Just as a rifle in the west was known as a Winchester, a revolver was turned a Colt. Samuel Colt got the idea for his first revolver in 1829, and in 1846 at the outbreak of the Mexican War, the Texas Rangers adopted the six shooter. It wasn't until 1873 that the weapon really came into its own, when Sam Colt developed his famous single action army revolver, and in the hands of the Cisco Kid, it became the scales of justice that was more responsible for the settlement of the west than any other factor...