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Handguns of the 1990s: Colt, Ruger, Smith & Wesson

Remembering some of the handguns from Colt, Ruger and Swith & Wesson during the 1990s.

Handguns of the 1990s: Colt, Ruger, Smith & Wesson

Colt’s Double Eagle was a double-­action/single-­action pistol manufactured during the 1990s. It featured a decocking lever and used M1911 magazines. $870 (Mike Anschuetz photo)

Great music, awesome flannel and questionable handguns. The Cold War was won, computer-aided technology was improving manufacturing efficiency, and the Gulf War saved Kuwait in 1991. Two years later, the Clinton administration took over politics, which was followed by the 10-year Federal Assault Weapons Ban in 1994. That event preceded the Democrat party’s loss of both the U.S. House and Senate in January 1995. Charlton Heston began his first of five terms as president of the

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