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, ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: During the Cold War, the Colt Manufacturing Company retained its relationship with the U.S. military. Colt didn’t develop the AR-15/M-16 but it was responsible for the ...

Today Colt’s Manufacturing Company, LLC is a subsidiary of the Czech holding company Česká zbrojovka Group (CZ), but it was the company that truly built the American firearms industry. Its success ...

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CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Samuel Colt (1814–1862) patented his namesake revolver in 1836, but his greatest innovation was introducing mass production to the firearms ...

Samuel Colt's 179-year old gun company supplied both sides of the Civil War. Rifles sit on display in the Colt's Manufacturing Co. booth on the exhibition floor of the 144th National Rifle Association ...

A memorial to Samuel Colt in Hartford, Conn., headquarters of his Patent Arms Manufacturing Company. The revolver Colt developed was a vast improvement on 19th-century firearms, and it eventually ...