[5], Colt commissioned New York engraver Waterman Ormsby to etch a scene on the cylinder that was based on Walker's description of the 1844 battle. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, State Agency: Sie vergaben auch eine Lizenz an Remington zur H… Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife, State Agency: The Colt Walker was quite powerful, with modern replicas firing modern FFFg black powder producing energy levels in excess of 500 foot-pounds (680 J) muzzle-energy with both picket bullets and 0.454-inch-diameter (11.5 mm), 141-grain (9.1 g) round ball bullets. Loaded with a light 28 grain load and a round ball, it rivals a modern .38 special. The listing has ended. In the American television series, Preacher as well as the comic book of the same name, the character Saint of Killers uses a pair of Walker Colts. There was no other way to do it because of open-frame design, where axle is structural. Das Patentmodell hatte eine zylindrisch durchbohrte Trommel. Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources, State Agency: I read the article by John Taffin, one of my all-time favorite gun writers, regarding the Ruger Bearcat. Knowing how to use a Colt Walker cap and ball revolver's powder flask will allow you to determine the load of black powder you need in each bullet chamber of the cylinder. Colt Walker HAMMER SCREW (ML1) Ref: SC0237 . Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. 5 model), a five shot cal .36 revolver, and Samuel Walker became familiar with it during his service as a Texas Ranger. In the Western movie, The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), the title character, played by Clint Eastwood, carried and used two Colt Walker revolvers, among other weapons of the Civil War era. [1], The Colt Walker holds a powder charge of 60 grains (3.9 g) in each chamber, more than twice what a typical black powder revolver holds. Georgia Department of Natural Resources, State Agency: What isn’t debated is he met his death in combat during the Mexican War. The hinged cover on the top is also … [5], The Walker had an inadequate loading lever catch that often allowed the loading lever to drop during recoil, preventing fast follow-up shots. Since metallic cartridge development was still years in the future, Samuel Colts’ new revolvers were loaded with powder, primer and percussion caps as separate components, or with powder and projectile encased in a treated combustible paper cartridge. The Colt Walker has long maintained a unique position and mystique among handgun users, and its name is often used as a common expression of any overly large generic handgun example. Only 1,100 of these guns were originally made, 1,000 as part of a military contract and an additional 100 for the civilian market, making original Colt Walker revolvers extremely rare and expensive to acquire. He didn’t go empty handed. This makes this the most expensive single firearm ever sold at auction. More information... Price: £6.00. All loads was with Triple Seven within the black powder maximum range. In the movie Fatman, Chris Cringle, aka Santa Claus, uses a Walker in the battle with Skinny Man. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, State Agency: New York Department of Environmental Conservation, State Agency: Colt, New York City, Colt Whitneyville Hartford Dragoon Revolver, quantity about 240, 1,000 to 1,350 feet per second (300–410 m/s), blade front sight, hammer notch rear sight, This page was last edited on 27 February 2021, at 07:14. Loading of the cap & ball pistols was done inside out of the wind and then I stepped outside and clocked their loads over the chronograph screens. Still the percussion caps had to be placed individually on each chamber’s nipple. Such could be either round balls or bullets commonly called “conicals” in that era. They were loads of fun. Sam Walker ordered 1 000 of them and rode off to Mexico. to catch the next installment! Then you can safely enjoy your experience of shooting your Colt Walker cap and ball revolver. That’s not where we’re going to start this series, however, for the Paterson revolvers did not carry the Colt name and besides, Patersons excited almost no one except a few Comanche-fighting Texas Rangers. The desired .44-.45 caliber revolver would be carried in saddle mounted holsters. (actual 39.8 with the Lee 2.5 cc dipper) When I got the Walker back from Goons I experimented with loads from 30 to 60 grains. That means .44 caliber Colt/Walkers used .457 diameter projectiles. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, State Agency: Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection, State Agency: shipping [ 0 bids] Your max bid: Place bid. Michigan Deptartment of Natural Resources, State Agency: Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, State Agency: The chronograph said those six rounds averaged 1,171 fps. Condition:--not specified “ EXCELLENT with a good dark age patina and some scattered minor pitting ” Time left: d. h. m. s. day. hours. I proceeded through several smaller Colt percussion handguns with nary a comment from her. “That” was the thunder clap a .44 Colt/Walker makes with 60 grains of Goex FFFg blackpowder and a 148 grain pure lead round ball. [3] As reported in America's 1st Freedom magazine July 2018, a Model 1847 Colt Walker pistol - the only known surviving example complete with its original case, sold by Rock Island Auction for a record price of $1.84 million. Total production of Colt Dragoons including the 1,100 Walkers, from 1847 to 1860: 19,800; plus 750 Dragoons in a separate number range for the British market.For collect… the inventor and the fighting man. Just make sure that your pants, and your gunbelt, are tight. These improvements included shorter 7 1⁄2-inch (190 mm) barrels, shorter chambers, typically loaded only to 50 grains instead of 60 grains, thereby reducing the occurrence of ruptured cylinders, and the addition of an improved catch at the end of the loading lever to prevent the dropping of the loading lever under recoil.[1]. RARE 1847 COLT WALKER LOADING LEVER REVOLVER / PISTOL ORIGINAL ANTIQUE PART . Colt Walker Modell von 1847. It will be running monthly on Handgunner’s website, over the following 12 issues. The revolver was also issued to the Army's " Dragoon " Regiments. Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, State Agency: Er wurde in Whitneyville in der Fabrik von Ely Whitney hergestellt, da Colt noch keine eigene Fertigungsstätte hatte. That’s when Samuel Colt began production of a revolving-cylinder pistol at his Paterson, New Jersey, factory. 1. The Colt Walker was used in the Mexican–American War and on the Texas frontier. Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, State Agency: We each bought replica Colts, his a Walker and an 1848 Third Model Dragoon .44 for me (a big revolver, but nowhere near as big as the Walker). Editor’s Note: We’re excited to begin this exclusive on-line series by Duke on the Genesis of the Colt Single Action revolver. However, possibly due to the Walker's bigger size, a cartridge-converted Colt Walker was used as Mattie's weapon in the 1969 film based on the book, though Wayne's character referred to it as a Colt Dragoon nonetheless. De Colt Walker, ook wel bekend als de Walker Colt, was een revolver met enkelvoudige actie en een draaiende cilinder met zes ladingen van zwartkruit achter zes kogels (meestal .44 kaliber loodballen). Then came the Behemoth — the Colt Walker. Everything Walker hoped for was present in this incredible new handgun. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, State Agency: Diese brachten bereits 1857 den Smith & Wesson No 1 auf den Markt. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, State Agency: The Colt/Walker Revolver marked the turning-point in Colt’s life and ushered-in a period of spectacular success. Het werd ontworpen in 1846 als een samenwerking tussen Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker en de Amerikaanse vuurwapen-designer Samuel Colt. Because Samuel Colt had gone bankrupt with the Paterson, Sam Walker had to travel back east to find him so they could put their heads together. Period-correct fixes for this often included placing a rawhide loop around both the barrel and loading lever, to prevent the loading lever from dropping under recoil and locking the action. When he died in 1862 Samuel Colt was perhaps the richest man in America. State Agency: The Colt Dragoon Revolver was produced with several variations between 1848 and 1860, when the Colt Model 1860 revolver replaced it. The initial contract called for 1,000 of the revolvers and accoutrements. To replace cylinder on Colt, you have to partially disassemble the gun. Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, State Agency: April 1855 für die Dauer von 14 Jahren laufende Patent an Horace Smith und Daniel B. Wesson.