WI Samuel Colt hadn't invented the Colt 6-shooter revolver during the mid-19th C ? Would such revolving weapons still have come into existence, though ?
WI Samuel Colt hadn't invented the Colt 6-shooter revolver during the mid-19th C ? Would such revolving weapons still have come into existence, though ?
Snaphaunce revolvers with the most important features of the type—single fixed barrel, automatic cylinder rotation, and positive cylinder alignment—were made in the late 17th century. The earliest known specimen, now in the Tower of London armories, is dated about 1680 and attributed to John Dafte of London.
Elisha Collier patented a flintlock revolver in Britain in 1818, and significant numbers were being produced in London by 1822. The origination of this invention is in doubt, as similar designs were patented in the same year by Artemus Wheeler in the United States and by Cornelius Coolidge in France.
Samuel Colt received a British patent for his revolver in 1835 and an American patent (number 138) on February 25, 1836 for a Revolving gun, and made the first production model on March 5 of that year.