Handbook Discussions·admin·5 months·0 replies·97 views

Colt Paterson Revolver

admin · 2026-03-16T23:04:05.854Z

Spent some time this week going down a rabbit hole on early Colt history, and the Paterson is one of those guns that deserves more range-conversation time than it usually gets. Most people know the Walker. Fewer people can tell you how the Walker got made — and that story starts here. What Colt contributed was the first reliable mechanical system for automatically indexing and locking the cylinder in battery using the motion of cocking the hammer. He built it around the more reliable percuss...

#handbook

Article Discussion

wiki13 min read

Colt Paterson Revolver

On February 25, 1836, Samuel Colt received U.S. Patent 9430X — described in the filing as "a new and useful Improvement in Fire-Arms" — and simultaneously secured patents in England and France. What those documents described was the Colt Paterson rev

Read Full Article

Loading posts...

Quick Reply

Be respectful and follow the forum rules. Your post will be visible immediately.