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Learn More -- The Colt Revolver in the American West -- A Revolutionary Idea
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A Revolutionary Idea
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Greg Martin Colt Gallery
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A revolver with a mechanically rotating cylinder had eluded gunsmiths for centuries. Finally, in 1831, a sixteen-year-old Samuel Colt constructed his first rudimentary model of such a revolver. Over the next five years, he worked with several gunsmiths to manufacture prototypes. Colt patented his invention around the world over the course of several months in 1835 and 1836.
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