The Colt Armory is a historic factory complex for the manufacture of firearms, created by Samuel Colt. It is located in Hartford, Connecticut along the...

to Colt about making it in a larger caliber. Having no factory or machinery to produce the pistols, Samuel Colt collaborated with the Whitney armory of...

Samuel Colt (/koʊlt/; July 19, 1814 – January 10, 1862) was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms...

The Colt M1911 (also known as 1911, Colt 1911, Colt .45, or Colt Government in the case of Colt-produced models) is a single-action, recoil-operated,...

by the Colt Pocket models in concurrent development, and numbered some 215,000 domestic units and about 42,000 produced in the Colt London Armory. The six-round...

of the Colt Single Action Army revolver. The factory was located "Under the Blue Dome", in the East Armory building of the former Colt Armory complex...

The Colt Infantry Automatic Rifle 6940 (commonly shortened to Colt IAR or IAR6940) is a light machine gun designed by Phil Hinckley and manufactured by...

Designed as a less expensive alternative to the upscale Colt .357 and the later Colt Python and Colt King Cobra, it was marketed to law enforcement agencies...

gold orb and a rampant colt, the original symbol of Colt Manufacturing Company. Visible to commuters on I-91, the Colt Armory stands a monument to Hartford's...

2002 value was $200 million Grant, Ellsworth S. (1982). The Colt legacy: the Colt Armory in Hartford, 1855-1980. Mowbray Co. pp. 22, 58. ISBN 978-0-917218-17-0...

stories, located at 185 Asylum Street. Colt Armory – The complex was once the main factory building of Colt's Manufacturing Company, topped with a blue...

Company. In 1852, he moved to Hartford, Connecticut, and worked at the Colt Armory. At Colt, he met Francis A. Pratt who soon left to become superintendent at...

Bridgeport, Connecticut, US). He received formative experience at the Colt armory and Pratt & Whitney, which were influential development centers for generations...

(introduced on models after 1938). A variant of the original M1918 BAR, the Colt Monitor machine rifle, remains the lightest production automatic firearm...

The Springfield Armory EMP is a semi-automatic pistol based on the classic M1911 design and manufactured by Springfield Armory, Inc. Whereas the M1911...

Bighorn Colts is 4500–7527. Henry Nettleton was the U.S. Principal Sub-inspector in 1878 at the Springfield Armory. Second only to the OWA Colts, Nettleton...

to Hartford, Connecticut, to work at Colt Armory. It was at Colt that he met Amos Whitney. Pratt soon left Colt to work at Phoenix Iron Works and brought...

engineer H. A. G. Pomeroy, on grounds overlooking the recently completed Colt Armory. It was described by a contemporary thus: "an Italian villa in stone...

(formerly the Phoenix Iron Works), whose first one was built in 1855 for the Colt armory. During this era there was a continued blind spot in milling machine...

Armscor is an ISO 9001 certified-compliant company. Colt M1911 Campbell, B. "The Rock Island Armory Guns Archived 2008-04-16 at the Wayback Machine" The...

Sewing Machine Company took over its factory and soon surpassed the Colt Armory in nearby Coltsville in size. Inspired by a British-made, high-wheel...

century machine tool industry. In 1856, at the age of 21, he worked at the Colt armory in Hartford, Connecticut, as a die sinker and tool maker and became their...

London. Samuel Colt incorporates his business as the Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company and opens a new factory, the Colt Armory, in Hartford...

engineer Alejandro Obregón. It uses the same .45 caliber ammunition as the Colt 1911 and it resembles the 1911 in overall appearance, frame size and weight...

additional M1895 Colt–Browning machine guns on June 12, the latter procured from the ship's own armory. Philip Schreier, "Hidden in Plain Sight: Colt Automatics...

The Colt Automatic Rifle-15 or CAR-15 is a family of M16 rifle–based firearms marketed by Colt in the 1960s and early 1970s. However, the term "CAR-15"...

Plumbing & Heating. 1921. p. 138. Ellsworth S. Grant (1982). The Colt legacy: the Colt Armory in Hartford, 1855–1980. Mowbray Co. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-917218-17-0...

the carrying handle like AR-10 to the rear of the receiver), Colt rebranded it the Colt 601, however, it still carried the Armalite markings due to contractual...

While that bid was unsuccessful, the rifle attracted the attention of both Colt and the Dutch company Artillerie-Inrichtingen, both of which acquired licenses...

business after Skinner's retirement. Ellsworth S. Grant (1982). The Colt legacy: the Colt Armory in Hartford, 1855–1980. Mowbray Co. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-917218-17-0...