Died: January 10, 1862
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut
Best known as: the inventor of the Colt revolver
Samuel Colt to create 19 century pistol, rifle and successful company, which bore his name. The dowry was the age of 16 years, sailing on board a ship to India when carving a model for a single-barreled pistol with automatically revolving chambers. The design of the "revolutionary" in more ways than one: it turned from a single-shot pistols devices in multi-shot machines that were more useful and deadly in combat. By the time he was 22, and was patented by Colt pistol working in France, England and the United States. Began to manufacture in a factory assembly line in the state of New Jersey in 1836. The company failed in the beginning, but the war with Mexico and the expansion in the West need more guns, Colt built a new factory in the state of Connecticut. With the beginning of the Civil War, Colt pistol was one of the small arms worldwide. Colt died a rich man, and the company is still around today.
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