Samuel Colt (born Hartford, Connecticut July 19, 1814 - died Hartford, Connecticut January 10, 1862) was an American inventor and industrialist. He was the founder of the Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company (now known as "Colt's Manufacturing Company"), and is widely credited with popularizing the revolver gun. Wikipedia
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