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Samuel Colt
Engraving by John Chester Buttre, c. 1855
Born
(1814-07-19)July 19, 1814
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Died
January 10, 1862(1862-01-10) (aged 47)
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Resting place
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation(s)
Inventor, industrialist, businessman, hunter
Spouse
Elizabeth Hart Jarvis (m. 1856–1862)
Relatives
John C. Colt (brother)
Caldwell Hart Colt (son)
Samuel P. Colt (nephew)
Awards
Telford Medal
Signature
Samuel Colt (/koʊlt/; July 19, 1814 – January 10, 1862) was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company (now Colt's Manufacturing Company) and made the mass production of revolvers commercially viable.
Colt's first two business ventures were producing firearms in Paterson, New Jersey, and making underwater mines; both ended in disappointment. His business affairs improved rapidly after 1847, when the Texas Rangers ordered 1,000 revolvers during the American war with Mexico. Later, his firearms were used widely during the settling of the western frontier. Colt died in 1862 as one of the wealthiest men in America.
Colt's manufacturing methods were sophisticated. His use of interchangeable parts helped him become one of the first to use the assembly line efficiently. Moreover, his innovative use of art, celebrity endorsements, and corporate gifts to promote his wares made him a pioneer of advertising, product placement, and mass marketing.
SamuelColt (/koʊlt/; July 19, 1814 – January 10, 1862) was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms...
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the cylinder to increase diameter. The .31 caliber carried over into SamuelColt's second venture in the arms trade in the form of the "Baby Dragoon"-a...
1838, was the first firearm manufactured by SamuelColt, developed shortly before the advent of the Colt Paterson revolver. The First Model was succeeded...
who, with his partner Edwin Wesson, patented the first revolver after SamuelColt's, and subsequently manufactured one of the first American revolving pistols...
Bristol, Rhode Island, once owned by industrialist Samuel P. Colt, nephew of firearms manufacturer SamuelColt. The park is a major component of the Poppasquash...
The Colt Single Action Army (also known as the SAA, Model P, Peacemaker, or M1873) is a single-action revolver handgun. It was designed for the U.S. government...
Walker Colt revolver, along with arms manufacturer SamuelColt. Walker is said to have self-funded a trip to New York City to meet with Colt and proposed...
"Alaskan" models. SamuelColt experimented with double-action revolver systems, but he considered them to be unreliable. After Colt's patent expired in...
The Colt Army Model 1860 is a cap & ball .44-caliber single-action revolver used during the American Civil War made by Colt's Manufacturing Company. It...
unscrewed. In 1836, American SamuelColt patented a popular revolver which led to the widespread use of the revolver. According to Colt, he came up with the idea...
were more expensive than the long guns of the era. In 1836, SamuelColt patented the Colt Paterson, the first practical mass-produced revolver, which...
park was established from the former Armsmear Estate of SamuelColt and Elizabeth Jarvis Colt which was gifted to the city upon her death in 1905. Today...
The Colt Armory is a historic factory complex for the manufacture of firearms, created by SamuelColt. It is located in Hartford, Connecticut along the...
son of SamuelColt, founder of Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company (now known as Colt's Manufacturing Company) and Elizabeth Jarvis Colt. Caldwell...
The Colt Model 1861 Navy cap & ball .36-caliber revolver was a six-shot, single-action percussion weapon produced by Colt's Manufacturing Company from...
Designed as a less expensive alternative to the upscale Colt .357 and the later Colt Python and Colt King Cobra, it was marketed to law enforcement agencies...
changed frequently, while inferior quality powder risked a misfire. SamuelColt saw weapons of this type while serving as a cabin boy aboard the brig...
Michael Faraday (who assisted with the planning and judging of exhibits), SamuelColt, members of the Orléanist royal family and the writers Charlotte Brontë...
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