Ephraim,
That’s a great rely. The book sounds very interesting. Please do share if it covers the motivations behind the Root.
The Colts which went to Florida must have been the ring trigger rifles and early revolvers. Colt’s products evolved quite a bit before the Navy, Army, and SAA’s that everyone associates with the brand.
Even early SAA’s had cylinder blow up problems which I’ll speculate is from the primitive metallurgy of the time. They certainly didn’t have the technology to test the raw steel (or iron) for material defects like modern gun manufacturers do.
Samuel Colt was quite the promoter and built his successful business out of previous failures. I never heard of his brother before. A quick internet search says John Colt was convicted of a hatchet murder and was sentenced to be executed but killed himself before he could be executed in 1842. So John was out of the picture before Samuel’s success with the Walker.
Wow. There is lots of new stuff to learn in the gun world every day.
That’s a great rely. The book sounds very interesting. Please do share if it covers the motivations behind the Root.
The Colts which went to Florida must have been the ring trigger rifles and early revolvers. Colt’s products evolved quite a bit before the Navy, Army, and SAA’s that everyone associates with the brand.
Even early SAA’s had cylinder blow up problems which I’ll speculate is from the primitive metallurgy of the time. They certainly didn’t have the technology to test the raw steel (or iron) for material defects like modern gun manufacturers do.
Samuel Colt was quite the promoter and built his successful business out of previous failures. I never heard of his brother before. A quick internet search says John Colt was convicted of a hatchet murder and was sentenced to be executed but killed himself before he could be executed in 1842. So John was out of the picture before Samuel’s success with the Walker.
Wow. There is lots of new stuff to learn in the gun world every day.