to Colonel Samuel Colt!
Colonel Sam Colt was born on this day in 1814. He would go on to refine the idea of a revolver into what we know today, creating a firearms company that still bears his name (though not owned by the family).
(in the interests of complete transparency I borrowed this from elsewhere on the internet 
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
- Jim Taylor, 2024-07-19, 06:48
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From memory I thought I read he carved
- WB, 2024-07-19, 06:55
- There were a number of men who did that. - Jim Taylor, 2024-07-19, 07:03
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From memory I thought I read he carved
- WB, 2024-07-19, 06:55