After receiving a patent in England in 1835, American inventor and industrialist Samuel Colt was granted US patent 9430X for a “revolving gun” on February 25, 1836. The Colt revolver had a revolving ...

In 1835, Colt submitted his first patent for a revolver and a year later, at 22 years old, he opened his first plant, ... A steel engraving of Samuel Colt with a Colt 1851 Navy Revolver.

1835 - The first Colt revolver. Samuel Colt developed the first mass-produced, multi-shot, revolving firearms. Various revolving designs had been around for centuries, but precision parts couldn't ...

The Colt "Paterson" revolver expected to be sold for more than $250,000 in a Dec. 2023 auction comes in a presentation case that ties it to a New Jersey legislator and an attorney for Samuel Colt.

Regardless of the source of his idea, Samuel Colt submitted his first patent for a revolver in 1836. These first Colt revolvers were called "Paterson" Colts, since they were manufactured at a ...

Evolution of Samuel Colt's revolver. The Herald-Dispatch; Feb 27, 2015 Feb 27, 2015 ... the third committed suicide as did one of his three brothers. His name was Samuel Colt.

The rare Colt "Paterson" revolver will likely be far and away the highest-priced item at a Dec. 6-8 auction featuring more than 1,150 firearms and military relics, according to Morphy Auctions ...

Colt is no stranger to revolvers and the world of classic pistols. Their history with cylinder-fed pistols stretches back to 1835, when Samuel Colt patented the first revolver and founded Colt’s ...

Despite the innovation displayed in Samuel Colt's early revolver designs made at the Paterson Falls, N.J., factory, this first venture proved less than successful. However, one of Colt's best ...