5 MAR--This Day in US Military History

2015-03-05T09:33:59-05:00

1836 – Samuel Colt manufactured the 1st pistol, a 34-caliber “Texas” model.

Samuel Colt patented a revolver mechanism that led to the widespread use of the revolver. According to Samuel Colt, he came up with the idea for the revolver while at sea, inspired by the capstan, which had a ratchet and pawl mechanism on it, a version of which was used in his guns to rotate the cylinder.
Revolvers proliferated largely due to Colt’s ability as a salesman. But his influence spread in other ways as well; the build quality of his company’s guns became famous, and its armories in America and England trained several seminal generations of toolmakers and other machinists, who had great influence in other manufacturing efforts of the next half century.

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Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made Mar 5 at 2015 9:41 AM

2015-03-05T09:41:44-05:00

For clarity, he manufactured the first revolver. Pistol might be misconstrued to mean a different class of weapon, including older flintlock's or newer semi-automatics.

Response by HN Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 5 at 2015 9:58 AM

2015-03-05T09:58:09-05:00

Thanks. That's some awesome information

Response by SGT Jim Z. made Mar 5 at 2015 10:00 AM

2015-03-05T10:00:44-05:00

What a fine day today is courtesy of Samuel Colt.