• Today in History - Jan 04

    From KF5JRV@4:902/6 to WW on Sat Jan 4 06:00:39 2025


    On January 4, 1847, Samuel Colt rescues the future of his faltering gun company

    Before Colt began mass-producing his popular revolvers in 1847, handguns had no

    That began to change when Samuel Colt patented his percussion-repeating revolve

    Though still far less accurate than a well-made hunting rifle, the Colt revolve

    Yet most cowboys, gamblers and gunslingers could never have afforded such a rev

    Though never cheap, by the early 1850s, Colt revolvers were inexpensive enough



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