{"id":170796,"date":"2022-11-25T13:31:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T18:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=170796"},"modified":"2022-11-25T13:31:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T11:48:35","slug":"did-sam-colt-invent-the-revolver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/did-sam-colt-invent-the-revolver\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Sam Colt Invent the Revolver? – A Christmas Kickstarter from Ian McCollum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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History has always been more a product of marketing than what it purports to be. And the history of the repeating firearm is no different. Sam Colt was essentially the Elon Musk of his day. He didn’t make the first stuff, and he didn’t make the best stuff. But he made good enough stuff, and convinced everyone that it was the first and the best. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We repeat that story over and over today. But for those of us who just love guns, and love history, finding the truth of the matter is really a lot of fun. My favorite source for lost firearm information is Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons<\/a>. He scours all of the available information in the world on the history of our beloved metal and wood toys, and serves it up in bite sized and easily digestible chunks. I have never regretted a minute spent on Ian’s videos, and I always come away with new stuff I never knew. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I met with Ian at Shot Show many years ago after he had just completed the most successful nonfiction book campaign ever on Kickstarter. it was on French military rifles<\/a> believe it or not. At the time he was working on his second Kickstarter, Pistols of the Warlords<\/a>, which actually beat his record. I came away from the meeting more excited about what Ian was doing than what I was doing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian’s newest project is the true history of the revolver. It pre-dated Sam Colt by decades, and the baseline development of the revolver itself, at least a couple hundred years. The book is well sourced and should bring a whole new perspective to your paradigm on the history of firearms in general. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClockwork Basilisk: The Early Revolvers of Elisha Collier and Artemas Wheeler<\/a>\u201d is available right now for preorder on Kickstarter. The Kickstarter is HERE<\/a>. As I write this there are 21 days left, and the project already has almost 2,000 backers. It is actually the fifth book by the team, and they are all extremely high quality heirloom publications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A little voice has repeatedly told me to let you guys know about this thing. We have no connection to Ian whatsoever, and he has no idea I am even posting this. It is just too good to not give you guys a heads up. Here are some videos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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