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doing so for the past four months for the South.” This article even chided the Federal Government for not taking action against Colt: “Every man who makes arms should be watched, and if he will not work for a fair equivalent for the Government, his manufactory should be taken away from him.” Despite secession and growing tensions between the North and the South, “Colt’s sales to Alabama, Virginia, Georgia, and Mississippi in 1860 alone were at least $ 61,000 (today’s equivalent of about 3.35 million).” Until just days before the first shot at Fort Sumter, Colt received orders from various states, some participating in secession. In his memoir on Colt, written in 1866, Henry Barnard reported, “before the rebellion broke out, Col. Colt, foreseeing that his weapons must ere long be in double demand, had made all preparations to extend his factory.”

970:. Colt acquired contracts for business machines, calculators, dishwashers, motorcycles, and automobiles; all marketed under a name other than Colt. Samuel Stone acquired a firm that manufactured plastics and renamed it "Colt rock" as well as a company that manufactured electrical products. Colt weathered the financial crises of the time by cutting the work week, reducing salaries, and keeping more employees on the payroll than they needed. These measures kept the company in business but ate up the cash surplus they had acquired during the World War I years. 1316:, LLC, to supply military, law enforcement and security markets. Colt's Manufacturing Company itself become a subsidiary of New Colt Holding Corp, LLC. In 2013 Colt Defense acquired New Colt Holding Corp., in part to protect a licensing agreement set to expire in 2014, where Colt's Manufacturing sold sporting rifles marketed to consumers that were manufactured by Colt Defense. This formed a single company to develop, manufacture and sell firearms under the Colt name for all markets for the first time since the 2003 completion of the restructuring. 1165:, which was unlike any other handgun Colt had produced before—being a polymer-framed, rotating-barrel, 9×19mm handgun with a magazine capacity of 15 rounds. It was designed by Reed Knight, with parts manufactured by outside vendors and assembled by Colt; its execution was disastrous. Early models were plagued with inaccuracy and unreliability and suffered from the poor publicity of a product recall. The product launch failed and production of the All American 2000 ended in 1994. This series of events led to the company's 708:, a nowadays legendary and long produced model, improved and based on the Open Top. Production of the Open Top started in 1872 and stopped in 1873 when the Single Action Army model started to be delivered to the US Army. However, the Open Top was already a completely new design. The parts, for example, would not interchange with the older percussion pistols. Mason moved the rear sight to the rear of the barrel as opposed to the hammer or the breechblock of the earlier efforts. The caliber was 2028: 875: 725: 1019:. The company had a workforce of 15,000 men and women in three factories and production ran on three shifts, 24 hours a day, and won the Army-Navy rating of "E" for excellence. Colt ranked 99th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts. However, the company was losing money every year due to mismanagement, an embittered workforce that had been stretched to its limits, and manufacturing methods which were becoming obsolete. 352: 261: 883: 1372: 1270: 518:, came up with the idea of having the revolver cylinder bored through to accept metallic cartridges. He took this idea to Colt who flatly rejected it and ended up firing White within a few years. Colt historian RL Wilson has described this as the major blunder of Sam Colt's professional life. Rollin White left Colt's in December 1854 and registered a patent on April 3, 1855, in Hartford, Connecticut, as patent number 12,648: 677: 556: 645:, improved this conversion by placing the rear sight on the hammer and, along with Richards, he was granted patents in 1871 to convert percussion revolvers into rear-loading metallic-cartridge revolvers. Those converted revolvers are identified as the "Richards-Mason conversion". There were approximately 2100 Richards-Mason M1860 Army conversions made from 1877 to 1878 in a serial-number range 5800 to 7900. 1592: 1050: 1753: 744: 1879: 1177: 29: 535:, a rear-loader) but also started, as of 1858, to convert cap & ball percussion guns into rear-loaders, even with formerly Colt manufactured revolvers. But the Colt's company itself was prevented by American laws from infringing the Rollin White patent and all along the 1850s and 1860s continued manufacturing percussion guns. In 1860 it produced a new revolver model for the 1004: 1242:, a retired U.S. Marine Lt. General, took the helm of the company in 2002. Keys salvaged Colt's reputation and brought Colt from the brink of bankruptcy to an international leader in Defense production. In 2010 Gerald R. Dinkel replaced Keys as CEO of Colt Defense LLC, while Keys remained on the board of directors for Colt Defense. 1090:

47 days, he wrote the specifications, designed the launcher, drew all the original prints, and had a working model built". At the end of the 1970s, there was a program run by the Air Force to replace the M1911A1. The Beretta 92S won, but this was contested by the Army. The Army ran their own trials, leading eventually to the

333:. Eli Whitney Jr (born 1820), the son of the cotton-gin-developer patriarch, was the head of the family armory and a successful arms maker and innovator of the era. Colt used a combination of renting the Whitney firm's facilities and subcontracting parts to the firm to continue his pursuit of revolver manufacture. 1173:

like cellular manufacturing, operator quality assurance and single-piece flow, they developed a renewed focus on product development. This resulted in the M4 carbine and Colt 22 pistol, two of the most successful new product offerings in the late 1990s, capturing 50% market shares in the first year of production.

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the rear of the receiver and replacing it with a breechplate containing six internal firing pins. The cartridges were loaded through the mouths of the chambers. Colt made 5000 of these but they were not well accepted. Colt found the mechanism so complex it included a spare percussion cylinder with each revolver.

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that it owned. The judge ruled that since the term M4 is a generic designation that Colt does not specifically own, Colt had to pay monetary reimbursement to Bushmaster to recoup Bushmaster's legal fees. The M4 designation itself comes from the U.S. military designation system, whose terms are in the

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In 1992, the creditors, state and shareholders enlisted the aid of turnaround specialist RC (Ron) Whitaker to overcome the bankruptcy challenge. He developed a new team to address the company's situation. In addition to creating a positive working relationship with the UAW to introduce new techniques

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In 2013, Dennis R. Veilleux assumed the role of president & chief executive officer for Colt Holding Co. LLC and president & chief executive officer of Colt Defense LLC. Mr. Veilleux previously occupied the position of Principal at Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc., Principal at General Electric

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went on strike for higher wages. This strike would ultimately last for five years and was one of the longest-running labor strikes in American history. With replacement workers running production, the quality of Colt's firearms began to decline. Dissatisfied with Colt's production, in 1988 the U.S.

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The 1980s were fairly good years for Colt, but the coming end of the Cold War would change all that. Colt had long left innovation in civilian firearms to their competitors, feeling that the handgun business could survive on their traditional revolver and M1911 designs. Instead, Colt focused on the

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design. The Colt XM148 grenade launcher was created by Colt's design project engineer, gun designer Karl R. Lewis. The May 1967 "Colt's Ink" newsletter announced that he had won a national competition for his selection and treatment of materials in the design. The newsletter stated in part "In only

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In November 1865, Franklin had attempted to purchase a license to the Rollin White patent from competitor Smith & Wesson. White and Smith & Wesson would take no less than $ 1.1 million, but Franklin and Colt's directors decided it was too large an investment on a patent that would expire in

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was a boon to firearms manufacturers such as Colt's, and the company thrived during the conflict. Sam Colt had carefully developed contacts within the ordnance department, signing the very first government contract for 25,000 rifles. Colt's Factory was described as "an industrial palace topped by a

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The New York Daily Tribune denounced Colt and his company by asserting, “the traitors have found sympathizers among us, men base enough to sell arms when they knew they would be... in the hands of the deadly enemies of the Union... Col. Colt’s manufactory can turn probably 1,000 a week and has been

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It was 1868 when Colt's first effort toward a metallic cartridge revolver was by conversion of existing percussion revolvers. The first of these conversions was patented on September 15, 1868, by Colt engineer, F. Alexander Thuer as patent number 82258. The Thuer conversion was made by milling off

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During the 1850s and 1860s, Rollin White had been permanently trying to keep control on his breech-loading system patent, bringing a lawsuit to any breech-loaded manufactured gun. He nevertheless obtained an advance against royalties for using his patent from Smith & Wesson, a company that not

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placed an order for 5,000 of these revolvers for army issue. Despite a following order later in the year for an additional 9,000 revolvers, Colt failed to convince the British to adopt his revolver as the issue sidearm for the army. Colt began to realize that British sales were failing to meet his

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protection on June 15, 2015, citing both assets and debts in the $ 100 million to $ 500 million range. According to analysts, Colt's problems were due to the loss of the contract and low demand for its civilian handguns. In January 2016, Colt announced that the bankruptcy court had approved its

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since 1988. However, Colt remained the sole source for M4 carbines for the US military. Under their license agreement with Colt, the US military could not legally award second-source production contracts for the M4 until July 1, 2009. In 2007 Colt won a contract to produce M4 carbines for the US

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derringer after the acquisition, as an effort to help break into the metallic-cartridge gun market, but also introduced its own three Colt Derringer Models, all of them also chambered in a .41 rimfire unique cartridge. The last model to be in production, the third Colt Derringer, was not dropped

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and the loading lever was replaced by an ejector rod. This conversion added a breech plate with a firing pin and a rear sight mounted on the breechplate. Cartridges were loaded into the cylinder one at a time via a loading gate. Colt manufactured 9000 of these revolvers between 1873 and 1878. In

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Some criticized Colt's range of handgun products in the late 1980s as out of touch with the demands of the market, and their once-vaunted reputation for quality had suffered during the UAW strike. Colt's stable of double-action revolvers and single-action pistols was seen as old-fashioned by a

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in 1856, and employee tenement housing. He established a ten-hour day for employees, installed washing stations in the factory, mandated a one-hour lunch break, and built the Charter Oak Hall, a club where employees could enjoy games, newspapers, and discussion rooms. Colt ran his plant with a

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for testing in 1872. The Army rejected the pistol and asked for a more powerful caliber with a stronger frame. Mason redesigned the frame to incorporate a topstrap, similar to the Remington revolvers, and placed the rear sight on the rear of the frame; he consulted with Richards on some other

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and ingratiated himself by presenting cased engraved Colt revolvers to such appropriate officials as Britain's Master General of the Ordnance. At one exhibit Colt disassembled ten guns and reassembled ten guns using different parts from different guns. As the world's leading proponent of mass

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As the war ended and demand for military arms came to a halt, production literally ceased. Many long-time workers and engineers retired from the company and nothing was built from 1945 to 1947. Mismanagement of funds during the war had a serious impact as the 105-year-old firm faced possible

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made double-action revolvers in .45 ACP, which were accepted and issued by the U.S. military under the same name. Colt produced 151,700 revolvers during the war as well as 13,000 Maxim-Vickers machine guns and 10,000 Browning machine guns with an additional 100,000 under subcontract to other

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practice. It was a major innovator and training ground in manufacturing technology in this decade (and several after). Soon after establishing his Hartford factory, Colt set out to establish a factory in Europe and chose London, England. He organized a large display of his firearms at the

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During the war, Colt's was still prevented by the American laws from infringing Rollin White's patent. Nevertheless, the war made a huge fortune for the company, allowing Sam Colt to become America's first manufacturing tycoon, though he did not live to see the end of the war; he died of

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The company found itself in a precarious situation. The original revolver patents had expired, allowing other companies to produce copies of his designs. Additionally, metallic cartridge revolvers were gaining in popularity, but Colt could not produce any because of the

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or "Potato Digger" was built by Colt. The Colt–Browning was one of the first gas-operated machine guns, originally invented by John Browning. It became the first automatic machine gun adopted by the United States and saw limited use by the U.S. Marine Corps at the

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The 1870s and 1880s provided sales opportunity to the Colt company via the spread of European-American society ever further westward across the continent, and the demand for firearms that it engendered in various ways. As white Americans displaced Indians from the

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In the new market of metallic cartridge rear-loading pocket revolvers, Colt's not only introduced its three Derringer Models (as of 1870) or the Colt House and the Open Top Pocket (the last two as of 1871) but also introduced in 1873 a subsequent design called its

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1868. In the meantime, Colt turned its attention to manufacturing goods other than firearms, such as watches, sewing machines, typewriters and bicycles. In 1868 Rollin White requested an extension to his patent, but the request was rejected. He then turned to the

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Double Action revolver in 1899. In caliber .45 Colt, the New Service was accepted by the U.S. Military as the Model 1909 .45 revolver. The New Service revolver was available in other calibers such as .38 Special and, later in the 20th century, .45 ACP (as the

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ruled that the company was within its rights not to deal with the union and the strike ended. In the year following the strike, the factory was hit by a hurricane and flood. Many company shipping records and historical documents were lost as a result.

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until 1912. The first metallic cartridge breech-loading weapons sold by Colt's were those Derringers, in 1870, that were formerly conceived by the National Arms Company, but Colt's also started developing its own rear-loading guns and cartridges.

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to form the Fairbanks-Whitney Corporation and in 1964 the conglomerate reorganized as Colt Industries. In 1956 Colt resumed production of the Single Action Army revolver and in 1961 began making commemorative versions of their classic models.

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was split off from Colt's Manufacturing Company. Colt's Manufacturing Company served the civilian market, while Colt Defense served the law enforcement, military, and private security markets worldwide. The two companies remained in the same

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Among the pistols, we saw Colt's revolver; and we compared it with the best English revolver. The advantage of Colt's over the English is, that the user can take a sight ; and the disadvantage is, that the weapon requires both hands to

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military market, where they held the primary contracts for the production of rifles for the US military. This strategy dramatically failed for Colt through a series of events in the 1980s. In 1984, the U.S. military standardized on the

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After restructuring, a reinvigorated Colt introduced several new versions of its 1911 pistols, including stainless-steel competition and target models. In 2017, Colt returned to the production of double-action revolvers with the .38

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only about a decade before), and it was not yet easy to replicate across different factories. Interchangeability was not complete in the Paterson works, and traditional gunsmithing techniques did not fill the gap entirely there. The

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Frontier. It was Colt's first large-frame, double-action revolver. It combined the front end of the Single Action Army revolver with a double-action, 6-shot frame mechanism. It was available commercially in numerous calibers.

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at Pimlico and began production on January 1, 1853. Many English people saw Colt's advanced steam-powered machinery as proof of America's growing position as a leader in modern industrial production. On a tour of the factory,

167:. It is the successor corporation to Colt's earlier firearms-making efforts, which started in 1836. Colt is known for the engineering, production, and marketing of firearms, especially during the century from 1850 through 2209: 1281:(ACR) program of the 1980s, but along with other contestants failed to replace the M16A2. Colt and many other makers entered the US trials for a new pistol in the 1980s, though the Beretta entry would win and become the 700:. However, Colt's wanted a more powerful practical handgun loaded with metallic cartridges so the company put forward William Mason, who in 1871 began work on Colt's first .44 caliber metallic-cartridge revolver: the 526:

for the exclusive use of his patent. The contract stipulated that White would be paid 25 cents for every revolver, but that it was up to him to defend his patent against infringement as opposed to Smith & Wesson.

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expectations. Unable to justify the London factory's expenses, Colt closed the London factory in 1856. Over the next few months his workmen crated and shipped the machinery and disassembled firearms back to America.

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swelled the backlog of orders to three years. Colt hired 4,000 more workers, making a total of 10,000 employees—and its stock's price increased by 400%. By 1918, Colt had produced and sold 425,500 of the famous

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pistol, which is the longest-standing military and law enforcement service handgun in the world and is still used. Though they did not develop it, for a long time Colt was also primarily responsible for all

1015:, Colt ceased production of the Single Action Army revolver to devote more time to filling orders for the war. During the war Colt manufactured over 629,000 M1911A1 pistols as well as a large number of 386:

The 1850s were a decade of phenomenal success for the new Colt corporation. Colt was the first to widely commercialize the total use of interchangeable parts throughout a product. It was a leader in

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In an attempt to attract skilled German workers to his plant, Colt built a village near the factory away from the tenements which he named Coltsville and modeled the homes after a village near

344:, ensuring Colt's continuance in manufacturing revolvers. In 1848, Colt was able to start again with a new business of his own, and 1855, he converted it into a corporation under the name of 415:. It took many more years and a UK government commission before the point became universally accepted that such manufacture was possible and economical. Colt opened his London plant on the 604:, who had recently left the Army at the end of the Civil War. With the Civil War over and having no new military contracts, Colt's Manufacturing was forced to lay off over 800 employees. 1192:. It was speculated that Zilkha's financial backing of the company enabled Colt to begin winning back military contracts. In fact, during the time period it won only one contract, the 2220: 411:

Colt's presence in the British market caused years of acrimony and lawsuits among British arms makers, who doubted the validity of Colt's British patent and the desirability of the

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After the success of the Colt Single Action Army and Colt's conversion of existing percussion revolvers to Richards-Mason conversions, Mason went on to design Colt's first

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Navy revolver, which resembled the Colt M1878 and was based on another design by Mason. The model was produced for three years between 1889 and 1892 and eclipsed by the

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who made some suggestions to Colt about making it in a larger caliber. Having no factory or machinery to produce the pistols, Samuel Colt collaborated with the Whitney

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Following persistent reliability problems, the reunited Colt lost its contract with the US military for M4 rifles in 2013. Parent company Colt Defense, LLC, filed for

491:, who had great influence in other manufacturing efforts of the next half century. Prominent examples included F. Pratt and A. Whitney (as mentioned above); 453:(1854–1856), Colt's weapons were used by both sides. In 1855 Colt unveiled new state-of-the-art armories in the Hartford and London factories stocked with the latest 4667: 1253:. Bushmaster has subsequently overtaken Colt in the number of AR-15s sold on the civilian market. Colt suffered a legal defeat in court when it sued Bushmaster for 2243: 171:, when it dominated its industry and was a seminal influence on manufacturing technology. Colt's earliest designs played a major role in the popularization of the 3520: 3481: 5476: 2070: 5456: 4104:

Smith, W.H.B., ed. (1968). "Book of Pistols and Revolvers. Completely Up-dated by Joseph E. Smith" (7th ed.). Harrisburg, PA, USA: Stackpole Books.

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location cross-licensing certain merchandise before reuniting in 2013. Following the loss of its M4 contract in 2013, the reunited Colt was briefly in

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Co., president & chief executive officer at Colt's Manufacturing Co. LLC and president & chief executive officer at New Colt Holding Corp.

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improvements. The first prototype of the new gun was still chambered in .44 rimfire, but the first model was in the newest caliber known as the

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bankruptcy. In September 1955 the board of directors voted to merge Colt with an upstart conglomerate called Penn-Texas, which had acquired

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production, as well as many derivatives of those firearms. The most successful and famous of these are numerous M16 carbines, including the

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received a British patent on his improved design for a revolver in 1835, and two U.S. patents in 1836, one on February 25 (later numbered

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1873, Colt performed the same conversion on the M1851 and M1861 revolvers for the US Navy in .38 rimfire. Another of Colt's engineers,

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The gun was selling at the rate of 10–12,000 units per year, and for a manufacturer of our size, with 900 employees, it was not enough

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during the end of the 19th century and Colt still produces it, in six different calibers, two finishes and three barrel lengths.

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Barnard, Henry. Armsmear: The Home, the Arm, and the Armory of Samuel Colt: A Memorial, New York: Alvord Printer, 1866. 213.

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or "Peacemaker", also known as the Colt Model 1873, was born. This revolver was one of the most prevalent firearms in the

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reported quality problems with these earliest Colt revolvers. Production had ended at the New Jersey corporation by 1842.

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was so impressed with the facilities that he recorded his favorable comments of Colt's revolvers in an 1854 edition of

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Hosley, William N. Colt : The Making of an American Legend. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1996. 95.

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Hosley, William N. Colt : The Making of an American Legend. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1996. 96.

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between the two companies, and specified that Colt products would continue to be manufactured in the United States.

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Colt made another attempt at revolver production in 1846 and submitted a prototype to the US government. During the

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pistols. Although Samuel Colt did not invent the revolver, his designs resulted in the first very successful model.

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Parsons, John E.; du Mont, John S. (1953). "Firearms in the Custer battle". Harrisburg, PA, USA: Stackpole Books.

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military worth $ 71 million. In 2008 this was followed by a $ 151 million order for 89,000 M4 carbine rifles.

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The new Colt first attempted to address some of the demands of the market with the production in 1989 of the

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in 2022. Lubomír Kovařík, the chairman of the CZG, stated that the acquisition would allow for co-operative

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was common (such as in Kansas and Missouri, which were considered "out West" at the time—now considered the

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In 1871, Colt's introduced its first revolver models using rear-loaded metallic cartridges: the .41 caliber

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Zilkha replaced Stewart with Steven Sliwa and focused the remainder of Colt's handgun design efforts into "

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The years in parentheses indicate the year when production started, not the year of the model's patent.

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in stainless steel, followed by the reintroduction of 6- and 8-inch stainless steel versions of the

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Colt has entered in several US contracts with mixed results. For example, Colt had an entry in the

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Outgunned: Up Against the NRA: The First Complete Insider Account of the Battle over Gun Control

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Colt finally left the "loading gate concept" for a swing-out cylinder on its revolvers with the

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beginning in 1837. This was followed shortly thereafter in late 1837 by the introduction of the

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resulted in a slowing down of production for Colt. In anticipation of this, company presidents

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Colt had set up libraries and educational programs within the plants for his employees. Colt's

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Under a contract with the U.S. Army, Colt Arms built the Model 1895 ten-barrel variant of the

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Colt Deringers, at right 1st Model (1870–1890), at left 3rd Model (1875–1912), all .41 rimfire

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the same year. Also in 1955, Colt released one of the most famous revolvers in history, the

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revolver found patchy success and failure; some worked well, while others had problems. The

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In 2021, Colt was purchased by the Česká zbrojovka Group (CZG), which would rename itself

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cavalry groups), and they placed an order for 1,000 revolvers that became known as the

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Great Stories of American Businessmen, from American Heritage: The Magazine of History

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since it was not an open competition. Current M16 rifles have been made primarily by

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Curiosities of the Civil War: Strange Stories, Infamous Characters and Bizarre Events

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speak of what it was like growing up in Western towns where most people had guns and

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Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture, and the Law

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It is often claimed that the team changed its name to match its new stadium, the

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Houze, Herbert G. (2006). Carolyn C. Cooper; Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser (eds.).

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derivative carbines. They developed AR-15-based Squad Automatic Weapons, and the

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Colt's new revolvers found favor with Texan volunteers (the progenitors of later

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Grant, Ellsworth (2002). "Colt Samuel (1814–1862)". In Gregg Lee Carter (ed.).

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Colt has to compete with other companies that make M1911-style pistols such as

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implemented a diversification program similar to that done at the close of the

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sold the company to a group of outside investors based in New York and Boston.

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production techniques, Colt went on to deliver a lecture on the subject to the

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in 1957. At the same time, the company's business records were donated to the

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The Guns That Won the West: Firearms on the American Frontier, 1848–1898

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Patent Arms Manufacturing Company of Paterson, New Jersey, Colt's Patent

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alone, with production reaching 200,500 by the end of the war in 1865.

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Armsmear: The Home, the Arm, and the Armory of Samuel Colt: A Memorial

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In a 2002 restructuring, Colt's Manufacturing Company, Inc, spun off

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in Hartford were seminal training grounds for several generations of

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Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms... and their values

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in London. The membership rewarded his efforts by awarding him the

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of Whitneyville, Connecticut. This armory was run by the family of

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Crisis and Political Beliefs: The Case of the Colt Firearms strike

3754:"David Margolis, Industrialist and Aide to Mayor Koch, Dies at 78" 3496:"Colt Defense, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Mar 26, 2013" 1269: 5317: 5312: 5302: 5297: 5183: 3684:"COLT Anaconda 4.25" Barrel Stainless Steel .44 Magnum Revolver!" 2855:. Vol. 9. Bureau of National Literature. pp. 4034–4035. 2007: 1972: 1959: 1954: 1211: 713: 376: 109: 4236: 4164: 4109: 4056: 2257:. The American Society of Arms Collectors: 45–48. Archived from 676: 555: 5095: 4627: 3632:"Colt Announces Stainless Steel Competition 1911 Pistol Models" 1914: 1591: 1049: 380: 1752: 1057:

The 1960s were boom years for Colt with the escalation of the

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Encyclopedia of American Industries: Manufacturing industries

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on January 10, 1862. His close friend and firearms engineer,

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Connecticut Disasters: True Stories of Tragedy and Survival

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There is a very well known scene, for example, in the film

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worked for Colt for a time and came up with a design for a

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Introduction to human factors and ergonomics for engineers

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marketplace that was captivated by the new generation of "

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Samuel Colt's personal firearm collection resides at the

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In the early 1960s, Colt threatened legal action against

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Colt's Armory from an 1857 engraving viewed from the East

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Rottman, Gordon; Alan Gilliland; Johnny Shumate (2011).

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Colt Fire Arms Company, Huyshope Avenue Workers Housing

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The Colt Legacy: the Colt Armory in Hartford, 1855–1980

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Colt Model of 1848 Holster Pistol (First Model Dragoon)

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Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2015

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that has become a subsidiary of Czech holding company

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The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis

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The company's factory collection was donated to the

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Historic American Engineering Record in Connecticut

3682:MBA, Robert Allen Scepaniak II (January 18, 2023). 3029: 2334: 2332: 2330: 4178: 3543:"Dropped by the U.S. Military, Colt Goes Bankrupt" 2463: 2281: 2279: 2192: 2190: 2188: 2186: 2184: 2182: 1289:handgun was beaten by H&K for what became the 886:Colt-Thompson Model 1921 with Type C drum magazine 559:Colt Navy (top) and Army Models from 1861 and 1860 70:(as Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company) 4231:, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 3580:"Colt files for bankruptcy, seeks August auction" 3394:"The legend lives on - Colt files for bankruptcy" 2816:The Oxford companion to American military history 2353:The Great Exhibition of 1851: A Nation on Display 931:, as a substitute weapon. Competing manufacturer 449:Though the U.S. was not directly involved in the 5443: 2327: 2251:The American Society of Arms Collectors Bulletin 550: 359:Colt purchased a large tract of land beside the 321:(1846–1848), this prototype was seen by Captain 3895:"Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company" 2995:Pistols: An Illustrated History of Their Impact 2276: 2179: 1586: 628:Colt tasked its superintendent of engineering, 4050: 2420:Haven, Charles Tower; Frank A. Belden (1940). 2151:(Press release). Colt CZ Group. April 12, 2022 2064: 2062: 1238:The boycott of Colt gradually faded out after 4661: 4397: 4325:Colt Fire Arms Company, South Armory Building 4320:", 27 photos, 2 photo caption pages 728:Colt Single Action Army, U.S. Artillery Model 619: 4318:Colt Fire Arms Company, East Armory Building 3778:. December 13, 1984 – via NYTimes.com. 3419: 3417: 3415: 3192:Grant, Ellsworth S. (1982). "The Takeover". 3054:International Directory of Company Histories 2744: 2742: 2732: 2730: 2525:Remington Army and Navy Revolvers, 1861–1888 2497: 2495: 2493: 2491: 2389:. Vol. 53. Alvord Printer. p. 120. 978:In 1935, after employees voted to disband a 531:only introduced its first revolver in 1857 ( 346:Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company 153:Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company 5477:Manufacturing companies established in 1836 4376:", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page 4369:", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page 4362:", 3 photos, 1 photo caption page 4355:", 7 photos, 1 photo caption page 4348:", 4 photos, 1 photo caption page 4341:", 3 photos, 1 photo caption page 4334:", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page 4327:", 6 photos, 1 photo caption page 3313:. Vol. 1. Gale Research. p. 859. 3261: 3259: 3257: 2304: 2302: 2300: 2298: 2059: 1352:in 2021- and a 4.25-inch Anaconda in 2023. 1344:. In 2020, Colt reintroduced a modernized 5457:Firearm manufacturers of the United States 4668: 4654: 4404: 4390: 4001: 3791:"Colt Unit Sold; Connecticut Among Buyers" 3187: 3185: 3183: 3181: 3179: 3177: 2918: 2906: 2894: 2646: 2518: 2516: 2163: 1142:" – higher capacity handguns chambered in 998: 973: 182:The most famous Colt products include the 4137: 3788: 3559: 3424:Brown, Peter H.; Abel, Daniel G. (2003). 3423: 3412: 3396:. Shooting Industry. 1992. Archived from 3367:. Shooting Industry. 1994. Archived from 3308: 3270:. Osprey Publishing. pp. 37–38, 43. 3225:The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery 3175: 3173: 3171: 3169: 3167: 3165: 3163: 3161: 3159: 3157: 2946: 2944: 2784: 2782: 2739: 2727: 2598: 2488: 2404: 2196: 1747: 1501:Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library 1126:military awarded the contract for future 927:revolvers in caliber .45 ACP, called the 472:firm a few years later. For example, the 4367:Colt Fire Arms Company, Potsdam Cottages 4353:Colt Fire Arms Company, Foundry Building 3254: 3215: 3213: 3089: 2658: 2615: 2613: 2415: 2413: 2350: 2295: 2068: 1877: 1751: 1590: 1370: 1268: 1175: 1121:In 1985, Colt's workers, members of the 1048: 1002: 990:during the strike. On June 3, 1935, the 881: 873: 742: 723: 675: 572:blue dome", powered by a 250-horsepower 554: 499:firm; and, through Pratt & Whitney, 350: 259: 5482:Western (genre) staples and terminology 4197: 4023:"History of the Gatling Gun Detachment" 3741:from the original on February 16, 2021. 3606:"Colt gunmaker emerges from bankruptcy" 3536: 3534: 3333: 3327: 2753:. MBI Publishing Company. p. 157. 2557:Jinks, Roy G.; Sandra C. Krein (2006). 2513: 2434: 2384: 2081:from the original on September 12, 2014 1635:Colt Lightning, Thunderer and Rainmaker 1523: 906:pistol and eventually evolved into the 673:patent by utilizing a unique cartridge. 476:debuted to industry at these armories. 5444: 4515:Fairbanks Morse 38 8-1/8 diesel engine 4272:The Colt Revolver in the American West 4179:Lehto, Mark R.; Buck, James R (2008). 4020: 4006:. Iola, WI, USA: Krause Publications. 3829: 3751: 3540: 3154: 3035: 2990: 2950: 2941: 2779: 2748: 2424:. W. Morrow & company. p. 86. 2355:. Yale University Press. p. 123. 2313:. Vol. 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 128. 2241: 2235: 2210:"Colt 1839 Revolving Percussion Rifle" 2069:GOSSELIN, KENNETH R. (July 23, 2013). 1456:Ronald C. Whitaker (1992–1995) 1411:Col. Charles L.F. Robinson (1911–1916) 747:2nd Generation Colt Single Action Army 4649: 4505:Canon Ranch Railroad Eclipse Windmill 4385: 4291:. United States Patent Office; Google 4103: 3789:McQuiston, John T. (March 23, 1990). 3629: 3338:. American Handgunner. Archived from 3219: 3210: 3196:. Mowbray Co. pp. 177–179, 220. 3191: 3047: 2842: 2836: 2809: 2713:. Yale University Press. p. 84. 2711:Samuel Colt: arms, art, and invention 2708: 2683: 2610: 2604: 2410: 2308: 2214:National Rifle Association of America 2042:List of modern armament manufacturers 1453:Ronald E. Stilwell (1990–1992) 4339:Colt Fire Arms Company, North Armory 4332:Colt Fire Arms Company, Machine Shop 4306:Historic American Engineering Record 4084: 3752:Hevesi, Dennis (December 19, 2008). 3531: 3125: 3023: 2978: 2788: 2773: 2559:Smith & Wesson Images of America 2522: 853:in the Santiago campaign during the 186:, made in 1847 in the facilities of 4411: 4360:Colt Fire Arms Company, Building 24 4221: 3719:from the original on July 30, 2021. 3681: 3050:"Colt's Manufacturing Company Inc." 2818:. Oxford University Press. p. 2338: 2285: 2169: 1611:Colt Open Top Pocket Model Revolver 1465:Ronald L. Stewart (1996–1999) 698:Colt Open Top Pocket Model Revolver 600:. The company's vice-president was 13: 5472:1836 establishments in Connecticut 4346:Colt Fire Arms Company, Forge Shop 4228:English and American Tool Builders 4183:. New York: Taylor & Francis. 3482:"Colt Defense wins major contract" 2663:. Thomas Nelson Inc. p. 452. 2202: 1861: 1474:Dennis R. Veilleux (2013–present) 1304: 520:Improvement in Repeating Fire-arms 14: 5498: 4260: 4087:Standard Catalog of Colt Firearms 3603: 3560:Jarzemsky, Matt (June 15, 2015). 2561:. Arcadia Publishing. p. 8. 1889:Colt 1855 Revolving carbine/rifle 1775:Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless 1471:William M. Keys (1999–2013) 1459:John F. Jastrem (1995–1996) 1036:. In 1958 Penn-Texas merged with 706:Colt Single Action Army revolvers 287:Colt First Model Ring Lever rifle 145:Colt's Manufacturing Company, LLC 22:Colt's Manufacturing Company, LLC 5136:Advanced Colt Carbine-Monolithic 4277:Colt Automatic Pistols Home Page 3924:Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art 3655: 2026: 1497:Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art 1030:Pratt & Whitney Machine Tool 992:National Recovery Administration 820:. The M1892 was replaced by the 665:company known for manufacturing 413:American system of manufacturing 367:in 1855, a manor that he called 27: 5159:M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun 3995: 3962: 3945:"Jarvis-Robinson Family Papers" 3937: 3912: 3887: 3862: 3844: 3823: 3803: 3782: 3764: 3745: 3723: 3701: 3675: 3649: 3623: 3597: 3572: 3553: 3541:Siegel, Jacob (June 17, 2015). 3513: 3474: 3448: 3430:. Simon and Schuster. pp. 3386: 3357: 3302: 3293: 3284: 3241: 3131: 3119: 3083: 3074: 3041: 3017: 2984: 2972: 2923: 2912: 2900: 2888: 2879: 2803: 2794: 2767: 2702: 2677: 2652: 2640: 2631: 2622: 2575: 2550: 2541: 2504: 2456: 2428: 2378: 2369: 2344: 1549:Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver 1233: 1228: 864: 842:M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun 514:In 1852 an employee of Colt's, 465:, who would found the original 250: 4147:Johns Hopkins University Press 3811:"Gamble Quits as Colt's Chief" 2584:The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 2141: 2119: 2093: 1429:B. Franklin Conner (1949–1955) 1108: 1101:'s new Houston franchise, the 1073:'s subsequent adoption of the 1044: 1017:M1917 water-cooled machineguns 684:Colt continued to produce the 543:appeared just in time for the 402:Institution of Civil Engineers 255: 16:American firearms manufacturer 1: 5358:Charles Brinckerhoff Richards 4282:Jarvis-Robinson Family Papers 3874:Museum of Connecticut History 3830:Bryant, Adam (May 15, 1992). 3709:"New for 2021: Colt Anaconda" 3630:Riehl, F (November 2, 2016). 3101:. Osprey Publishing. p. 2351:Auerbach, Jeffrey A. (1999). 2053: 1947: 1579:Colt Model 1862 Pocket Police 1486:Museum of Connecticut History 1426:Graham H. Anthony (1944–1949) 1366: 1184:The 1990s brought the end of 1022: 945:Thompson 1921 submachine guns 869: 551:1860–1865: American Civil War 297:was still rather new (it had 5452:Colt's Manufacturing Company 5131:Colt Advanced Piston Carbine 4910:Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless 4677:Colt's Manufacturing Company 4618:Garlock Sealing Technologies 4608:Colt's Manufacturing Company 3056:. St. James Press. pp. 2688:. Globe Pequot. p. 72. 2438:(1854). "Guns and Pistols". 2242:Castro, John (Spring 1979). 1873: 1693:Colt Police Positive Special 1587:Metallic cartridge revolvers 1435:Fred A. Roff Jr. (1958–1962) 712:and it was submitted to the 299:reached commercial viability 275:) and another on August 29 ( 61:; 169 years ago 7: 5293:ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) 3268:Title The M16 Weapon Series 2019: 1781:Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket 1617:Colt Model 1871-72 Open Top 1515: 1510: 1479: 1402:Lewis C. Grover (1902–1909) 702:Colt Model 1871-72 Open Top 10: 5503: 3970:"Colt 1878 Hammer Shotgun" 3920:"Colt Firearms Collection" 3521:"Colt's Manufacturing LLC" 3052:. In Thomas Derdak (ed.). 2810:Smith, Merrit Roe (1999). 2527:. UNM Press. p. 231. 2448:. Bradley and Evans: 583. 1929:ArmaLite AR-15 type rifles 1438:David C. Scott (1962–1963) 1094:being selected as the M9. 952:stock market crash of 1929 847:invasion of Guantánamo Bay 669:and for circumventing the 636:revolver. The caliber was 620:1865–1880s: Post–Civil War 533:Smith & Wesson Model 1 348:in Hartford, Connecticut. 308:United States Marine Corps 245: 229:West Hartford, Connecticut 5371: 5330: 5283: 5235: 5226: 5182: 5149: 5032: 5000: 4883: 4788: 4692: 4683: 4600: 4592:Fairbanks-Morse Warehouse 4584: 4528: 4520:Moriarty Eclipse Windmill 4497: 4419: 4372:HAER No. CT-189-I, " 4365:HAER No. CT-189-H, " 4358:HAER No. CT-189-G, " 4351:HAER No. CT-189-F, " 4344:HAER No. CT-189-E, " 4337:HAER No. CT-189-D, " 4330:HAER No. CT-189-C, " 4323:HAER No. CT-189-B, " 4316:HAER No. CT-189-A, " 4207:. Yale University Press. 4002:Flayderman, Norm (2007). 3899:Connecticut State Library 3334:Hopkins, Cameron (2001). 3309:Hillstrom, Kevin (1994). 2684:Grant, Ellsworth (2006). 2591:) loads a breech-loading 2587:where Blondie (played by 1490:Connecticut State Library 1450:Richard F. Gamble (1990) 1441:Paul A. Benke (1963–1968) 1432:Chester Bland (1955–1958) 1257:claiming that "M4" was a 1249:and AR-15 rifles such as 878:M1911 and M1911A1 pistols 439:Navy Model Colt revolvers 126: 116: 105: 95: 84: 74: 55: 45: 35: 26: 5428:41.7385145°N 72.722959°W 4905:Model 1903 Pocket Hammer 4021:Parker, John H. (1898). 3760:– via NYTimes.com. 3299:Lendler (1997) pp. 21–22 3290:Lendler (1997) pp. 25–27 3091:Thompson, Leroy Thompson 3080:Lendler (1997) pp. 18–19 2523:Ware, Donald L. 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