Samuel Colt invented the very first colt revolver, and he invented it and named it the "Colt." The revolver helped basic families and ranchers protect themselves from Indians or wildlife trying to endanger their lives. In 1836, Samuel Colt was granted a U.S. patent for the Colt revolver, which was equipped with a revolving cylinder containing five or six bullets and an innovative cocking device. Before the Colt revolver only one and two-barrel flintlock pistols had been invented for hand held use. Samuel Colt was born at Hartford in 1814 and died there in 1862 at the age of forty-eight, leaving behind him a famous name and a great industry of his own invention. Some revolvers were semi-automatic and others were single action. If it was a single action then it would require the hammer to be pulled back by hand before each shot, which also revolves the cylinder. This leaves the trigger with just one "single action." The revolver became very popular and could help many people defend themselves, but this also caused people to kill eachother and start chaos. It had a different design and shape to it but now it is becoming more high-tech and can easily fit well into pockets, coats, and other clothing. They had a gun holder for their belt to keep this firearm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver
http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/colt_revolver.htm
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