Supernatural has featured many powerful weapons over the years, with the most deadly being the Colt and the Equalizer, the latter created by God. From the beginning, Supernatural provided viewers with exactly what the title suggests, in the form of two brothers hunting supernatural creatures. Considering that their foes usually aren't human, conventional weaponry rarely does any good for the Winchesters, as pumping a demon full of standard bullets would annoy it at best and make it really angry at worst.
Killing off monsters requires special firepower, and the weapons employed by Sam and Dean didn't get any more special than the Colt and the Equalizer. The Colt was introduced way back in Supernatural's first season, with John Winchester working alongside his sons to procure it, as it was a legendary weapon. Conversely, the Equalizer was introduced near the end of season 14, only figuring heavily into Supernatural's final season. Both are guns designed to kill the thought to be unkillable, and both succeed to varying degrees.
In many ways, the Equalizer can almost be seen as a replacement or upgraded version of the Colt, if not outright specifically designed to make up for its shortcomings. Here's how it takes the Colt's abilities and enhances them.
The Colt, hence its name, was created by legendary hunter Samuel Colt, a character based on a real-world historical figure and gun manufacturer that was the first to make the mass production of revolvers into a big business. It's unclear exactly what magic Samuel was able to harness when making the Colt, but it was clearly very powerful, as the weapon - along with bullets specially fashioned for it - are able to kill just about anything. As Sam and Dean learned the hard way though, the Colt has its limits, as seen when they attempted to kill Lucifer. According to the prince of darkness, there are only five beings in all of creation the Colt can't kill, he obviously being one of them. It's unconfirmed who the others are, but God aka Chuck seems like a good pick, as do the other archangels.
The Equalizer's status as a gun crafted by God instead of man automatically elevates it above the Colt, although if one wanted to really get particular about it, it could be argued that God allowed Samuel to make the Colt in the first place, and perhaps "wrote" him into doing so as a sort of experiment. Supernatural got a tad complex as the years went on. Still, The Equalizer is clearly an otherworldly weapon, as it doesn't fire bullets, and instead sends a wave of multidimensional energy at its intended target. While it wasn't able to kill God when Sam turned it against him, it did inflict serious damage to Chuck, the level of which seemed to surprise even him.
That actually makes perfect sense in hindsight, following Jack's ascension to being the new God, and Chuck being stripped of his powers late in season 15. God clearly knew Jack's power levels would eventually rival his, and fashioned the Equalizer to be able to kill a close, but not yet quite god-like being, not expecting it to be used against him instead. Of course, the Equalizer's immense power comes with the huge drawback of inflicting the same damage on the user as it does on the victim, making it literally kill and be killed. Either way, it's a great thing for the residents of Supernatural's universe that both the Colt and Equalizer have been destroyed, as they're just too dangerous to have around and available for use.
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