36 calibre No.5 holster revolver being the largest. The company produced approximately 2,300 – 2,800 firearms (sources have various estimates on just how many revolvers and revolving rifles were manufactured) before the company collapsed, due to insufficient sales, in 1842. 28 calibre Pocket Model No.1 being the smallest and the. The Patent Arms Company produced a variety of revolvers in different sizes including pocket, belt and holster models. With backing from his cousin and other investors Colt established the Patent Arms Company, building a factory in Paterson, New Jersey in late 1836. Colt’s pistol was not the first revolver but it did embody a number of important features combining the use of percussion caps and a bored-out cylinder with a single action trigger mechanism and cylinder locking bar. He subsequently patented his design across Europe and worked with Baltimore gunsmith John Pearson to build a number of prototype revolvers. Colt had already patented his design in Britain in October 1835 – at the age of just 21. The US Patent Office granted Samuel Colt a patent for his ‘Revolving Gun’ in February 1836 ( US #9430X). I am very lucky to have handled it as it is normally on display. My thanks to the Cody Firearms Museum, at the Buffalo Bill Centre of the West, for allowing me to film the revolver.
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