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The history.--An outline of the antique and obsolete models of Colt arms and their several variations.--A number of documents contemporaneous to the manufacture of Colt arms, from 1832 to ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This model of revolver was used widely by United States Colored Troops (USCT), cavalry, infantry, artillery, and naval ...

There are few names that invoke the American Frontier more than Samuel Colt, but before his revolvers helped win the West, Colt was a struggling gunmaker. On Jan. 4, 1847, Colt won a contract to ...

Samuel Colt and his 1851 Navy Revolver. Everyone knows Texas was an independent republic after winning its independence from Mexico, but between 1836 and its annexation by the United States in 1845, ...

The city of Paterson, N.J., has had bad luck with its Colts – it keeps losing them to Hartford. First it was legendary firearms magnate Samuel Colt, who closed his gun-making factory, the Patent Arms ...

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Colt is one of the most recognized firearms manufacturers in the United States and around the world. The company was one of the early revolver pioneers, building upon and improving designs that its ...

Colt is no stranger to revolvers and the world of classic pistols. Their history with cylinder-fed pistols stretches back to 1835, when Samuel Colt patented the first revolver and founded Colt’s ...

For almost 15 years, a diverse coalition championed creating Coltsville National Historical Park in Hartford, Connecticut. In December, 2014, they were finally able to celebrate when Congress passed ...

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