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IN 1836 SAMUEL COLT WAS ASKED TO MAKE A HAND GUN THAT FIRED MULTIPLE SHOTS WITHOUT RELOADING. COLT FOUNDED A COMPANY THAT WOULD HELP HIM BUILD HIS COLT REVOLVER BUT THE SALES WHERE SLOW AND THEY STARTED TO GO DOWN HILL IN THEIR BUSINESS. THEN IN 1846 WITH THE MEXICAN WAR (1846-1848) UNDER WAY, THE US GOVERNMENT ORDERED 1,000 COLT REVOLVER. THEN IN 1855, COLT OPENED ONE OF THE BIGGEST ARMAMENT FACTORY'S . BY THEN THE COMPANY COULD PRODUCE OVER 150 COLT REVOLVERS A DAY. SAMUEL COLT WAS ACTUALLY A EFFECTIVE PROMOTER. HE DIED IN 1862 AS A WEALTHY MAN AND THE COMPANY STILL IS UP AND RUNNING TODAY. HE WAS BORN ON JULY 19, 1814, IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, SAMUEL COLT WORKED ON SUBMARINE TECHNOLOGY BEFORE HE STARTED DESIGNING THE COLT REVOLVER. IN 1856, COLT MARRIED ELIZABETH JARVIS. THERE COMPANIES MOST NOTABLE PISTOL IS THE .45-CALEBRE PEACEMAKER MODEL WHICH WAS INTRODUCED IN 1873.