January 16 in Firearms History
3 dates for gun owners on January 16
- Birthday 1
- Law or Ruling 1
- Invention 1
- Birthday1861 · 165 years ago
Henry Kolb – born
January 16, 1861 - ??
- 1861 - born in Würtemburg, Germany
- 1895 - listed as a machinist in the Philadelphia city directory
- 1897 - founded his firearms company (named it "Henry M. Kolb")
- 1910 became Henry M. Kolb & Company
- Reginald F. Sedgley becoming manager - 1910 took out two patents on the Baby Hammerless revolver
#954,190 for a “firing-pin for hammers for firearms”
#954,191 for a means of mounting and locking the cylinder - 1916 - Kolb sold the Firearms Company to Sedgley

