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Colt Paterson
Description
Samuel Colt's first commercial revolver, with a five-shot cylinder and a folding trigger. Its maker went bankrupt, but the idea prevailed.
Historical use
- Texas Rangers
- Texas Navy
Technical data
- Year
- 1836
- Service
- 1836–1842
- Country
- United States
- Maker
- Patent Arms Manufacturing Company
- Designer
- Samuel Colt
- Type
- Revolver
- Mechanism
- Revolving cylinder
- Calibre
- .36 (9,1 mm)
- Weight
- 1.2 kg
- Length
- 350 mm
- Capacity
- 5 rounds
- Units made
- ≈ 2,800
Source: Wikidata Q602877
