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Samuel Colt
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Samuel Colt was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company and made the mass production of revolvers commercially viable.
Engraving by John Chester Buttre, c. 1855
Engraving by John Chester Buttre, c. 1855
Portrait of Col. Samuel Colt, engraving by George Catlin after a painting by Charles Loring Elliott (Wadsworth Atheneum), Hartford.
Portrait of Col. Samuel Colt, engraving by George Catlin after a painting by Charles Loring Elliott (Wadsworth Atheneum), Hartford.
Samuel Hamilton Walker (1817–1847)
Samuel Hamilton Walker (1817–1847)
Modern reproductions of the Colt Paterson [top] and Colt Walker (middle)
Modern reproductions of the Colt Paterson [top] and Colt Walker (middle)
Colt Paterson
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The Colt Paterson revolver was the first commercial repeating firearm employing a revolving cylinder with multiple chambers aligned with a single, stationary barrel. Its design was patented by Samuel
Samuel Colt
…and patent number 1304, dated August 29, 1836, protected the basic principles of his revolving-breech loading, folding trigger firearm named the Colt Paterson. With a loan from his cousin Dudley Selden and letters of recommendation from Ellsworth, Colt formed a corporation of venture capitalists in 1836 to…
Colt Holster Model Paterson Revolver No. 5
Colt Holster Model Paterson Revolver No. 5
Second Model 1838 Colt Paterson rifle
Second Model 1838 Colt Paterson rifle
Colt Paterson 1838 Ring Lever rifle, receiver
Colt Paterson 1838 Ring Lever rifle, receiver
Capt. John Coffee "Jack" Hays of the Texas Rangers
Capt. John Coffee "Jack" Hays of the Texas Rangers