Smaug
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I'm sitting here reading the Wikipedia article on him. He was QUITE the character! A marketing genius, even if his morals were questionable sometimes.
He introduced the phrase: "New and improved"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Colt
↑ Give it a read when you've got a half hour or so. I guarantee it'll make you smile, if not laugh out loud.
Why did he ruin it for me? A gun I've always wanted is a Colt King Cobra. However, I just read that he built a factory in England making is SA revolvers. DA revolvers were beginning to be demanded, for obvious reason. He refused to make a DA revolver and lost a huge opportunity. He closed the factory and sent the parts and machinery back to his CT factory.
I think it was well after his death by the time his company started making DAs. I don't really care for SA revolvers except as they relate to old westerns. What to do? Buy a S&W 686 instead, I guess. (or a vintage S&W with the partial lug barrel, maybe)
I wonder what ol' Sam Colt would think of what his company is doing today?
He introduced the phrase: "New and improved"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Colt
↑ Give it a read when you've got a half hour or so. I guarantee it'll make you smile, if not laugh out loud.
Why did he ruin it for me? A gun I've always wanted is a Colt King Cobra. However, I just read that he built a factory in England making is SA revolvers. DA revolvers were beginning to be demanded, for obvious reason. He refused to make a DA revolver and lost a huge opportunity. He closed the factory and sent the parts and machinery back to his CT factory.
I think it was well after his death by the time his company started making DAs. I don't really care for SA revolvers except as they relate to old westerns. What to do? Buy a S&W 686 instead, I guess. (or a vintage S&W with the partial lug barrel, maybe)
I wonder what ol' Sam Colt would think of what his company is doing today?