Colt: A Man And His Guns
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The Colt six shooter will always be a legend to many fighting men.
Whether you know it as an accurate, cowboy, Texas Ranger, gun-slinging, out West,
corral gun, or as a little protection, the Peacemaker by Samuel Colt and Samuel
Colt will never be forgotten.
Samuel Colt is known as the invento ....
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.... of seventeen Colt was expelled form a preparatory school in
Amherst, MA.
During the years of 1830 - 1831 Colt voyaged to India.. It was during
these years that Colt first conceived the idea of a revolving firearm. Some
think it may have come from watching the revolving wheel of the ship, turning
and locking. While on board ship, Colt must have seen other revolving firearms
in London or India. He carved a wooden model of his ideal gun while he was at
sea. None of what Colt may h ....
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