what was the samuel colt revolver?

Answer 1

One of the most well known handguns, and certainly the most collected revolver in the world, the Colt Single Action Army has been produced almost continuously since 1873, with only a minor interruption between 1940 and 1955. It is without a doubt, the most copied revolver with over fifteen clones currently in production.
Better known as the "Peacemaker," this firearm has appreciated in value at an accelerated rate over the last fifty years. Spurred by the popularity of television westerns in the 1950's and 60's, a standard pre-war, 1st generation single action in excellent condition has gone from $250 in 1960 to approximately $8000 today, and in some cases much higher.

Answer 2

Bound's hubby here:

Actually, while many of the answers contained on this question are partially correct, they are not totally correct.

While a seaman, Samuel Colt carved and designed the first revolver ... the Colt revolver. What was unique was that Colt designed a mulitple shot pistol which could fire five or six shots in a cylinder which revolved around a central axis without reloading ... a major improvement over muzzle-loading handguns.

Initially, the development was extended to blackpowder revolvers, such as the various "Pocket", "Army", and "Navy" revolvers which were smaller versions of the "Walker" and "Patterson" revolvers. When the S&W patent on fixed cartridges expired, Colt began manufacturing the Single Action Army (Model of 1873 or Peacemaker). By the 1890s, this metamorphesed into the double action revolvers of today.

Along the line, Colt also purchased patent rights from John M. Browning for the semiauto pistol.

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Answer 3

And there were other Colt's patent revolvers like the open top (no top strap) black powder percussion, Colt's Mason-Richards conversion from percussion muzzle loaders to the metallic cartridge, the smallish "Navy" revolvers, pocket revolvers, and the big Dragoons. The most popular was the common 6-shooter in most Westerns, the Peacemaker, more commonly called the Peacekeeper. You could only load 5 bullets. The hammer could unintentionally fire a sixth shell with a light bump.

Answer 4

Your question is very vague BUT I think Sam D gets it right with his answer. One more thing is that Sam Colt did not live through the American Civil War, so his contribution to the revolver is intact as long as it is limited to percussion.

Answer 5

The Samuel Colt revolver? That would be the gun that made 'all men equal,' the old Colt single-action revolving pistol more commonly known as the... Peacemaker.

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Answer 6

Colt's Manufacturing Company produced a lot of revolvers. But the one that started it all was Colt's Model of 1836, better known as the Paterson Model. It was fairly crude by today's standards . . . simple trigger with no trigger-guard, and a five-shot cylinder which was filled with gunpowder, had a lead ball and a wad set atop each chamber, and each chamber was fired by percussion caps, but in an era of muzzleloading single-shots, it was a dramatic leap forward.