Due to a miscommunication with the...
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Revolver Showdown
Jerry Miculek compares a S&W L-Frame against a Colt Python and a Ruger Speed Six. He admits it to us that he is a little biased since he has been shooting for S&W for the past 25 years. After...
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VZ Grips Review
Recently the author embarked on heavily modifying a Kimber Custom II Series 80 style 1911. In the process he ordered custom parts, some of which will be reviewed on TFB. Some of the parts he ordered...
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Colt Defense: More Financial Problems
Following right on the heels of Colt Defense narrowly avoiding default on its loans, Colt Defense announced it may miss its May 2015 high yield bond payment. Forbes reports: Colt Defense may not have...
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The Development of The 1911
If you’re a gun person, John Browning probably makes the top of your list of “greatest firearms designers”, and for many, the 1911 handgun is his finest creation. There’s an argument to be made that...
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LooseRounds’ Colt 901 MARC Review
LooseRounds has posted an early review of the Colt 901 MARC rifle. In addition to doing standard 100 yard accuracy testing, he also tested the target at 1,000 and 1,200 yards. That’s really stretching...
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TALO Colt Ghost Commander .45
Talo is selling a special edition Colt 1911 named the Colt Ghost Commander. It is a limited edition with just 400 being manufactured. The post TALO Colt Ghost Commander .45 appeared first on The...
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Colt AR-15 KABOOM
Parallel got the fright of his life when participating in a Magpul Dynamics “Dynamic Carbine” course. The drill was firing from the urban prone, weapon side position. We loaded and made ready and I...
View ArticleAn M4 takes 3.5 hours to manufacture
A journalist from the Malaysian newspaper Malay Mail was shown around the Colt’s West Hartford factory … New machines were still being installed at the 26,687-square metre plant as The Malay Mail was...
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Don’t bring a gun near an MRI
The American Journal of Roentgenology published a fascinating article back in 2001 about an incident at a MRI imaging center in western New York State. An off-duty police entered the MRI scanner room...
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Colt SCW carbine coming to civilians
One of Colt’s people at Media Day told me that the Colt SCW (Sub Compact Weapon), or at least the short buffer tube and foldable stock, will be coming to a semi-automatic civilian legal rifle. The full...
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Talo’s Colt Dragon 1911
OK … words fail me. The post Talo’s Colt Dragon 1911 appeared first on The Firearm Blog.
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Colt M1911 machine pistols
Back in the 1930s Colt developed a few experimental fully automatic M1911 pistols. It is hard to believe that anyone thought that a .45 ACP machine pistol was a practical idea! The most famous fully...
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Colt Police Positive from The Thin Man
This weeks movie gun is the Colt Police Positive which was used in the 1934 detective film The Thin Man. The small frame double-action revolver was introduced by Colt in 1907. This beautiful specimen...
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