Wheelgun Wednesday: The Last Revolver Samuel Colt Ever Made

There's a pretty common misconception floating around gun circles that Samuel Colt had some hand in the Single Action Army. Maybe he designed it, maybe he approved it, maybe he at least lived to see it. The reality is that Colt died in January 1862, more than a decade before the SAA ever existed.

The gun that actually closes the chapter on his life's work isn't the one nestled in a holster in every western movie. It's a small, refined, five-shot .36 caliber pocket revolver that most people couldn't pick out of a lineup. The Colt 1862 Police .