The History of the Cult Gun Company

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Colt Gun Company paper
What would you do without the modern day revolver? Samuel Colt was one of the best gunmakers and had an even better gun company. Samuel Colt was such a skilled gunsmith by making the revolving cylinder and by getting a good manufacturing plant(Lee). Also he made many guns. Some other things he did was by selling the guns directly to the soldiers, and by selling some his weapons to the United States military. Samuel Colt revolutionized the gun company because he made the revolving cylinder, he persevered his company, and he made perfected and perfected his and other companies gun designs.
One of Colt's best inventions was the revolving cylinder which led to his company to expand to its full potential. During the 1830’s Samuel Colt was a sailor for the ship Carlo where he got the idea for the revolving cylinder from the wheel to turn the boat(Kirkland 6). In 1868 to 1871 Colt made the Thuer it came in a 44 and 36 cal that came in a metallic cartridge that did not infringe on Smith and Wesson’s patent(Lee). Like every good inventor you have mistakes but Colts first handgun that he made blew up in his hand. But that mistake gave him the chance to improve and expand his design for the modern day revolver(Kirkland 6). In 1836 Samuel Colt produced the first working and patented revolver(Kirkland 9-11). In 1855 elisha K. Root was hired by Samuel Colt to reengineer his revolving rifles. She made the rifle in to a solid frame and she made the Root Model 1855(Austerman). Another gun that Samuel Colt made was the dragoon it came in a .36 ,.34 ,.31 ,and a .28 caliber pistol most of these were sold to civilians in 1850’s(Lee). Lastly Samuel Colt named this pistol the Dragoon because for centuries men who attacked ...

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... a good amount of his weapons to London to be used in the Crimean war from 1853 to 1856(Rosa). The Colt gun Company still produced quality guns without Samuel Colt like the M4 and M16 they were used in the military and the patent expired in 2009(Clapp). Right after the Civil War a Dimanche attacked a village, a merchant called Reading Black shot a brave’s horse in the head at 100 yards in a full gallop(Austerman). Samuel Colt was a exceedingly formidable gunmaker but he had to find someone to buy his weapons so he turned to the U.S military.
In conclusion, Samuel Colt was one of the most innovative gunmakers of his time. Samuel Colt made the revolving cylinder and he had a rough time getting his company started. Also he made many quality guns and sold them to the soldiers. Last he armed the U.S army. So what would you do without Samuel Colt’s innovation in weapons?

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