About Colt
Colt has been a long standing leader in the firearms industry. By 1995, Colt was working with the National Institute of Justice to create a gun that fires only when the registered owner pulls the trigger. Government contracts have helped to spur Colt's growth in the industry. Colt is currently backlogged with over 59,000 orders. The M-4 carbine alone is backlogged until at least 2010. Colt recently made the move to reenter the sporting rifle niche. Most remarkably, the Colt Custom Shop is the leader in the custom firearm business. A pair of exquisite Dragoon revolvers given as a gift to the Sultan of Turkey is currently located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
History Of Colt
Colt invented the first weapon capable of firing without reloading. Sam Colt first applied for and received the patent in 1836 for the five and six round rotating cylinder gun. Colt's uncle supplied the funding and support for the company and they opened their first factory the same year Paterson, New Jersey. Before this new firearm was released, there were only one or two cylinder handguns available. The company soon expanded to produce three handguns and two different rifles. In 1842, Colt began marketing to the US government. By 1851, the company went national by housing a factory in England. Colt was sold to several investors in 1901.
