After working on these conversions, Mason began work on Colt's first metallic-cartridge revolver in 1871: the Colt open-top revolver.

With replacement workers running production, the quality of Colt's firearms began to decline.

The. 45 Colt was a joint development between Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, of Hartford, Connecticut, and the Union Metallic Cartridge Company of Bridgeport, Conn. Colt began work on the revolver in 1871, and submitted a sample to the U. S. Army in late 1872.

After working on these conversions, Mason began work on Colt's first metallic cartridge revolver in 1871: the Colt Open-Top revolver.

At the start of the 2001-02 season Eric Reitz was appointed as the fifth captain in Colt's history.

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

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

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.

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

When tensions with Great Britain prompted Congress to appropriate funds for Colt's project toward the end of 1841, he demonstrated his underwater mines to the US government.

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

However, Colt's lawyers doubted that this suit would have been successful and the case was resolved with a settlement of $ 15, 000.

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.

Barrymore's marriage to Colt was a precarious one from the start, with Barrymore filing divorce papers as early in the marriage as 1911, much to Colt's surprise, and later recanted by Barrymore as a misunderstanding by the press.

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.

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.

In 1855 an employee of Colt's, Rollin White, came up with the idea of having the revolver cylinder bored through to accept metallic cartridges.

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.

Dissatisfied with Colt's production, in 1988 the U. S. military awarded the contract for future M16 production to Fabrique Nationale.

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.

Zilkha replaced Stewart with Steven Sliwa and focused the remainder of Colt's handgun design efforts into " smart guns ," a concept favored politically, but that had little interest or support among handgun owners or Police Departments.

The Colt Frontier or Frontier Six-Shooter was a Colt's 1873 " Model P " type revolver, manufactured in. 44-40 Winchester caliber instead of. 45 Colt ( in which configuration it was called the Single Action Army ), so as to be cross-compatible with Winchester Model 73 ammunition.

In a trade with the Toronto St. Michael's Majors the Colt's management was able to bring in one of the league's top scorers in Noah, along with Mike Jefferson, and Ryan Barnes.

He was shot four times at close range in a hand-to-hand encounter by a. 38 Colt's revolver loaded with U. S. Army regulation ammunition.

He covers the body with Colt's white Gi to show his respect and admiration after the fight.

The. 38 Colt New Police was Colt's Manufacturing Company's proprietary name for what was essentially the. 38 S & W with a flat-nosed bullet.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.