Bloomberg Businessweek has an article on Colt Manufacturing. There are some snide remarks, but it does go over history and financial sides of the company.
According to the article, Colt company has some debt and seems to struggle along the way.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-05-29/colts-curse-gunmakers-owners-have-led-it-to-crisis-after-crisis#p1
From: Bloomberg Businessweek