Samuel Colt established his first factory to produce recently patented production-model revolver, the .34-caliber "Paterson".

Samuel Colt was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company and made the mass production of revolvers commercially viable.

A revolver is a repeating handgun with at least one barrel and a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers for firing. Because most revolver models hold six cartridges before needing to be reloaded, revolvers are commonly called six shooters or sixguns. Due to their rotating cylinder mechanism, they may also be called wheel guns.

March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 301 days remain until the end of the year.