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Fact 2262 — Walker’s order for 1,000 revolvers

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After receiving his patent, Samuel Colt still lacked a factory to mass-produce revolvers. In 1847, Captain Samuel Hampton Walker of the Texas Rangers secured an order for 1,000 revolvers of Colt’s design. The Whitney Armory in Connecticut handled production. Walker’s role was important to Colt’s first major contract, not to inventing the revolver.