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Bryant Ridge's Analysis: Drilling is the German word for triplet. The development of breech-loading center-fire guns made it possible and practical to make guns with three barrels. Although Drillings were made in several countries, they are and have been most popular in Germany and Austria. Overlapping hunting seasons provide hunters and foresters with a versatile gun for hunting a wide variety of game animals with a single firearm.   Hammerless German Drilling combination guns are mas …

Bryant Ridge's Analysis: The Colt Python revolver holds a prestigious position in the history of modern double-action American handguns. Introduced in the mid-1950s, this firearm was developed during a time when the quality of American gun making was beginning to decline from its peak in the 1930s and 1940s. Rather than joining the trend of fast, mass production firearms constructed from stamped and fabricated parts, the Python was designed to be the finest revolver ever manufactured in America, …

Bryant Ridge's AnalysisThe family of Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers evolved from the earlier commercial revolvers marketed by the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company of Paterson, N.J. The smaller versions of Colt's first revolvers are also called "Baby Patersons" by collectors and were produced first in .28 to .31 caliber and later in .36 caliber by means of rebating the frame and adding a "step" to the cylinder to increase the diameter. The .31 caliber carried over into Samuel Colt's second ven …