Book Review - Colt Single Action, from Paterson to Peacemakers.

Colt Single Action, from Paterson to Peacemakers. By Dennis Adler 2006.

I must admit right from the start this one of my favourite Colt books, a great mixture of coffee table quality photos and great information. This A4 landscape book is 300 plus pages with lots of photos on each page. most are contemporary images of historic pistols. As the title suggest the author covers the period of Colt’s early Patterson pistols, in the 1830s, up to the introduction of the Peacemaker in the 1870s.

Along with the history of the guns Dennis also covers some of the famous, or infamous former owners. This brings a human factor to the book and the story of Colts pistol’s that adds colour to the tale. A lot of engraved and presentation pistols are featured, if you like your pistols plain you maybe disappointed but if you like at bit of “bling” you’ll love it.

All in all, this is a good, entertaining book to start your education into Colts or a good addition to a growing library of western firearm literature.