Richard Jarvis

Richard Jarvis
Born	Richard William Hart Jarvis (1829-11-30)November 30, 1829 Portland, Connecticut, United States
Died	January 21, 1903(1903-01-21) (aged 73) Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Occupation	Company president
Religion	Episcopalian
Relatives	Samuel Colt, Elizabeth Jarvis Colt

Richard William Hart Jarvis (November 30, 1829 – January 21, 1903) was the brother-in-law of Samuel Colt who took control of Colt's Manufacturing Company on the death of Elisha K. Root, serving as the company's longest president from 1865 to 1901. Jarvis helmed the company from the end of the American Civil War through the early 20th century seeing the transition from percussion revolvers to cartridge revolvers to semiautomatic pistols and machineguns.^[1]

References

↑ Grant, Ellsworth S. (1982). The Colt legacy: the Colt Armory in Hartford, 1855-1980. Mowbray Co. pp. 22, 58. ISBN 978-0-917218-17-0.

19th Century	M1860 Army M1851 Navy Dragoon Model 1855 M1861 Navy Paterson Pocket Percussion Walker Open Top Open Top Pocket Model House New Line Single Action Army Buntline M1877 M1878 M1889 M1892

20th Century	Model 1905 New Police New Service Official Police Police Positive Police Positive Special Anaconda Cobra Detective Special Diamondback King Cobra Python Trooper

Rifles, PDWs, and Machine Guns

Revolver	.32 Long Colt .38 Short Colt .38 Long Colt .41 Long Colt .44 Colt .45 Colt

Semi-automatic pistol	.25 ACP .32 ACP .380 ACP .38 ACP .45 ACP

People

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