{"id":323308,"date":"2017-08-26T12:48:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T11:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/like-ford-vs-chevy\/"},"modified":"2017-08-26T12:48:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T11:48:36","slug":"like-ford-vs-chevy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/like-ford-vs-chevy\/","title":{"rendered":"Like Ford vs Chevy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Francis Borek
Guns.com<\/a><\/p>\n

August 26, 2017<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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For decades these two companies fought tooth and nail. (Photo: Francis Borek)<\/em><\/p>\n

Before all of the endlessly debated firearms rivalries of today became the fodder of forums and social media. Before\u00a0AR vs. AK<\/a>,\u00a0870 vs. 500<\/a>,\u00a0or even Mauser vs. Lee Enfield<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 there was Colt vs. Smith & Wesson.<\/p>\n

The rise of these two firearms companies took place at roughly the same time, and the founders of the companies both decided to exit the gun market for some time before diving back into the fray. For decades, the rivalry between Colt and S&W was akin to the rivalry between Ford and Chevy. It was only in the 1990s, with both companies in poor financial shape and beset by boycotts, that the rivalry faded from the consciousness of the firearms community.<\/p>\n

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I wasn\u2019t around for the rivalry back in it\u2019s heyday, but I always found it amusing that S&W is producing both 1911s and AR-15s \u2014 two designs made famous by Colt, and two companies I always thought of as revolver companies. As such it\u2019s time to reignite the rivalry (if only for a short time) with two of their most famous service revolvers.<\/p>\n

Enter Colt<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sam Colt got his start in the firearms world in 1836 when he created a petite little pocket gun in .28 and .36 caliber. These guns would later be dubbed by collectors as the Paterson due to the location of his factory in Paterson, NJ. Colt claimed he was inspired by the locking mechanism that locked a sailing ship\u2019s wheel in place.<\/p>\n

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A potential safety hazard, a shooter can cock the hammer while the cylinder is out. (Photo: Francis Borek)<\/em><\/p>\n

Aided by the invention of the percussion cap, he began to produce revolvers in earnest….<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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By Francis Borek Guns.com August 26, 2017 For decades these two companies fought tooth and nail. (Photo: Francis Borek) Before all of the endlessly debated firearms rivalries of today became the fodder of forums and social media. Before\u00a0AR vs. AK,\u00a0870 vs. 500,\u00a0or even Mauser vs. Lee Enfield\u00a0\u2014 there was Colt vs. Smith […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-323308","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}