Colt M1878 Colt M1878 The Colt M1878 is a double-action revolver that was manufactured by Colt's Manufacturing Company from 1878 to 1907. It is often referred to as the "Frontier" or the "Double Action Army" revolver. A total of 51,210 Model 1878 revolvers were manufactured from 1878 to 1907, including 4,600 for the US Ordnance Department. These are known as the "Philippine" or "Alaskan" models. Samuel Colt experimented with double-action revolver systems, but he considered them to be unreliable. After Colt's patent expired in 1857, other manufacturers began producing double-action revolvers, but Colt's Manufacturing did not manufacture its own double-action revolver until
Colt in the Hand of the Devil Colt in the Hand of the Devil Colt in the Hand of the Devil (, also known as "Devil Was an Angel" and "An Angel with a Gun Is a Devil") is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western film written and directed by Sergio Bergonzelli. The theme song "The Devil Was an Angel" is performed by Mino Reitano. It was shot in Sardinia. Official Synopsis: When Barry "BJ" Johnson finds himself on the wrong end of a Colt Peacemaker Revolver, two shots in the dark leave BJ wounded, but his wife...dead. After a long recovery - and time to think -