Colt-Smith & Wesson: A Clash of Arms

by Robert Swartz

"A trifecta of new research, a fascinating subject, and engaging storytelling." Jim Supica, Directors, National Firearms Museum.Swartz turns accepted history on its head to reveal what really happened in the period from Sam Colt's invention of the world's first practical repeater through the years that were critical for the development of modern firearms and ammunition. Notably, as Swartz shows, the Rollin White patent which gave Smith & Wesson a monopoly on the breech-loading revolver was nothing but a sham--Smith & Wesson would admit it. Colt's later turned the tables by using Rollin White's threat of the patent to pull Colt's Firearms through the Great Depression of 1873.

140 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 7, 2020