The Colt Peacemaker: The Revolver That Defined the Old West=

In 1983, a wildfire swept across the hills surrounding the Little Bighorn Battlefield, exposing ground that had remained hidden beneath prairie grass for more than a century. Subscribe for more documentaries about the inventors, factories, weapons, companies, and industrial decisions that shaped American history.    / @americanarsenalarchives   CHAPTERS 00:00 Archaeologists Reconstruct the Little Bighorn 01:39 How One Revolver Became the Symbol of the West 02:31 Samuel Colt Builds an Industrial Empire 04:33 The Patent That Left Colt Behind 05:50 Colt’s Early Cartridge Conversions 06:24 Richards, Mason, and the Engineers Behind the Revolver 07:16 The Colt Open Top Fails the Army’s Test 07:42 Building a Stronger Military Revolver 09:01 The Single Action Army Takes Shape 09:13 How the Colt Peacemaker Worked 11:01 The .45 Colt Cartridge 11:32 Why Many Owners Carried Five Rounds 12:04 Army Trials and Military Adoption 13:05 Colt Wins the Government Contract 13:39 Inside the Hartford Armory 14:48 Government Inspection and Serial Markings 16:04 Railroads Carry the Revolver West 17:03 What a New Colt Cost 18:24 Who Actually Carried the Peacemaker? 18:46 Buffalo Soldiers and Frontier Service 20:23 Wyatt Earp and the Problem of Provenance 21:32 The Smith & Wesson Schofield Challenges Colt 22:58 The Frontier Six Shooter and the .44-40 23:51 How Colt Advertising Built the Legend 24:20 When It Became Known as the Peacemaker 25:07 Dime Novels and Buffalo Bill’s Wild West 26:32 Hollywood Makes It the Universal Cowboy Gun 27:39 Television Gives the Revolver a Second Life 28:31 Museums, Family Stories, and Surviving Revolvers 29:22 How a Machine Became an American Myth #ColtPeacemaker #OldWest #WildWest #AmericanHistory #FirearmsHistory