colt and marlin-rockwell corp. also began making bars just after winchester started making a lot of them. marlin-rockwell had a contract to make bars for the belgian government. they bought the mayo radiator co.'s factory. they only used it to make the bar. the first bar from marlin-rockwell was delivered on 11 june 1918. the company eventually started making 200 bars per day. colt had only made 9,000 bars when the armistice was signed. this was because they were busy with other orders. together, the three companies made 706 bars every day. around 52,000 bars were delivered by all companies by the end of wwi. between 1918 and 1919, 102,125 bars were made. colt made 16,000, winchester made 47,123 and marlin-rockwell made 39,002 bars.