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    The Colt Paterson revolver was the first commercial repeating firearm employing a revolving cylinder with multiple chambers aligned with a single, stationary...
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    production of revolvers commercially viable. Colt's first two business ventures were producing firearms in Paterson, New Jersey, and making underwater mines;...
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    earlier Colt Paterson Revolver, but this was Colt's first major success in the gun trade; the naval theme of the engraved cylinder of the Colt 1851 Navy...
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    (1817–1847) and American firearms inventor Samuel Colt (1814–1862), building upon the earlier Colt Paterson design. Walker wanted a handgun that was extremely...
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    model's patent. Colt Paterson (1836) Colt Walker (1847) Colt Dragoon (1848) Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver (1849) Colt 1851 Navy (1851) Colt 1855 Sidehammer...
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    was the first firearm manufactured by Samuel Colt, developed shortly before the advent of the Colt Paterson revolver. The First Model was succeeded by the...
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    March 1836, Colt formed the Patent Arms Company and began operation in an unused silk mill along the banks of the Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey...
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    more expensive than the long guns of the era. In 1836, Samuel Colt patented the Colt Paterson, the first practical mass-produced revolver, which was capable...
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    basis of Paterson's most prosperous period, earning it the nickname "Silk City." In 1835, Samuel Colt began producing firearms in Paterson, but within...
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    manufacturer Colt Paterson – 1836 revolver by Samuel Colt Colt 1851 Navy Revolver – 1851 revolver by Samuel Colt Sapp, Rick (2007). Standard Catalog of Colt Firearms...
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  • the Far East he was inspired to create his own caplock revolver: the Colt Paterson. In addition to handguns, Collier produced revolving shotguns and carbines...
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  • from 1909-23 Paterson (film), a 2016 drama starring Adam Driver Paterson (poem), by American poet William Carlos Williams Colt Paterson, the first revolver...
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    century. Detail of an 8-chambered matchlock revolver (Germany, c. 1580) Colt Paterson 2nd belt model Early revolvers were caplock muzzleloaders: the user...
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    family of Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers evolved from the earlier commercial revolvers marketed by the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company of Paterson, N.J...
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  • keep the main Impala. The 1836 Colt Paterson revolver, usually referred to simply as "the Colt", was made by Samuel Colt, a paranormal hunter. According...
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  • Open Top Pocket Model Revolver (USA - Revolver - 1871) Colt Paterson (US - Revolver - 1836) Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers (USA - Revolver) Baby Dragoon:...
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  • (1847 to 1860s), Colt and Remington models Black powder conversion revolvers (late 1860s to early 1870s), Colt and Remington models Colt Single Action Army...
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  • found Paterson, New Jersey. In 1793, he became the superintendent of the S.U.M., replacing Pierre L'Enfant, and later settled in Paterson. Roswell Colt was...
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    likely the Colt's 1st and 2nd Model Ring Lever rifles, both cap and ball rifles, produced by the Patent Arms Mfg. Co. Paterson, N.J.-Colt's Patent between...
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    Samuel Hamilton Walker (category Colt's Manufacturing Company)
    Standard Catalog of Colt Firearms. F+W Media, Inc. pp. 35–40. ISBN 978-0-89689-534-8. Adler, Dennis (2008). Colt Single Action: From Patersons to Peacemakers...
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    the Navy Colt Paterson five-shot revolver. He expedited Samuel Walker to meet with Samuel Colt which led to the design of the legendary Colt Walker six-shot...
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    'Banjo' Paterson illustrated by Robert Ingpen (2013) Banjo Paterson Treasury (2013) An Outback Marriage (1900) (aka In No Man's Land) The Shearer's Colt (1936)...
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    This design dates from at least 1836, with the introduction of the Colt Paterson. Double-action revolvers emerged around the same time. They can be fired...
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  • John Caldwell Colt (March 1, 1810 – November 18, 1842), the brother of Samuel Colt, was an American fur trader, bookkeeper, and law clerk. He served briefly...
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    The Colt Single Action Army (also known as the SAA, Model P, Peacemaker, or M1873) is a single-action revolver handgun. It was designed for the U.S. government...
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    Pocket Model Revolver Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company .22 Short .22 Long 7  United States 1871-1877 Colt Paterson Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing...
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    breech. In this use, the cock has come to be termed a hammer. Samuel Colt's Colt Paterson revolver of 1836 used percussion caps. The hammer and other components...
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    true repeating handgun. In 1836, Samuel Colt applied a patent for a "revolving gun" later named the Colt Paterson; he was granted the patent on 25 February...
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  • The Colt Infantry Automatic Rifle 6940 (commonly shortened to Colt IAR or IAR6940), is a Light machine gun designed by Phil Hinckley and manufactured by...
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    Texas. 1836: Samuel Colt popularizes the revolver and sets up a firearms company to manufacture his invention of the Colt Paterson revolver, a six bullets...
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