Samuel Colt

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Samuel Colt (July 19, 1814 - January 20, 1862), born in Hartford, Connecticut, was the inventor of the Colt revolver which was famously used in the western territories of 19th century United States.

Colt received a patent for his revolver on February 24, 1836 and made the first production model on March 5 of the same year.

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• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Samuel Colt" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Colt January 3, 2004