After Colt's time on the mill and after his time at school, he was sent by his father to explore the sea and learn new tools that could be useful to him. This experience is where Colt got the idea for his Colt revolver. He observed the captain wheel and the rotating cylinder caught his eye and made him think of further inventions he could create with it. From that came the Colt revolver. In 1832, Samuel Colt returned home from his voyage in order to pursue his new invention. He had to raise money to manufacture his new product, so he went around the United States and Canada with laughing gas to make audiences love his new product. In 1836 his Colt revolver was patented. Unfortunately it came at an inopportune time where military necessities were low due to the lack of battles. Business abruptly shot up at the start of the Mexican American War in 1846. A Texas Ranger named Samuel Walker ordered 1,000 revolvers for the war. This was the preferred weapon because as one officer had said,"30 soldiers armed with Colt revolvers were able to hold off a force of 500 Mexican soldiers" (Mark Crawford). This was the start of America and Samuel Colts quest of Westward Expansion.
Colt enabled Americans to win battles that they simply should not have won. They would be severely outnumbered and manage to cruise to victory with the help of the Colt Revolver. Colt was proud of his invention and of the success it brought America. He engraved the scene of the victorious naval battle fought off Campeche on all of his revolvers to show his pride. The gun had notable use by the Texas army in the Council House Fight at San Antonio, the Texan-Santa Fe and Mier expeditions, and the Texas Rangers most importantly (Richard C. Rattenbury). The Colt revolver continued to make a name for itself by pounding enemies to the ground in battles lead by Col. John Coffee Hays. Some of the battles included The Battle of Walker's Creek, Nueces Canyon, and Enchanted Rock.
The first official revolver, created by Samuel Colt, is known as the "Colt Revolver." ... The Colt revolver could fire up to five to six shots. ... War and life as we know it could be very different if it wasn't for Samuel Colt. ... The Colt Revolver allowed one individual to fend off multiple attackers easily. ... The Colt Revolver allowed peace of mind for its carrier in the West. ...
He was born Samuel Colt in Hartford, Connecticut in 1814, the son of Christopher and Sarah Colt. ... The turning point in Colt's fortunes came when Captain Samuel Walker of the Texas Rangers wrote to Colt with an enthusiastic endorsement of his revolvers, explaining how the quick-fire weapons effectively evened the odds when fighting against superior numbers. ... (Hosley 1996: 73-4) Samuel Colt, however, did not live to truly enjoy the rewards of his genius. ... Samuel Colt's name continues to be one of the most recongized names in the world today. ... Samuel Colt: ...
"God made man, Samuel Colt made them equal" (American Proverb). In 1836, Samuel Colt developed what we know as the revolver. Although guns were already in use Colt perfected what was known. He was the founder of Colt's Manufacturing Company and made the mass production of the revolver viable for the first time. ... In 1847, Colt's firearm business took a turn and expanded rapidly due to Texas Rangers requesting revolvers for The Mexican- American War. ...
The Revolver was a great invention Although the earliest examples of the revolver date from the second half of the 16th century, And a usable multi firing weapon of the pistol type, called the pepperbox, appeared in the first quarter of the 19th century, it was not until Samuel Colt patented his revolving pistol that the revolver won a place as one of the world's standard small arms. Colt's weapon was a pistol with a revolving cylinder, capable of firing several shots without reloading. The revolver and the magazine-loading rifle were the standard small arms throughout the world in ...
Samuel Colt himself is a prime example of many things "American."" ... Sam Colt was later ! ... "Not any more,"" the judge replied, "Now this is the law,"" and gaveled down his ruling on the skull of the hoodlum with the butt of his Colt revolver (Patton, 50). ... It fended of the Mexicans in the war that made the Colt famous. ... It made Wild West wild and left a brand mark on the United States: Colt. ...
Among all the objects in the collection I liked the "Hunting Sword", the "Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver", and the painting "Sleeping Venus" by Thomas Sully. ... The "Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver" is considered one of the Colt's finest works. It was made by Samuel Colt (1814-1862), gun inventor and manufacturer, in 1853. The ornament is the invention of the German-born engraver Gustave Young, whose crisp and elegant scrollwork set the standard for all future American firearms decoration (Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, para 2). ... The gun was ...
One of the most important events in the time that Jackson was president and in the entire history of the United States was Samuel Colt developing his revolver. The revolver was an important tool used in another important event that occurred while Jackson was president, The Texas War for Independence. ...
Mark Twain, the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clement, who was born on November 30,1835,in the village of Florida, Missiouri, and grew up in the town of Hannibal, Missouri. ... A Connecticut Yankee is similarly uneven, though for farcical invention it would be hard to beat the episodes in which the young man from contemporary Connecticut, equipped with such modern appliances as the bicycle, the telegraph, and the Colt revolver, comes to grips with a feudal never-neverland. ...
Violence is the Answer As Rodney Keene drove through the ghetto on his customary route home, he looked to his left and saw two people with Japanese-looking symbols tattooed on their bodies beating the living daylight out of each other. Rodney chuckled at the sight and continued driving home. Whe...