7/9/2008

New England's Finest Fire-Arms Manufacturer

United States Fire-Arms Manufacturing Co, Inc.

Our story…

… begins in 1855, the year Sam Colt built our Factory. After his untimely death in 1862, a Fire destroyed the factory in 1864 and the original Dome & Horse. Rebuilt in 1867, the Armory still performs Sam's intended purpose… The Making of Fine Fire Arms.

In 2002 The Famous Gold Rampant Colt is again proudly atop the Blue Dome! – at Coltsville – US Fire Arms Mfg. Co., …
Keeping History Alive… Under The Dome!

All Products Designed, Manufactured and
Receive World Class Service in Hartford, Conn., U.S.A.
Americas Oldest Continuously Producing Armory - Since 1855

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When Colt died in 1862, the company was a major manufacturer of arms during the Civil War. Two years later, in a fire thought to have been set by Confederate sympathizers, the Armory was once again ruined. Colt's widow, Elizabeth, rebuilt an exact replica of the Colt's Old Armory in 1867 where it still stands today.

Today, the original Colt operation is a faded memory here in Hartford, but the buildings largely remain and is today the home of United States Fire-Arms Manufacturing Co., Inc. The skilled hands of workmen and engineers are busy producing the finest firearms in the very same 19th century building that once was Colt's Old Armory.