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The first practical revolving-cylinder handgun was invented in 1831 by Samuel Colt of Hartford, Connecticut
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The year of the Texas Revolution
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Colt revolvers were manufactured first in 1837 at Paterson, New Jersey, by the Patent Arms Manufacturing Company.
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Colt's Paterson enterprise failed in 1842 because of inadequate sales, his early revolvers had won the devotion of frontier Texans, particularly those of the ranger force.
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Colt was so pleased by the Texas purchase and with the performance of his product that he engraved the scene of the victorious naval battle fought off Campeche on May 16, 1843,
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Colt began mass-producing his popular revolvers in 1847
