Samuel Colt God created all men, and Sam Colt made em equal.

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Samuel ColtGod created all men, and Sam Colt
made em equal.
July 19, 1814 January 10, 1862 Hartford,
Connecticut
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As a boy, Colt would disassemble and
reassemble fathers firearms to learn
how they worked. At 15, he found a
ship, signed on as a sailor,
and went to sea. According to legends,
Colt developed his idea for a
revolving cylinder pistol at sea while either
watching the ships wheel or capstanturn.
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Not having enough money to make models of his
gun, Colt took it upon himself to gain a basic
knowledge of chemistry from a bleaching/dyeing
department manager at his fathers factory.
He then used this knowledge to travel the country
lecturing on chemistry and administering nitrous
oxide gas to volunteers for entertainment.
Once Colt earned money to construct the pistol,
he made models and took out patents.
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1835 first European patent on revolver1836
first U.S. patent on .36 caliber revolver
establishedPatent Arms Manufacturing Companyin
New Jersey 1842 Patent Arms shut down due to
revolvers slow acceptance
revolving cylinder holding 5 bullets
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1842-1847 Colt, being an inventor at heart,
still developed various inventions using his
experience in sea and firearms (underwater
telegraph cable and underwater explosive by
remote control).The success of the Texas
Rangers in defeating the Indians with the
Paterson Colt (1836-1842) brought attention to
the Army who eventually wanted them for Mexican
War help.
Colt built his reputation thanks to the success
of Texas Rangers.
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1847 Colt contacted Capt. Samuel Walker of U.S.
Army to purchase revolvers. Walker eagerly
accepted, giving Colt the boost necessary to once
again focus on producing firearms.
Without your pistols we would not have had the
confidence to have undertaken such daring
adventures...With improvements I think they can
be rendered the most perfect weapon in the World
for light mounted troops...The people throughout
Texas are anxious to procure your
pistols. -Capt. Samuel Walker
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• improved .44 six shot Walker Colt
• five pound frontier equivalent of a
• nuclear bomb

I am working on my own hook and have sole
control and management of my business and intend
to keep it as long as I live without being
subject to the whims of a pack of dam fools and
knaves styling themselves a board of
directors...my arms sustain a high reputation
among men of brains in Mexico and...now is the
time to make money out of them.
After delivering the thousand revolvers to
Walkers army, Colt proceeded to borrow 5,000
from his cousin, lease a factory, and mass
produce a promise of 5,000 revolvers a year.
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Elisha Root served as Colts head superintendent
while Colt worked as president and foremost
salesman.
1853 Colt establishes London factory 1857
factory closes due to Colts inability to
convince the English that mechanical labor is
superior
By 1857, Colt produced 150 guns a day at 24 each.
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June 5, 1856 married Elizabeth Hart
Jarvis November 24, 1858 Caldwell Hart Colt
born, Colts only child to reach adulthood
The family lived in the newly constructed
Armsmear located on the same 250 acre property as
the Armory.
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Shortly before death, Colt left family reins to
brother-in-law Richard Jarvis You and your
family must do for me now as I have no one else
to call upon. You are the pendulum that must keep
the works in motion."
Estate value 15,000,000
Vincit qui patitur, "He conquers who suffers."
It is better to be at the head of a louse than
at the tail of a lion!... If I cant be first, I
wont be second in anything."
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1873 - Colt began to manufacture its first
breech-loaded revolver to use self-contained
metallic cartridges. Single Action Army Model
The Gun That Won The West The
Peacemaker .45 caliber most popular among
government
During 1880s, Colt Firearms produced full line
of weapons ranging from concealable handguns to
rifles to shotguns.
1889 Colts first double action swing-out
cylinder revolver produced.
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1891 Colt Firearms paired with John Browning to
produce Brownings machine guns and automatic
rifles (BARs) in addition to the famous Colt
.45 2.5 million Colt .45 pistols were delivered
to the U.S. Government and were used during both
World Wars 1901 Elizabeth sold company to
outside investors
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1955 Colt Firearms began losing money and
decided to merge with a strong suitor Leopold
Silberstein of Penn-Texas Corporation 1960
Vietnam brought high demand for Colt arms
(fully-automatic AR15 and M16)
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1964 reorganized as Colt Inc., Firearms
Division 1984 - .45 Colt replaced by 9mm by U.S.
government as official sidearm of armed
forces 1988 Colt Firearms Division sold to
C.F. Holdings Corporation
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Works Cited

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