Colt - Samuel Colt

Japanese: コルト - こると(英語表記)Samuel Colt
Colt - Samuel Colt

Colt was the founder of Colt's Patent Fire Arms Co. (now Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC), the largest firearms manufacturer in the United States alongside S&W (Smith & Wesson). He was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He became a sailor at the age of 16, and patented a unique revolver during a voyage to the East Indies. In 1836, he manufactured the Paterson Model percussion revolver. He subsequently designed and manufactured various revolvers and revolving rifles, including the Walker (1847), Dragoon (1848), Navy (1851), and Army (1860). His company's production soared during the Civil War (1861-1865) and the Western expansion era, and it grew into the largest firearms company in the United States. It continues to manufacture various pistols, rifles, and machine guns to this day.

[Yoshio Kobashi]

[References] | Machine guns | Pistols | Rifles

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

S&W(スミス・アンド・ウェッソン)銃器会社と並ぶアメリカ最大の銃器製造会社Colt's Patent Fire Arms. Co.(現、Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC)の創立者。コネティカット州ハートフォードに生まれる。16歳のとき船乗りになり、東インドへの航海中に独特の回転弾倉式連発拳銃(けんじゅう)(リボルバー)の特許をとり、1836年に雷管式リボルバーのパターソンモデルを製造した。以後ウォーカー(1847)、ドラグーン(1848)、ネービー(1851)、アーミー(1860)など各種リボルバーとリボルビング(回転弾倉式)ライフルを設計製造した。彼の会社は南北戦争(1861~1865)と西部開拓時代の波にのり生産は急増し、アメリカ最大の銃器会社に発展、現在でも各種拳銃をはじめライフル、機関銃の製造を続けている。

[小橋良夫]

[参照項目] | 機関銃 | 拳銃 | ライフル銃

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