General Sam Houston and General Thomas Jefferson…
1851 CE
Rusk testifies: "Colt's Repeating Arms are the most efficient weapons in the world and the only weapon which has enabled the frontiersman to defeat the mounted Indian in his own peculiar mode of warfare.
Lieutenant Bedley McDonald, who had served under Walker when Walker was killed in Mexico in 1847, had stated that thirty Rangers had used Colt's revolvers to keep five hundred Mexicans in check.
Colt follows this design with the Colt 1851 Navy Revolver, which is larger than the Baby Dragoon, but not quite as large as the full-sized version.
The gun becomes the standard sidearm for U.S. military officers and proves popular among civilian buyers.
After the testimony by Houston and Rusk, the next issue had become how quickly Colt can supply the military.
Ever the opportunist, when the War with Mexico was over, Colt had sent agents south of the border to procure sales from the Mexican government.
Colt has received an extension on his patent since he had not collected on it in the early years.
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