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As reported in America's 1st Freedom magazine in July 2018, a Model 1847 Colt Walker pistol – the only known surviving example complete with its original case – was sold by Rock Island Auction for a record price of $1.84 million. This makes this the most expensive single firearm ever sold at auction.
January 4 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol, the Colt Walker, to the U.S. government for the Texas Rangers. January 13 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the fighting in the Mexican–American War in California. January 16 – John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
He also hired authors to write stories about his guns for magazines and travel guides. [45] One of Colt's more significant acts of self-promotion was a $1,120 payment ($61,439 in 1999 dollars) to the publishers of United States Magazine for a 29-page fully illustrated story showing the inner workings of his factory. [36]
Percent of total revolver manufacturing in the U.S.: 20.0% of all U.S.-made revolvers Base price: $430 Smith & Wesson made the popular M&P Bodyguard chambered for the .38 Spl.
c. 1847–1873 Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver "Root" Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company.31 ball/conical bullet.28 ball/conical bullet 5 United States: c. 1855–1870 Colt Model 1862 Pocket Police: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company.31 ball/conical bullet 5-6 United States: c. 1847–1873 Colt Model 1871-72 Open Top
Daniel Leavitt (November 16, 1813 – July 27, 1859) [a] was an early American inventor who, with his partner Edwin Wesson, patented the first revolver after Samuel Colt's, [2] and subsequently manufactured one of the first American revolving pistols. [3]
Colt Model 1871–72 Open Top (USA – revolver – 1871) Colt New Line (USA – revolver – 1873) Colt Open Top Pocket Model Revolver (USA – revolver – 1871) Colt Paterson (US – revolver – 1836) Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers (USA – revolver) Baby Dragoon: 1847; Pocket Model of 1849: 1850; Pocket Navy and Pocket Police: 1861
The family of Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers evolved from the earlier commercial revolvers marketed by the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company of Paterson, N.J. The smaller versions of Colt's first revolvers are also called "Baby Patersons" by collectors and were produced first in .28 to .31 caliber, and later in .36 caliber, by means of rebating the frame and adding a "step" to the cylinder ...