Who called his revolver The great equalizer"
I think that was the nickname of Colonel Colt’s revolver.
Harry Callahan?
“When the revolver first showed up in the American West, it
was called the “great equalizer”. What was true in the 1890s is equally true in the 1990s. The
great equalizer makes women physically equal to men, if they know
how to use it. The way to stop rape and other violent crimes is
to encourage peaceful citizens to own and use guns. Armed women
equal polite men.”
http://www.l0pht.com/pub/tezcat/Guns/Gun_Rights_Movement.txt
First off, I don’t know the answer to the OP’s question.
I believe it the Model 1873 single action Colt revolver was the first to be marketed by the Colt Arms Company by the name “Equalizer” (also “Peacemaker”). But I think the term “equalizer” had been used before then in reference to earlier Colt revolvers.
Samuel Colt died in 1862, well before the Model 1873 “Equalizer” was produced. I don’t know if he ever used the word “equalizer” himself.
Thanks Guys
I thought it was Colt but wasn’t sure.
This gives me another place to search.
Right on Handy