Colt Manufacturing

SINCE 1836

Our Heritage

In 1831, Samuel Colt changed the trajectory of the early days of the United States by inventing the rotating cylinder that he would use to create the first repeating firearm, commonly referred to as the six shooter.

As every American learns in 2nd grade:"God created Man, Samuel Colt made them equal".

Col. Colt would become the wealthiest man in the US by mastering the assembly line manufacturing process (techniques studied and stolen by Henry Ford years later) go on to produce the most important firearms of the American West, selling his revolvers to the Texas Rangers, US Army, frontiersmen and gangsters alike.

Colt is also steeped in military history, supplying the standard issue side arm for every major conflict theUS engaged in from the Mexican-American War to Desert Storm.