Samuel Colt's “YC app” for the Summer 1851 batch • Hacker News Board

Re: Samuel Colt's “YC app” for the Summer 1851 batch

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Post by jmckib » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 5:19 PM UTC

tlrobinson wrote: post #11

steakejjs wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it would be hilarious to see fictional "failed" historic YC apps, especially those that made it big in their time.

Or even better, real applications from ultimately successful companies that failed to get into YC.

Buffer's app is one example, but I'd like to see others. https://open.bufferapp.com/buffers-y-combinator-application/

Re: Samuel Colt's “YC app” for the Summer 1851 batch

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Post by johngalt » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 5:22 PM UTC

Seems like the barrel is a single point of failure. How is this better than simply carrying more than one pistol? Allowing complete fail-over in case of a malfunction.

Pretty design, but the proprietary projectiles breaks compatibility with existing arms.

Re: Samuel Colt's “YC app” for the Summer 1851 batch

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Post by sophacles » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 5:23 PM UTC

Rejected, doesn't know the market:

    It's much safer and more reliable than flintlock, which is what people are using now.

In the enterprise of war, we use percussion caps these days.

Re: Samuel Colt's “YC app” for the Summer 1851 batch

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Post by hrayr » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 5:29 PM UTC

I opened the video link in the background while I read the application. For the first two minutes I thought the drive in my macbook pro was going bad.

Re: Samuel Colt's “YC app” for the Summer 1851 batch

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Post by Sanddancer » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 5:34 PM UTC

tdaltonc wrote: post #18

I can't believe they didn't mention their big US navy contract! Cartridged rounds are a big plus at sea!

I'm thinking that this is an "application" from prior to that contract, hence discussing the endorsement of the Texas Rangers. So a product that is pretty much done that could use a bit of help with marketing and polish, such as moving away from the squareback trigger guard the early models had.