Most firearms before the era of cartridges were single-shot and muzzleloading, with the exception of the cap-and-ball revolvers, such as Samuel Colt's, which appeared shortly before the cartridge era.

*. 32 S & W Long Also known as the. 32 " Colt's New Police " When chambered in Colt revolvers.

The company was briefly saved by the war against the Seminoles in Florida which provided the first sale of Colt's revolvers and his new revolving muskets.

Besides being used in the war with Mexico, Colt's revolvers were employed as a sidearm by both civilians and soldiers.

In 1850 General Sam Houston and General Thomas Jefferson Rusk lobbied Secretary of War William Marcy and President James K. Polk to adopt Colt's revolvers for the US military.

" Lt. Bedley McDonald, who served under Walker when Walker was killed in Mexico, stated that 30 Rangers used Colt's revolvers to keep 500 Mexicans in check.

Colt's revolvers were made by machine, but he insisted on final hand finishing and polishing of his revolvers to impart a handmade feel.

On a tour of the factory, Charles Dickens was so impressed with the facilities that he recorded his favorable comments of Colt's revolvers in an 1852 edition of Household Words.

It is estimated that in its first 25 years of manufacturing, Colt's company produced over 400, 000 revolvers.

Colt's new revolvers found favor with Texan volunteers ( the progenitors of later Texas Rangers cavalry groups ), and they placed an order for 1, 000 revolvers that became known as the Walker Colt, ensuring Colt's continuance in manufacturing revolvers.

On a tour of the factory, Charles Dickens was so impressed with the facilities that he recorded his favorable comments of Colt's revolvers in an 1852 edition of Household Words.

Colt's first effort toward a metallic cartridge revolver was by conversion of existing percussion revolvers.

Another of Colt's engineers, William Mason, 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.

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 Double-action revolver, the Colt M1877.

Colt's stable of double-action revolvers and single-action pistols was seen as old-fashioned by a marketplace that was captivated by the new generation of " wondernines "-high-capacity, 9x19mm Parabellum caliber handguns, as typified by the Glock 17.

By this time Colt's cheaper mass-produced revolvers had supplanted his earlier, hand made designs.

The Colt's helmets in 1953 were white with a blue stripe.

Colt's manufacturing methods, directed at beating his competition, were at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution.

By telling each nation that the others were buying Colt's pistols, Colt was able to get large orders from many countries who feared falling behind in the arms race.

In probate Caroline's son Sam produced a valid marriage license showing that Caroline and Samuel Colt were married in Scotland in 1838 and that this document made him a rightful heir to part of Colt's estate, if not to the Colt Manufacturing Company.

Colt's guns did not always fare well in standardized military tests ; he preferred written testimonials from individual soldiers who used his weapons and these were what he most relied on to secure government contracts.

Though the U. S. was not directly involved in the Crimean War ( 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 machine tools ( some of which were of Colt's devising ), many built by Francis A. Pratt and Amos Whitney, who would found the original Pratt & Whitney toolbuilding firm a few years later.

Colt's armories in Hartford were seminal training grounds for several generations of toolmakers and other machinists, who had great influence in other manufacturing efforts of the next half century.

Several of these modifications were based upon Colt's contract model 1861, known as the " Colt special ".

Phase I of the program started in February 1986 when development contracts were placed with six companies: AAI Corporation, Ares Incorporated, Colt's Manufacturing Company, Heckler & Koch ( H & K ), McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems ( MDHS ), and Steyr Mannlicher.

These were said to be the first revolvers patented after Colt's.

A key element to Colt's success was vigorous protection of his patent rights.

At the same time, Colt's policies forced some competing inventors to greater innovation by denying them key features of his mechanism ; as a result they created their own.

Colt's center-fire 1961 rifles are all made with Sako actions, regardless of caliber.

A four-gun battery of Model 1895 ten-barrel Gatling Guns in. 30 Army made by Colt's Arms Company was formed into a separate detachment led by Lt. John " Gatling Gun " Parker.

* 1814 – Samuel Colt, American inventor and industrialist, founded the Colt's Manufacturing Company ( d. 1862 )

The Colt Paterson Revolver, the Walker Colt, the Colt's Dragoon and the Colt Single Action Army pistol of the American Frontier era are all good examples of this system.

Revolvers proliferated largely due to Colt's ability as a salesman.

Not to be confused with the. 32 Colt's New Police cartridge.

The original loading for this cartridge used a round nose, or flattened round nose ( in the case of the. 32 Colt's N. P.

The earliest issues lead up to the events seen in " The Cage ", which was retold from Yeoman Colt's point of view.

He was the founder of Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company ( now known as Colt's Manufacturing Company ), and made the mass-production of the revolver commercially viable for the first time.

Colt's first two business ventures ended in disappointment.

His first attempt at manufacturing firearms in Paterson, New Jersey, occurred during an economic crisis in the US leading to poor sales, and was further hampered by Colt's mismanagement and reckless spending.

Colt's great contribution was to the use of interchangeable parts.

Colt's US revolver patent gave him a monopoly on revolver manufacture until 1857.