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
.320 Revolver .320 Revolver Also known as the .320 European or .320 Bulldog, this revolver cartridge was designed for the Webley Bull Dog pocket revolver in the 1870s and similar revolvers made in Belgium that followed. The round was manufactured until the 1920s and was briefly made by Fiocchi in 2015. In Brazil, both guns and ammo (double-barreled, side by side pistols) was made up to 1960s. Amadeo Rossi made his Model 8 "Garrucha" in .320 from 1950 to 1962. The .32 Short Colt was based on the .320 but had a different sized rim. On some guns the .32 Short Colt