Selden twice cut off Colt from company money for spending it on liquor and fancy dinners ; Colt thought getting potential customers inebriated would generate more sales.

Colt has discontinued its production twice, but brought it back due to popular demand.

Some of the first fighting in the village involved a hasty stop, which included the stand of Lance Corporal Frederick Fisher of the 13th Battalion CEF's machine-gun detachment ; who twice went out with a handful of men and a Colt Machine-gun and prevented advancing German troops from passing through St. Julien into the rear of the Canadian front line.

Hendricks was named All-Pro as a Colt in 1971, as a Packer in 1974, and twice as a Raider in 1980 and 1982.

During Punk's time in IWA: Mid-South, he had high profile feuds with Colt Cabana and Chris Hero while also rising to the top of the roster winning the IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship twice and the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Championship on five separate occasions, beating stars like A. J.

Styles in the finals and winning the ROH Tag Team Championship twice with Colt Cabana as the Second City Saints.

His younger brother Jim played for the Milwaukee Brewers in, while older brother John played one game for the Houston Colt. 45's ( in which he went 3-3 and walked twice ) in.

At that point, Quinn pulled a gun out and shot Tibble twice in the chest at point-blank range with a. 38 Long Colt revolver.

In 2008, Coleman was involved in an automobile accident after an altercation at a Payson, Utah bowling alley which began when Colt Rushton, age 24, photographed Coleman without his permission ; the two men argued, according to witnesses.

Umbricht was the only Colt. 45s pitcher to post a winning record in Houston's first two seasons.

Within two years, Warner Bros. was producing ten hours of programming for ABC each week, mostly interchangeable detective and western series, including Cheyenne, Maverick, 77 Sunset Strip, Surfside 6, Bronco, Hawaiian Eye, and Colt. 45.

In 1960 the line of Piper aircraft consisted of an agricultural-and two passenger variants of the Super Cub ; the Caribbean, Colt and Tri-Pacer ; two versions of the PA-24 Comanche ; the Pawnee ; and the Apache and its new larger derivative the Aztec.

The United States was adopting new firearms at a phenomenal rate ; several new handguns and two all-new service rifles ( the M1892 / 96 / 98 Krag and M1895 Navy Lee ), as well as a series of revolvers by Colt and Smith & Wesson for the Army and Navy, were adopted just in that decade.

Christopher Colt was remarried two years later to Olivia Sargeant.

When Colt returned to the United States in 1832, he went back to work for his father, who financed the production of two guns, a rifle and a pistol.

The couple had four children: two daughters and a son who died in infancy and a son born in 1858: Caldwell Hart Colt.

Modesty's weapon of choice is a " kongo " or yawara stick and as for firearms she begins by preferring the Colt. 32 revolver and Mab Brevete. 32 ACP auto pistol though in later books she switches to carrying a Star PD. 45 auto pistol, while Willie's preferred weapon is the throwing knife, of which he usually carries two.

For the earliest line that traveled through New Mexico Territory, the Jackass Mail, a San Diego newspaper suggested " ne Sharps rifle and 100 rounds, a Colt and two pounds of lead, a knife, a pair of thick wool pants, a half dozen pairs of thick socks, six undershirts, three overshirts, a wide-awake hat, a cheap sack coat, an overcoat, one pair of blankets in summer and two in winter, gauntlets, needles, pins, a sponge, hair brush, comb, soap, two pairs of thick drawers, and three or four towels.

Of the two brothers, the younger Roberto was actually the first one to have any media experience: he was a child actor, first doing bit parts in local soap operas, then starring in The Wonderful World of Disney Cristobalito, the Calypso Colt.

In the United States, " 45 " is often a reference to one of two specific. 45 caliber cartridges — the. 45 Colt or the. 45 ACP.

Bedford bred two other Derby winners, Eager ( 1788 ), and the nameless Colt by Fidget ( 1794 ), as well as two Oaks winners, Portia ( 1788 ) and Caelia ( 1790 ).

Samuel Colt received a British patent on his improved design for a revolver in 1835, and two U. S. patents in 1836, one on February 25 ( later numbered U. S. Patent 9430X ) and another on August 29 ().

Colt still produces this firearm, in six different calibers, two finishes and three barrel lengths.

| guns = 4 × 20 mm ( 0. 79 in ) Colt Mk 12 cannon, two ( 2 ) each just aft of wing leading edge, mid-wing, underside, with 65 rounds / gun

For the design, Colt turned to two of its best engineers: William Mason and Charles Brinckerhoff Richards who had developed a number of revolvers and blackpowder conversions for the company.

Colt currently offers the Single Action Army in one of two finishes: either an all-nickel, or blued with color case-hardened frame ; in the traditional three barrel lengths: 4¾ ", 5½ " and 7½ "; and six chamberings: 32-20, 38-40, 44-40,. 38 Special, 357 Magnum or 45 Colt ; a total of 36 variations.

He played his final two seasons ( 1964 – 65 ) with the Houston Colt. 45s and Astros.

Colt died in 1862, before the end of the Civil War, as one of the wealthiest men in America.

Colt envisioned this unit as being staffed by men over six feet tall and armed with his weapons.

Suddenly, the patrolman pulls his service revolver ( a. 357 Magnum Colt Python ), shoots all four men in the car, then rides away.

After dividing the loot, the men go their separate ways, just managing to avoid meeting the still-oblivious Colt, who is delayed by celebrating town residents.

On 16 April the Norwegians brought two mortars and several Colt M / 29 heavy machine guns to bear on Schmidt's men and from 18 April a 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun bombarded the German positions from Dombås Railway Station.

The four men draw guns, Nacho holding two. 357 Magnum Colt Python revolvers & Carlito holding a. 38 Special Smith & Wesson Model 64 revolver and Reggie threatens Carlito, preparing to fire on him.

In addition to their personal weapons ( which included an M1 carbine and a Colt revolver for each member ) and sabotage equipment, the teams dropped with the Type B Mark II radio, more commonly referred to as the B2 or " Jed Set ", which was critical for communicating with Special Force Headquarters in London.

The S & W revolver used the. 45 Schofield, a shorter cartridge, which would work in the Colt, so Frankford Arsenal, then almost exclusive supplier of small arms ammunition to the U. S. Army, dropped production of the Colt round.

Cursing himself for having ridden out the last few days without a rifle in his saddle boot, Russ drew his Colt and examined it briefly.

There I got my Colt Special and shoulder harness, slipped my coat on, and went back into the front room.

The Colt line now includes a new scattergun, the Standard or Custom Pump Model ( about $90 and $150, respectively ) in 12, 16 and 20.

Colt revolver in her brain.

One month prior to the end of the 1961 season, Richards resigned as the team's skipper to become the general manager of the expansion Houston Colt 45s.

At that point, Corbett shot Booth with his Colt revolver despite Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton's orders that Booth should be taken alive.

* Paul Mendelson, Mendelson's Guide to The Bidding Battle ( 1998 ) Colt Books, Cambridge, UK.

* Colt Automatic Rifle, a 5. 56 mm NATO firearm

The classic combination would be a Winchester lever action carbine and a Colt revolver in. 44-40 or. 38-40.

Kits of this type are available for Colt M1911 pattern and Glock pistols.

Kits exist which will convert many pistols into carbines by the addition of a shoulder stock ; notable examples are the long barrelled Colt Buntline revolver stock, the Mauser C96 " Broomhandle " holster / stock, and various others for models such as the Browning Hi-Power, Luger, Colt M1911, and the Heckler & Koch VP70.

He trained tank crews at " Camp Colt "— his first command — at the site of " Pickett's Charge " on the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Civil War battleground.

* LeBaron Bradford Colt, U. S. Senator

* 1836 – Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.

Conversely, rifle bullets can pierce light armor and are easier to shoot accurately, but even a carbine such as the Colt M4 is larger and / or longer than a submachine gun, making it harder to maneuver in close quarters.

In 2011, the asking / selling price of a near-impeccable ten-barrel Model 1883 Colt Gatling Gun in perfect working order, with carriage and 105 round cartridge, was over $ 300, 000 USD.

The M1893, with minor revisions, became the M1895, and 94 guns were produced for the U. S. Army by Colt.