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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25497992&loc=d3e1392-128463

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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Income Taxes (Details)	12 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details)	Dec. 31, 2013 item	Jul. 12, 2013
Income Taxes
Number of Units to which Highest Taxable Income Allocated	1
New Colt Holding Corp.
Income taxes
Ownership percentage	100.00%
Ownership interest acquired (as a percent)		100.00%
Colt Defense and Colt Technical Services LLC \| Colt International
Income taxes
Ownership percentage	100.00%
Colt International \| Colt Canada
Income taxes
Ownership percentage	100.00%
Colt Canada
Income taxes
Rate to withhold taxes on dividends (as a percent)	5.00%