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Segment Information (Details 5) (Net sales, Customer concentration risk)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
New Colt Holding Corp.      
Major Customer Information      
Percentage of net sales 16.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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= coltdef_NewColtHoldingCorpMember		 34.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= coltdef_NewColtHoldingCorpMember		  
New Colt Holding Corp. | Maximum      
Major Customer Information      
Percentage of net sales     10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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= coltdef_NewColtHoldingCorpMember
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U.S. Government      
Major Customer Information      
Percentage of net sales 7.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= coltdef_UnitedStatesGovernmentMember		 11.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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= us-gaap_SalesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= coltdef_UnitedStatesGovernmentMember		 31.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= coltdef_UnitedStatesGovernmentMember
Domestic distributor      
Major Customer Information      
Percentage of net sales 11.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
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= coltdef_DomesticDistributorMember		    
Number of major customers 1coltdef_ConcentrationRiskNumberOfMajorCustomers
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/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
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= coltdef_DomesticDistributorMember		    
Direct foreign customer      
Major Customer Information      
Percentage of net sales     11.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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= us-gaap_SalesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= coltdef_ForeignDirectCustomerMember
Number of major customers 2coltdef_ConcentrationRiskNumberOfMajorCustomers
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/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= coltdef_ForeignDirectCustomerMember		 2coltdef_ConcentrationRiskNumberOfMajorCustomers
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/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= coltdef_ForeignDirectCustomerMember		  
Direct foreign customer, one      
Major Customer Information      
Percentage of net sales 23.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= coltdef_ForeignDirectCustomerOneMember		 21.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= coltdef_ForeignDirectCustomerOneMember		  
Direct foreign customer, two      
Major Customer Information      
Percentage of net sales 10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= coltdef_ForeignDirectCustomerTwoMember		 10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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