SAMUEL COLT AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

The Unceremonious Death of Samuel Colt

On January 4, 1847, Samuel Colt rescues the future of his
faltering gun company by
winning a contract
to provide
the U.S. government with 1,000 of his .44 caliber revolvers

Before Colt began mass-producing his popular revolvers
in 1847, handguns had not played a significant role in the
history of either the American West or the nation as a
whole.


View of the Colt Factory from Dutch Point
View of the Colt Factory from Dutch Point or Little River, Hartford, oil painting.

Drawing of an early Colt pistol, ca. 1835 - Connecticut Historical Society and Connecticut History Online
Drawing of an early Colt pistol, ca. 1835.
(
Connecticut Historical Society)        

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