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SAM COLT - 1814 - 1862, Inventor of the revolving
cylinder or "Revolver" type of fire arm which bears his
name. Colt died at the age of 47, having produced in his lifetime
more than 400,000 weapons. "Abe Lincoln may have freed all
men, but Sam Colt made them equal." This post-Civil War
slogan would have been music to Sam Colt's ears had he lived long
enough to hear it.