MUSEUM of CT HISTORY
During my visit of the Museum of CT History it should be noted that the main area which houses paintings of past Governors and CT history was closed due to maintenance. I was able to visit the Colt Firearms area and also the room which housed some CT history such as military uniforms and artifacts.
If you’re an historian of firearms, or have an interest in general, then you’ll find the Colt display interesting. All the guns were under glass and the room/lighting were not condusive to excellent photography so let me put my discliamer out there that these photo’s are not intended to be “artistic”. This is one of those times where I’m just recording what I saw best I could.
From Colts birth in 1836 to present day Colt Firearms has a very rich history. There have been ups and downs but far more ups than downs in my opinion. However, the most major bump in the road occured from 1986 – 1990 when Colt employees were striking. During this time Colt also lost a major contract with the U.S. Government for the M-16 rifle. When the strike ended the company was sold to a three party consortium, one part of which was the employees. Howver, in 1992 Colt filed Bankrupcy. They continued to engineer, produce and sell firearms through the bankrucpcy. They also entered two new rifles into the market place during that time.
In 1994 Colt was sold again and shut down their long standing location adacent to I-91 in the south end of Hartford, CT and moved to West Hartford, CT where the facility stands today. This area is now known as the Historic Coltsville section of Hartford and sits on the National Registry. From 1994 Colt emerged once against as the powerhouse that they had always been.
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