“SUPERNATURAL”

The Colt
Manufacturer Samuel Colt
Powers Can kill anything except for Lucifer and four other unknown creatures.
Key to the Devil's Gate in Wyoming.
Location/Owners Men of Letters Bunker
Episodes First Appearance: 1.20 Dead Man's Blood
Last Appearance: 12.20 Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes

Back in 1835, when Halley's Comet was overhead, same night those men died at the Alamo, they
say Samuel Colt made a gun. A special gun. He made it for a hunter. A man like us, only on
horseback. Story goes, he made thirteen bullets. This hunter used the gun a half dozen times
before he disappeared, the gun along with him... Somehow Daniel got his hands on it. They
say... they say this gun can kill anything. – John Winchester, 1.20 Dead Man's Blood

History
The Colt was made by Samuel Colt in 1835. When it is used with the supernatural bullets he
made specially for it, the gun can kill anything. It was the first supernatural weapon
introduced in the series.

Lucifer says that there are only five things in all of creation that can't be killed by the Colt
and that he is one of them, whether he meant himself personally or archangels in general
was never specified. It should also be noted that while the Colt can kill (almost) anything the
shot must still be a kill shot. When Sam shoots John, while he is possessed by Azazel, in the
leg, the demon survives, but the shot allows for John to briefly take back control of his body
before Azazel escapes. The Alpha Vampire later revealed in 12.14 The Raid that the five
things that the Colt cannot kill are five individual creatures rather than five specific species
of monsters.

Samuel Colt also designed the locked door to keep the portal to Hell known as the Devil's
Gate from opening. The Devil's Gate and the Colt are linked together, the gun serves as the
key to the gate, allowing it to be opened by inserting the Colt's muzzle into the keyhole. Colt
then built a railroad of iron in the shape of a pentagram, with a church at each of the points,
around the Devil's Gate to further ensure that it was demon-proof.

Sam and Dean travel back in time to 1861 to use the Colt to kill a phoenix. The Colt remains in
the past, possibly passing into the hands of a local saloon owner by the name of Elkins.
When Samuel Colt returned to Sunrise, Wyoming to retrieve the phoenix ashes, he also left
the Colt with the saloon keeper along with the special bullets for it with the hopes that it will
eventually end up with Sam.
In 2006, John Winchester discovers the gun in the possession of a hunter named Daniel
Elkins. Azazel makes efforts to regain it in order to open the Devil's Gate in Wyoming in
order to form a demon army on Earth. While Jake Talley, who has been recruited by Azazel,
opens the gate for a short time, Azazel is killed when Dean shoots him with the Colt, using
the final bullet. Bobby had taken apart the Colt in an attempt to discover how it can kill
anything supernatural, but was unable to figure out what makes it tick. After he started test
firing it in the woods, Ruby later helps Bobby restore the Colt's supernatural killing abilities
and modified it so it will take any ammunition. The Winchesters use it to kill a number of
demons and vampires until it is stolen by Bela Talbot[5]. She later trades it to Crowley to try
and get out of her crossroads deal.

With the Apocalypse looming, Crowley would later return the gun to the Winchesters, telling
them they can use it to kill Lucifer. However when Dean uses it on him in Carthage, Missouri,
the gun is able to cause pain and disorient Lucifer after Dean shoots him in the head, but
does not kill the archangel. After Lucifer regained his composure, he knocks Dean back,
sending him flying into a tree where he drops the gun, leaving it behind when Castiel
teleported them away.[2] Crowley would go on to retrieve the Colt and after Lucifer's
defeat, he turns the Colt along with the Lance of Michael over to one of the Princes of Hell,
Ramiel as a gift while offering him the throne. He declined and convinced Crowley to take
the crown in exchange for keeping himself and his remaining siblings hidden from anyone
and anything, and all the while threatening to incite his wrath on Crowley if he fails to hold
up his end of the bargain. Crowley accepts and leaves the Lance and the Colt with Ramiel
who locks the Colt away in a supernatural wall safe with his armory of supernatural
armaments.

In 2017, the British Men of Letters task Mary Winchester with regaining it from Ramiel --
without telling her what the item is, or that Ramiel is a Prince of Hell. Mick and his colleagues
had been researching and studying the Colt extensively since then, however even he with all
the lore on the Colt from the London Chapterhouse couldn't discover how Samuel Colt
made it to kill almost anything supernatural, let alone create new bullets for it. The British
Men of Letters later reveal their possession of the weapon to Sam who teaches them how
to make new bullets with Bobby's recipe before using the Colt to kill the Alpha Vampire.

Following a failed attempt to kill Dagon, the Colt returns to the possession of the
Winchesters who used it to kill the god Moloch. All the while, Mr. Ketch and his team had
planted a surveillance system inside the Men of Letters Bunker to keep an eye on them and
tried to retrieve the Colt in the process, but they eventually realize that Sam and Dean took
it with them.

Castiel returned to the Bunker to talk to Sam and Dean about his temporary partnership
with the angels, but it turns out to be a ruse to steal the Colt which was under Dean's pillow
rather than in their safe for safe-keeping. After Joshua had tracked down Dagon through a
celestial pulse caused by the Nephilim, Castiel and Kelvin went to her safe house along with
Hozai and the Colt to kill both her and Kelly Kline with the remaining two bullets. He used
one of the bullets to attempt to kill Dagon, but she teleported out of the way. Castiel went
downstairs with every intent to kill Kelly, but he couldn't do it. After Sam and Dean had
caught up with them, they explained their plan to make the Nephilim into a human by
extracting its grace so both the baby and Kelly can live, but Kelly refused to let them do it
because she wants her child to be born with its powers. After waiting in the Impala, Kelly
had taken the keys and drove away with Castiel intending to go to Heaven's Gate, leaving
the Colt with Sam and Dean. When they arrived, they discovered that Dagon had caught up
with them after killing Hozai, Kelvin, and Joshua when he appeared. When Sam and Dean
arrived and tried to stop Dagon from taking Kelly again, she attacked Dean and took the Colt
from him. Dagon used her power to heat up and melt the barrel of the Colt, causing the
muzzle to fall off and severely damaging the gun. Castiel is later able to kill Dagon without
the Colt using the powers of the Nephilim; Jack Kline.

Sam retrieves the pieces of the damaged Colt and takes them back to the Bunker where it's
shown that the heat has deformed parts of the gun's mechanisms. Sam promises to attempt
to repair the legendary gun, but he is unsure if he can.[6]

Special Features

Invented by Samuel Colt, a gun named after its inventor “Colt”, and after its revolving cylinder.
Before the Colt revolver, only one and two-barrel flintlock pistols had been invented for hand-
held use. Colt revolvers were all based on cap-and-ball technology until the Smith and Wesson
license on the bored-through cylinder (bought from Rollin White) expired around 1869. – Pad
of Definitions (1.20 Dead Man's Blood), Official Website

The Colt used in Supernatural has some special "features":

Latin Inscription: Non timebo mala translates to "I will fear no evil" from Latin, and is a
reference to Psalm 23 and the quote "For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of
death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me." It has inspired many Fan Tattoos. The font
used is Plakat Fraktur.

Pentagram: See Pentagram

Make and Model of The Colt: The Colt has the appearance of an 1836 Colt Paterson Pietta
Paterson Super Deluxe. In reality, the Colt Paterson, which is the first Revolver ever built, is
surprisingly difficult to load. It can be assumed that the gun itself was modified in 3.04 Sin
City when Bobby agreed to let Ruby restore its supernatural killing abilities which would
explain how it can be easily reloaded without undergoing the painstakingly long process of
deconstructing it's barrel. See: History of the Colt Paterson.

Bullets: The 13 bullets made by Samuel Colt are engraved with numbers. Whenever The Colt
fires a bullet, a cross within a circle along with a few vestiges of ancient scripture appear on
the tip of it and burns orange-red right before it hits anything. It was first noticed in 2.22 All
Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two when Dean uses the final original bullet in the chamber to kill
Azazel. Whenever the Colt was used in Season 12, the cross can be seen in 12.14 The Raid
when the Alpha Vampire was killed by Sam and 12.17 The British Invasion when Eileen Leahy
intended to shoot Dagon, but hits Renny Rawlings when she teleports out of the way. The
cross appears to resemble a Cross Potent, the Sun Cross, or a Ringed Cross.

Ruby was able to build more bullets for the Colt in 3.04 Sin City, and later in 12.14 The Raid,
Sam relates that Bobby had learned the method from her and passed it on to him. The
process requires holy oil, sage and myrrh. They are mixed to make a tincture and used to
coat silver bullets and the following spell must be recited to mimic the original etchings:
"Signum est imitandum. Signum est imitandum."

The Colt

The Latin inscription: "I will fear no evil."

Decorative etching on the barrel of the Colt.

The pentagram on the handle of the gun.

The decorative pattern of the hammer.

The trigger is released after the hammer is cocked.

Chronological Appearances and Uses

The bullets of the Colt are engraved with numbers.

A cross appears on the last original bullet for The Colt.

How Samuel Colt's original bullets are used

6.18 Frontierland - Samuel Colt, in 1861, shoots and kills two demons. Colt gives Sam the gun
to give to Dean, who shoots and kills the phoenix.
1.20 Dead Man's Blood - The Colt is introduced with 5 (out of 13) remaining bullets. John
Winchester shoots Luther, the vampire to save Sam's life.
1.21 Salvation - Sam shoots at the Yellow-Eyed Demon in Rose's nursery.
1.22 Devil's Trap - Dean shoots the demon Tom to save Sam's life. Sam later shoots John in
the thigh while he is possessed by the Yellow-Eyed Demon.
2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two - Dean kills Azazel with a shot in the heart.
Other Uses
2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two: The Colt is used by Jake as a key to open the Devil's
Gate in Wyoming.
3.04 Sin City: Ruby helps Bobby rebuild the Colt so it will use any ammunition. Sam then uses
it to kill Father Gil and Casey. This also marks the first time the Colt bullets now give off an
orange-red hue when they kill a demon much like the bullet's effects with Azazel, but now
it's for every demon Sam and Dean use the Colt on.
3.05 Bedtime Stories: Sam uses the Colt to kill a crossroads demon.
3.07 Fresh Blood: Dean shoots a vampire with it. This is the first time after Ruby helps Bobby
make more bullets for the Colt, as well as the last time (so far), that we've seen the blue-
colored hue being used after Dean kills the vampire. It can be suggested that the blue hue is
only used against monsters now.
3.09 Malleus Maleficarum: First Dean threatens to shoot Ruby with it, but Sam stops him.
Later Sam tries to shoot Tammi with the Colt, but she stops the bullet in mid-air.
3.10 Dream a Little Dream of Me: Bela steals the Colt.
3.15 Time Is on My Side: Bela gave the Colt to demons to try and get her way out of her
crossroads deal, but it doesn't go as planned for her.
5.09 The Real Ghostbusters: Becky tells Sam that in Chuck's book of Time Is on My Side, Bela
gave the Colt to a crossroads demon named Crowley instead of Lilith.
5.10 Abandon All Hope...: Crowley used it to kill two of his "hench-demons" and gives the
Colt to the Winchesters along with some more bullets. During the hunt that follows, Dean
shoots and presumably kills a hellhound with the Colt. The boys then track down Lucifer and
Dean shoots him straight through the head but Lucifer is unharmed and he flings Dean
towards the trees and the Colt is last seen in Dean's hand after he lands. He also mentions
he is one of five things in all of Creation that the Colt cannot kill. [2]
12.14 The Raid: Sam uses it to kill the Alpha Vampire with a shot through the head.
12.17 The British Invasion: Eileen Leahy accidentally kills Renny Rawlings when Dagon
vanishes as she takes her shot.
12.18 The Memory Remains: Sam uses it to kill the god Moloch.
12.19 The Future: Castiel attempted to kill Dagon with the Colt, but she teleported out of the
way, while the bullet struck the wall.
Episodes
1.20 Dead Man's Blood
When Daniel Elkins is killed, he leaves a note for John Winchester saying that he had "it"
(along with the five remaining bullets) in his possession. John is interested in retrieving it
since the Colt can supposedly kill anything supernatural, it could possibly be used to kill the
Yellow-Eyed Demon and avenge Mary's death. After retrieving the Colt from the vampires
who killed Elkins and looted his property, John uses it to kill the vampire pack leader, Luther,
proving that the gun is the one he's been searching for, as an ordinary revolver would not
have killed a vampire.

1.21 Salvation
Sam shoots at the Yellow-Eyed Demon as he stands over the crib of the baby Rose Holt,
while John is off trading a fake Colt with Meg. He misses as the demon disappears and
wastes a bullet.
1.22 Devil's Trap
Dean uses the third remaining bullet to kill the demon Tom, after he and Sam rescue John.
Their father, possessed by the Yellow-Eyed Demon, begs Sam to shoot him, but he cannot
kill his father and uses the fourth bullet to shoot John in the leg, the hesitation to kill the
demon and John with him, allowing it to flee.

2.01 In My Time of Dying

Sam uses the Colt to frighten off the demon-possessed trucker. Later, John trades the Colt
and the remaining bullet (and his soul) in a deal with Azazel for Dean's life.

The Gate to Hell is locked with a devil's trap opened by the Colt.
2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two
The Yellow-Eyed Demon gives the Colt to Jake Talley in order to open the Devil's Gate in
Wyoming. After making his way to Fossil Butte Cemetery, Jake succeeds in opening the gate
by threatening Ellen's life, but after Sam kills him, Dean retrieves the Colt from the crypt
door. The Yellow-Eyed Demon shows up and takes the Colt from Dean, but after John's spirit
distracts the demon by ripping him out of his meatsuit, Dean grabs the Colt back and shoots
Azazel in the heart with the last bullet just as he returns to his host, finally killing him. Bobby
and Ellen were later able to seal the devil's gate before any more demons or spirits could
escape.

3.03 Bad Day at Black Rock

Bobby is seen working on the Colt.

3.04 Sin City

Bobby is trying to figure out how the Colt works when Ruby arrives and offers to help return
its demon killing powers. Bobby later shoots at the possessed Father Gil with it -– and
misses. Sam eventually uses it to kill Father Gil and Casey.

Bobby testing out The Colt.

3.05 Bedtime Stories
The Crossroads Demon outside of Lloyd's Bar recognizes that the Colt has been modified,
stating that it was not "the original Colt." She realizes that Ruby was the one who modified
it. Sam eventually uses the Colt to kill the crossroads demon to try to get Dean out of his
contract.

3.06 Red Sky at Morning

Dean discovers that Sam tried to get him out of his contract after he notices that a bullet is
missing from the Colt. After confronting Sam, he tells Dean that he's not going to apologize
for saving his life.

3.07 Fresh Blood

Dean uses the Colt to kill a girl that the hunter Gordon Walker turned into a vampire.
3.09 Malleus Maleficarum
Dean tries to shoot Ruby with the Colt but is stopped by Sam. Sam later tries to shoot the
demon Tammi with it, but she is able to stop the bullet in mid-air.

3.10 Dream a Little Dream of Me

Bela steals the Colt from Sam and Dean's motel safe after she brings them African Dream
Root to help save Bobby.

3.12 Jus in Bello

When Bela calls the Winchesters to taunt them about stealing the Colt, it is seen on the seat
next to her sitting on a towel. Later, Ruby is annoyed to learn that the Colt is gone when
they have to face off against an army of around thirty demons.

3.15 Time Is on My Side

Bela tells Dean she gave the gun to Lilith in a hope of breaking her deal.

4.03 In the Beginning

When Dean goes back to 1973 he "borrows" the Colt from a young Daniel Elkins, telling him
the gun will be in Lawrence, Kansas. He has two opportunities to shoot Azazel, but the
demon flees before he gets the chance to kill him.

5.01 Sympathy for the Devil

Dean tells Bobby he thinks they should use the Colt to kill Lucifer, but later explains to Sam
he was just mentioning it to give hope to Bobby.

5.04 The End

Castiel tells Dean that he has learned the demons have not destroyed the gun. In 2014,
Future Dean finally retrieves the Colt from the demons and tries to kill Lucifer with it, but
fails and is killed.

5.09 The Real Ghostbusters

Becky tells Sam that in the Supernatural book written by Chuck Shurley which tells the
events of 3.15 Time Is on My Side, Bela gave the Colt not to Lilith but to Crowley; her right
hand demon and possible lover.

Crowley with The Colt.

5.10 Abandon All Hope...
After using it to kill two of his hench-demons, Crowley gives the Colt and some more bullets
to the Winchesters to kill Lucifer who is in Carthage, Missouri. Dean uses it against the
hellhounds, and either wounds, or kills one, but is unable to stop them all. Dean shoots
Lucifer in the head at point-blank range, telling him to "suck it." Lucifer falls and appears to
be dead at first, but he gets up in pain, the bullet wound in his forehead heals, and he
punches Dean into a tree, dropping the Colt in the process. Lucifer goes on to explain to
Sam that he is one of five things in all of creation that the gun can't kill. It was later revealed
that when Castiel teleported Sam and Dean out of the battlefield, the Colt was left behind
and was retrieved by Crowley while Lucifer was releasing Death from his prison.

Dean attempts to kill Lucifer using the Colt.

6.18 Frontierland
Sam was able to take Dean and Bobby to the library in the Campbell Compound to look
through Samuel's lore books and find a way to kill Eve. Bobby was able to find out that the
ashes of a phoenix can kill Eve and Dean recovers Samuel Colt's Journal and discovers that in
March 5, 1861 the Colt was used to kill a phoenix in Sunrise, Wyoming. They were able to
summon Castiel so they can travel back to 1861, but they only have 24 hours before he brings
them back. Samuel Colt is retired from hunting, and completing the railway devil's trap to
protect the Devil's Gate. Two demons enter his home looking for the gun, and he shoots
them with the Colt. When Sam arrives and asks for his assistance, he refuses, but eventually
gives Sam the Colt. Dean uses the Colt to kill Elias Finch — the phoenix.

However, Dean drops the Colt just before he and Sam are transported back to the present
day. It is possible that the Colt was retrieved by the saloon owner Elkins. In the present day,
the Colt was originally in the possession of Daniel Elkins and its possible that the Elkins of
1861 was an ancestor who passed it down to him. It was stated in Colt's Journal that he
knew the saloon keeper personally. Since there were two bullets left in the chamber at most
after it was used to kill two demons and a phoenix, and the fact that Daniel Elkins was
loading five bullets into the Colt when it was first introduced in 1.20 Dead Man's Blood, it's
implied that while Samuel Colt returned to Sunrise, Wyoming to retrieve the phoenix ashes,
he also gave the Colt to the saloon keeper Elkins along with the special bullets with the
hopes that it will eventually end up with Sam.

12.12 Stuck in the Middle (With You)

In a flashback to 2011 following Lucifer's defeat, Crowley turns the Colt along with the Lance
of Michael over to the Prince of Hell Ramiel as a gift to take Hell's Throne, but Ramiel refuses
and offers Crowley the throne instead in exchange for maintaining the solitude of his fellow
siblings. After their deal, Ramiel stashes the Colt and the Lance into his supernatural armory.

In the present, Mary Winchester is sent by the British Men of Letters to steal the Colt from
Ramiel. While she succeeds with the help of her sons, Castiel and the hunter Wally, Wally is
killed and Castiel is gravely injured as Ramiel chases them to retrieve the Colt. Ramiel offers
the Winchesters their lives if they give him back what they stole, but Sam and Dean have no
idea what he's talking about. After a fight, Ramiel is killed by Sam with the Lance of Michael,
leaving Sam and Dean unaware of what Mary did.

After killing Ramiel, Mary meets with Mr. Ketch and threatens to kill him and the British Men
of Letters in general after what happened to Wally and what almost happened to Castiel,
because they unknowingly sent them after a Prince of Hell. After a moment of silence, Mr.
Ketch admits that they made a mistake and apologizes. She then hands over the Colt, telling
him that her father used to tell her stories about the gun. Crowley also sent an army of his
demons to Ramiel's house to retrieve the gun and panics when they fail to locate the Colt
while Lucifer taunts him about it in his "doghouse."

The Colt is damaged by Dagon.

12.14 The Raid
After learning that the Alpha Vampire is attacking, Mary Winchester has the British Men of
Letters reveal to Sam that they possess the Colt, the only weapon they have that can kill the
Alpha Vampire. While the British Men of Letters have no bullets and don't know how to
make any, Sam is able to give them Bobby Singer's recipe and they create new bullets
shortly before the Alpha Vampire enters. Sam bluffs the Alpha Vampire with the empty Colt,
with the Alpha Vampire claiming to be one of the five things the gun can't kill. Sam tries to
negotiate a deal with the Alpha Vampire before Mary attacks him and Mick Davies barreled
after Sam in a ruse to get him a bullet for the Colt so he can load it. Once Sam reveals this,
the Alpha Vampire calls him a "clever, clever boy" moments before Sam shoots him through
the head with the Colt. As the Colt's power works on him, the Alpha Vampire chuckles briefly
before dropping to the ground, dead.

12.17 The British Invasion

While going after the Prince of Hell Dagon, Mick Davies brings the Winchesters the Colt to
use against the powerful demon. In the brief fight that follows, Eileen Leahy grabs the Colt
off the ground and shoots at Dagon. Dagon teleports away just before the bullet hits her.
Instead, the shot strikes Renny Rawlings in the heart, killing him. While leaving the scene,
Eileen holds onto the Colt rather than returning it to Mick.

After Eileen leaves, Sam reveals to Dean that she has left them the Colt. Dean tests the
weapon, clearly excited to have ownership of the legendary gun once more.

12.18 The Memory Remains

Dean arms himself with the Colt in lieu of his regular pistol. While hunting Moloch, Pete
Garfinkle steals the Colt and tries to use it to kill Sheriff Barrett Bishop, Jr. before he himself
is killed by Sam. Sam then uses the Colt to kill Moloch with a shot through the chest, causing
Moloch to dissolve into a puddle.

The remains of the Colt.

While in the Bunker, Mr. Ketch orders his team to search for the Colt which Mick had let the
Winchesters take. The team is unable to find the Colt and Mr. Ketch is annoyed to realize
that the Winchesters must have it with them.

12.19 The Future

Castiel returns to the Bunker from Heaven. He steals the Colt, from under Dean's pillow
where Dean has kept it rather than locking it in the safe. Castiel along with some other
angels find Dagon and Kelly Kline, entering the home Castiel misses when he tries to kill
Dagon, and then is unable to kill Kelly when faced with the task. After his truck breaks down,
Sam and Dean find Castiel and Kelly, and Dean takes possession of the Colt. When Kelly and
Castiel take off and try to return to Heaven, Dagon appears, waiting for them. The
Winchesters arrive and Dean tries to kill her with the Colt, but Dagon takes the weapon from
him, and uses her power to melt the gun's barrel, deforming it and causing the Colt's muzzle
to fall off. Castiel is later able to use the Nephilim's powers to kill Dagon without the Colt
through spontaneous combustion.

12.20 Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes

In the aftermath of Castiel disappearing with Kelly Kline, Dean asks Sam if he is able to fix
the damaged Colt, which is now in two pieces, who is hopeful, but uncertain.
Legend of the Colt
Samuel Colt
Samuel Colt picture.jpg
Samuel Colt (1814-1862) was the inventor of the Colt revolver, and founder of the Colt
Firearms company. His huge achievement was for inventing a functional design for a gun
that could shoot multiple times before having to be reloaded. He was highly influential in the
munitions industry and was a noted inventor. See also:

It should be noted that Samuel Colt spent 1835 in England and France, securing the first
patent on his revolving-breech pistol. He returned home and obtained an American patent in
1836.

The Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo was a 19th-century battle between the Republic of Mexico and the
rebel Texian forces during the latter's fight for independence - the Texas Revolution. It took
place at the Alamo mission in San Antonio, Texas (then known as "San Antonio de Béxar") in
February and March of 1836.

History of Conflicts

Although most people automatically think of the famous battle that occurred in 1836 when
the Alamo is mentioned there is a history of minor battles that occurred at the Alamo. The
Alamo has a long and bloody history beginning in the mid to late 1700's.

In October of 1835 one of many battles occurred between residents of Gonzales and the
Mexican troops that occupied the Alamo at the time. This skirmish led to Santa Anna
sending in troops under Martin Perfecto de Cós to San Antonio. This was only one of many
smaller battles over the course of October, November, and December of 1835 that
eventually led to the famous battle that occurred in February and March of 1836.
For more information about the history/timeline of the Alamo check out the Daughters of
the Republic of Texas website. They include a detailed history of the Alamo and all its
battles.

The battle in 1835 is usually referred to as the Siege of Béxar, was the first battle for the
occupation of the Alamo, in which the Texians took possession from the Mexican
Governmental troops. It took place between October 12 and December 11th, 1835. On
December 7th, the Texians had all of their artillery in place and began their assault on the
Alamo. The flag of surrender was sent out from the Alamo to the Texian army on December
9th. So a good guess as to the exact 'night those men died' would be December 8th, 1835.
(sources Siege of Béxar (Bejar) - Wikipedia Siege of Béxar (Bejar) - Wikipedia and Siege &
Battle of Béxar from the Dairy of Samuel Maverick)

Halley's Comet
Comet Halley ... more generally known as Halley's Comet after Edmond Halley, is a comet
that can be seen every 75-76 years. It is the most famous of all periodic comets, even though
in every century many comets appear brighter and more spectacular. Halley's comet last
appeared in the inner Solar System in 1986, and will next appear in the summer of 2061."
(Source: Wikipedia)

In 1835, it achieved perihelion on 16 November, but would have been visible from Earth for
several weeks before and after.

The Texas Paterson 1836

The first type of production handgun made by the real Samuel Colt is a Texas Paterson 1836.
Supernatural Prop Master Chris Cooper found a replica of the gun at a Las Vegas gun show.
The original revolver was a powder and cap gun, but the Supernatural prop department
made a new revolver piece that could take cartridges.[7]

Although not obvious to anyone not familiar with the Paterson model, "the Colt" does in
fact, have a trigger. While the Colt Paterson Revolvers in general, as well as "the Colt" do not
have trigger guards, the trigger for these revolvers are inset flush into base of the frame,
and drop down automatically when the hammer is cocked. The trigger can be clearly seen
behind Bobby's finger when he is test-firing it in the scene where Ruby first appears to help
him modify it to restore its demon killing abilities. The trigger and the hammer can also be
seen up close when Sam kills the Alpha Vampire with The Colt in 12.14 The Raid.

Speculation by Fans
The legend of the Colt has brought up a lot of speculation between the fans due to some
inconsistencies with its history.

Stopping the Bullet

When Sam tried to use the Colt to kill her, the demon Tammi was able to stop the bullet in
midair in 3.09 Malleus Maleficarum. This could either suggest the bullets aren't that
powerful when a demon is expecting the bullet, or perhaps a demonic witch may be able to
stop a demon-killing bullet from the Colt. And if that was the case, you could also wonder if
Ruby would've been able to stop the Colt's bullet as well if Sam didn't stop Dean from
shooting her. Case Mis-proven: Azazel was killed by it, and he knew the bullet was in fact
coming. As well, Azazel was far more powerful than Ruby, so how could she stop the bullet
if Azazel could not. Dean, when he was sent into the past by Castiel in 4.03 In The Beginning,
told Azazel that he was the one that killed him, but Azazel was skeptical and refused to
believe that it was true. It can only be assumed that either John's attack weakened him to
the point where he was unable to teleport out of the way or stop the bullet from hitting him
or because he was in shock from discovering that what Dean told him about being the one
who kills him decades ago was true and unavoidable.

The Five Things

Lucifer says that there are only five things in all of creation that can't be killed by the Colt
and that he is one of them. There's no definite answer whether or not Eve can be killed by
the Colt. Death could be more powerful than the archangels since in the end he would reap
God and he told Dean that he existed at least as long as God, possibly more, but neither one
of them can remember exactly how long anymore. The other 3 Horsemen: Famine,
Pestilence and War: are immortal, but powerless without their rings unlike their brother
Death who is the ultimate reaper. The only way the other three Horsemen were stopped
was by cutting off their rings, but they did not die. Therefore, there's reason to believe the
Colt can't kill them. However, there might be a reason to separate Death and the Horsemen
since they are on different power levels. If this is true, then Eve can be killed by the Colt,
since the Horsemen are older and bump her off the list. Since Death is the only Horseman of
the Apocalypse who doesn't actually need his ring, it stands to reason that Death is immune
to the Colt while the other three Horsemen are not. Another question is that could the Colt
kill Cain? He was the one with the First Blade and the Mark of Cain which evidently renders
the bearer immortal. If the user dies, it comes back as a Knight of Hell. The First Blade killed
Cain. If Cain cannot be killed with the Colt, then it could be because he was either Adam and
Eve's firstborn son or because he was the holder of the Mark of Cain, as he was made into a
Knight after the Princes of Hell were made, who are susceptible to the Colt like Azazel. Since
the Princes existed before him, it proves that Cain can be killed by the Colt. The Alpha
Vampire told Sam that "there are five creatures on this Earth that gun cannot kill" and tried
to pass of that he was one of them, but Sam doesn't believe him and eventually kills him. It
confirms that the five things that the Colt cannot kill are five individual creatures rather than
five specific species of monsters. Since Lucifer was unaffected by the Colt, it points out that
Michael can't be killed by it either and it was previously stated that both Michael and Lucifer
appear to be on different power levels than Gabriel and Raphael. It raises the question if
Gabriel and Raphael are susceptible to the Colt, but since both archangels were trapped in a
ring of holy fire which had to be extinguished by water to release them and Lucifer was
trapped in a ring of holy fire that extinguished itself, despite the warding used to trap him
and the fact that Michael was molotov cocktailed by Castiel with a flaming bottle filled with
holy fire and survived, it shows that Gabriel and Raphael may be somewhat weaker than
Michael and Lucifer, presenting the possibility that they could be killed by the Colt. It is
unknown if the Colt is capable of killing the Cosmic Entity, but it is implied that since it has
existed outside of Creation before God and Amara, it cannot be classified as one of the five
creatures as they exist within Creation while the Cosmic Entity exists within the Empty.