Semjuel the Colt was born in 1814. After the leaving school, conducted by destiny, it has arrived the sailor on a trading vessel. There, the legend says, it and had an idea to replace the existing gun lock a rotating drum. It has come to to Sam mind when he observed of job kabestana - the mechanism for vybiranija anchor or mooring ropes. And, so to say, not departing from cash desk, onboard the ship, at leisure the Colt has built a wooden prototype of a drum for cartridges - the main detail of all revolvers, suitable, however, and for dlinnostvolnogo the weapon.
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In a year of death Semjuela of the Colt its main competitor in fire business solemnly celebrated ten years' anniversary. Well-known company Smith and Wesson Arms was born in 1852: it, having thrown off, very talented armourers Horas Smith and Daniel Vesson have opened also. They have located nearby to the Colt - in the State of Connecticut, but not in Hartford, and in 50 km from it, in Norviche. |
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John Mozes Brauning was born on January, 23rd 1855 in the city of Ogden (Ogden), the State of Utah. It was one of 22 children Dzhonatana of the Browning who, being the Mormon, had three wives. John since the early childhood has been surrounded by the weapon, his father worked as the weapon smith and small John has learnt the name of parts, details and mechanisms earlier, than has learnt to read.
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