January 10 in Firearms History

3 dates for gun owners on January 10

  • Remembered 2
  • People 1
  1. Remembered1862 · 164 years ago

    Samuel Colt (48) Died

    July 19, 1814 - January 10, 1862

    Samuel Colt born, inventor of the first practical revolver,
    1814 - 1862

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  2. People

    Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun

    Paul M. Barrett authored “Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun.”

    published today in 2013

     

     


  3. Remembered

    “Buffalo Bill” Cody (died)

    William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody

    Feb 26, 1846 - Jan 10, 1917

    Born in Iowa Territory

    opened Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show in Omaha, Nebraska

    launching a genre of outdoor entertainment that thrived for three decades and survived, in fits and starts, for almost three more

    “Westward the course of empire takes its way.”

    Annie Oakley broke ground when she and her husband and manager, Frank Butler, joined Buffalo Bill early in 1885

    Lillian Smith toured as a teenager with Buffalo Bill