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* [[Colt]] - '''[[Colt's Manufacturing Company]]''' ('''CMC''') is an [[:Category:American Firearm Manufacturers|American gun maker]] founded by founded [[Samuel Colt]] in 1855. Colt is based in West Hartford, [[Connecticut]]. Colt best-known firearms are the Colt [[M4 Carbine]], the Colt [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911]] pistol, the [[Colt Python]] [[double action]] [[revolver]], the [[Single Action Army]] or Peacemaker [[single action]] revolver, and the [[Colt Walker]]. | * [[Colt]] - '''[[Colt's Manufacturing Company]]''' ('''CMC''') is an [[:Category:American Firearm Manufacturers|American gun maker]] founded by founded [[Samuel Colt]] in 1855. Colt is based in West Hartford, [[Connecticut]]. Colt best-known firearms are the Colt [[M4 Carbine]], the Colt [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911]] pistol, the [[Colt Python]] [[double action]] [[revolver]], the [[Single Action Army]] or Peacemaker [[single action]] revolver, and the [[Colt Walker]]. | ||
** Colt employed the famous [[:Category:Firearms Designers|gun designer]] [[John Moses Browning]] for a period where he designed a [[semi-automatic pistol]] called the Colt M1900. This pistol was improved by Browning and eventually released as world's most popular handgun (along with the [[Glock]]), the Colt [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911]]. Although Colt didn't invent the [[AR-15]]/[[M16]], for many years Colt was the main contractor for all manufacturing of the [[AR-15]] and [[M16]]. | ** Colt employed the famous [[:Category:Firearms Designers|gun designer]] [[John Moses Browning]] for a period where he designed a [[semi-automatic pistol]] called the Colt M1900. This pistol was improved by Browning and eventually released as world's most popular handgun (along with the [[Glock]]), the Colt [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911]]. Although Colt didn't invent the [[AR-15]]/[[M16]], for many years Colt was the main contractor for all manufacturing of the [[AR-15]] and [[M16]]. | ||
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Rifle Manufactuers
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- Alexander Arms
- US Army, Radford Arsenal P.O. Box 1 Radford, VA 24143 540-639-8356
- http://www.alexanderarms.com
- American Spirit Arms
- 15651 N. 83rd Way, Ste. 2 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 480-367-9540
- http://www.americanspiritarms.com
- Anderson Manufacturing
- 1743 Anderson Blvd. Hebron, KY USA 41048 859 689-4085
- http://www.atdmachineshop.com
- Armalite
- P.O. Box 299 Ceneseo, II. 61254 800-336-0184
- http://www.armalite.com
- Armscor
- 150 N. Smart Way Pahrump, NV 89060 775-537-1444
- http://www.armscor.com
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- Colt - Colt's Manufacturing Company (CMC) is an American gun maker founded by founded Samuel Colt in 1855. Colt is based in West Hartford, Connecticut. Colt best-known firearms are the Colt M4 Carbine, the Colt M1911 pistol, the Colt Python double action revolver, the Single Action Army or Peacemaker single action revolver, and the Colt Walker.
- Colt employed the famous gun designer John Moses Browning for a period where he designed a semi-automatic pistol called the Colt M1900. This pistol was improved by Browning and eventually released as world's most popular handgun (along with the Glock), the Colt M1911. Although Colt didn't invent the AR-15/M16, for many years Colt was the main contractor for all manufacturing of the AR-15 and M16.
- *Samuel Colt (President of Colt from 1855-1862)
- Long guns: eg. AR-15 type rifles, like the M16 rifle, M4 carbine and Colt Commando (see AR-15 variants);
- Semi-automatic pistols: Colt M1911 (Model O, 1911), Colt Delta Elite a modified Colt M1911A1 chambered for the 10mm Auto, Colt Commander
- Colt revolvers: Colt Python (I frame), Colt Trooper (I frame), Trooper Mk III (J frame), and trooper Mk V (V Frame), Colt Cobra (D frame), Colt Diamondback (D frame), Colt King Cobra (V frame), Colt Official Police revolver / Officers Model (Match, Target & Special) / New Army & Navy (E/I frame) / Colt .357 (I Frame), *Colt Anaconda (AA frame), Colt Single Action Army "Peacemaker" (1873), Colt 1860 Army (1860)
- Important Colt cartridges: .32 ACP, .380 ACP, .45 ACP, .45 Colt.
- Sapp, Rick, Standard Catalog of Colt Firearms. F+W Media, Inc, 2007, ISBN 978-0-89689-534-8. ** Colt Defense
- Colt's Manufacturing Company
- The Colt Revolver in the American West
- Colt Automatic Pistols Home Page
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- Sierra - maker of high quality HPBT hollow point boattail bullets for long-distance shooting for hunters, snipers and target shooting.
- Smith and Wesson - Smith and Wesson Model 29, Smith and Wesson Model 629 in .44 Magnum, Smith and Wesson Model 686 in .357 Magnum
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- Winchester (firearms manufacturer)
- Winchester Repeating Arms Company
- Winchester/Olin - smokeless powder manufacturer.
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Handgun Manufacturers
See Also
- Essay:The Politically Corrected Firearms and Second Amendment Glossary
- Essay:Why do conservatives own firearms? by User:TheAmericanRedoubt
- Essay:Gun Enthusiast's Glossary of Firearms and Second Amendment Terms by User:TheAmericanRedoubt
- Essay:State Firearms Laws Ranking by User:TheAmericanRedoubt
- Essay:Invest in tangibles by User:TheAmericanRedoubt
Bibliography - Further Reading
- Party, Boston T., Boston's Gun Bible. Wyoming American Redoubt Javelin Press, 2008. Contains an entire chapter devoted to why conservatives and libertarians own firearms.
- Party, Boston T., Molon Labe!. Wyoming American Redoubt Javelin Press, 30 January 2004, 454 pp (first edition, paperback), ISBN 1-888766-07-7 - Conservative Christian Libertarian dystopian fiction novel entirely based around the issue of States' rights and the Tenth Amendment's connection with the Second Amendment right to armed citizen defense against federal tyranny. Contains many long discussions on why both conservatives and libertarians own and invest in firearms.
- Rawles, James Wesley, Tools for Survival: What You Need to Survive When You’re on Your Own. New York: Plume/Penguin Books, 2015. Released December 30, 2014, 368 pages, ISBN-10: 0452298121, ISBN-13: 978-0452298125, Reviews, Audible.com Audio book, Amazon.com Paperback
- Tappan, Mel, Survival Guns. Boulder, Colorado: Paladin Press, Released November 1, 2009. 480 pages. ISBN-10: 1581607199, ISBN-13: 978-1581607192. [1] Amazon.com Paperback]