Samuel Colt's patent of the revolver marked a significant innovation in firearm design, introducing the concept of a repeating firearm that could automatically load without manual assistance.

Jul 7, 2025 · By 1855, Colt had completed a new factory along the Connecticut River and incorporated his business as Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company. With some initial help from Eli …

12 hours ago · Finally, on February 25, 1836, Samuel Colt was awarded his first patent for what became the world’s first practical revolver: a semi-automatic percussion-cap pistol with a revolving chamber …

"The Colt legend dates to 1836, when the United States Government issued Sam Colt a patent for the world’s first commercially viable revolving cylinder firearm."

Sam Colt receives U.S. Patent No. 138 for the first revolving-cylinder pistol — the first Colt Firearm. Sam Colt builds his first factory in Paterson, NJ, the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company, and begins …

S, COLT, Revolving Gun, 943OX Patented Feb. 25, 1836, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. 943OX SAMUEL COLT, OF EARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. IMPROVEMENT IN FRE-ARMS.

The Colt Paterson is where the American revolver story really begins. Patented in 1836 and built by the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company in Paterson, New Jersey, it was Samuel Colt’s first commercial …

SAMUEL COLT, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. IMPROVEMENT IN FIRE-ARMS. Specification forming part of Letters Patent dated February 25, 1836.

4 days ago · On February 21, 1836 Samuel Colt was granted a U.S. patent for his “revolving gun.” The Colt Revolver changed history, but not before Colt abandoned the project as a hopeless dream.

2 days ago · Pistol Patent Day is an annual commemoration of Samuel Colt's 1836 revolver patent held every February 25.