** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** Over the past decade, one of the ...

People know about the Smith & Wesson Schofield revolver, even if it’s only from watching Unforgiven. Officially known as the S&W Model 3, it’s one of the important revolvers of the Old West. When we ...

A series of miscues and seeming benign neglect by its private equity owners led Colt Defense to file for bankruptcy. Image: Colt Defense. It should have been as easy as selling umbrellas in a ...

** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** Then, as today, customers—both ...

A story of a gunmaker that apparently couldn't shoot straight. It should have been as easy as selling umbrellas in a rainstorm. From the run-up to the 2008 elections to the revelation last week that ...

Yet despite the intensity of demand, one gun manufacturer couldn't seem to make any money. Colt Defense, one of the most famous and storied names in the industry, has filed for bankruptcy. Over the ...