Colt Backlock Stag Bone Knife, Brown

Colt's manufacturing company (cmc, formerly colt's patent firearms manufacturing company) is an American firearms manufacturer, founded in 1855 by Samuel Colt. It is the successor Corporation to colt's earlier firearms-making efforts since 1836. Colt is known for the engineering, production, and Marketing of firearms, most especially between the 1850S and world War I, when it was a dominating force in its industry and a seminal influence on manufacturing technology. Colt's earliest designs played a Major role in the popularization of the revolver and the shift away from earlier single-shot pistols. Although Samuel Colt did not invent the revolver concept, his designs resulted in the first very successful ones.