How Texas Saved Samuel Colt

Episode 95 of the Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast podcast, hosted by The Alamo, titled "How Texas Saved Samuel Colt" was published on August 14, 2025 and runs 20 minutes.

August 14, 2025 ·20m · Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast

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Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast Episode 95: How Texas Saved Samuel Colt An impossible gun that could shoot five or six times before reloading. An inventor from Connecticut made it possible at a time when the young Republic of Texas needed weapons. We reveal why making this impossible gun nearly broke Samuel Colt, and how a Texas Ranger with ideas to make it better reversed his fortunes, saved the business, and secured them both places in Texas history books. Featuri...

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Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast
Episode 95: How Texas Saved Samuel Colt

An impossible gun that could shoot five or six times before reloading. An inventor from Connecticut made it possible at a time when the young Republic of Texas needed weapons.

We reveal why making this impossible gun nearly broke Samuel Colt, and how a Texas Ranger with ideas to make it better reversed his fortunes, saved the business, and secured them both places in Texas history books. Featuring the Alamo's Senior Researcher & Historian Kolby Lanham.

View photos of the Alamo's Colt revolvers: https://www.thealamo.org/podcast/episode-95
Read more on Colt revolvers in Texas: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/colt-revolvers

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