[mec]

This is Walker E-company Number 39 Conneticut. It has "Bullrun" scratched into on grip but is otherwise one of the best remaining examples of the revolver. It has been in a private collection for about 50 years.
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=1318569

[Third_Rail]

That's beautiful! How old is it, do you reckon?

[mec]

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=1318582
This is a Uberti Kit Replica from Dixie GunWorks. It is in the white. Upon assembly, the buyer found that the action is virtually perfect as to timing and smoothness. Velocities with several modern loads generally do not come up to the claims, but it is still a powerful BP revolver. Accuracy is good and function too- as long as you learn to live with the loading lever dropping down every shot or so.
146 Grain Ball Charge Velocity Extreme Spread Five Rounds
55 FFFG 1001 54
60 Pyrodex P 1221 44
60 A Pioneer 974 80
55 FFG 956 46
60 PyrodexRS 1045 35
37 H 777 1201 72
208 gr Bullet 50 Pyrodex P 834 80



http://s03.imagehost.org/0224/dragoonoil1.JPG
http://s01.imagehost.org/0323/dragoonbullet.jpg

[Third_Rail]

Wow. That's some nice shooting.

[mec]

1847 and probably $250,000 or more to the unasked question. It's not mine.

[Sistema1927]

I suppose that Colt limited sale of those weapons of mass destruction to the military and police, right?

After all, that kind of firepower in the hands of the average citizen is just frightening! < /sarcasm off>

[mec]

The way I get it, he filled an order for 1,000 to the United States Mounted Rifles after developing the revolver with Captain Samuel Walker- of the USMR and a former Texas ranger who had used the Paterson in combat. Colt made about 100 more of these for demonstration and private sales. The next year, 1848 he morphed the Walkers into the Dragoon with improvements over the next couple of years. Improvements included less powder capacity to eliminate blow ups, a front latch for the loading lever and some changes to the action. The third Dragoon was the Colt .44 until the introduction of the New Model Army in 1860

The old boy never was a stickler for who bought his guns. He sold them to countries at war with each other and continued Confederate sales of revolvers right up until war broke out. Going broke on military orders taught him that he could not count on government contracts to stay in business. He began a strong civilian campaign with the pocket model called the "Baby Dragoon " in the late 1840s and his Civilian sales of all types after this were much higher than military contract sales.

[Iggy]

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[Sistema1927]

Maybe I should have used a "smiley" :rolleyes: instead of a "close sarcasm" tag.

[mec]

A lot of people don't like Sarcasm- they need to lighten up. Your tag is just fine

[Peter M. Eick]

That is the nicest looking original I have ever seen. Impressive.

That is what drives me to want to buy a Walker for my daughter the native Texan. The Walker is part of Texas history and any native should have one in my opinion. I just have to make sure I get one for her....

Thanks for the picture!

Impressive......

[Coltdriver]

This is an authentic Colt Walker, made in the 1980's.

I have since sold it but it sure was fun to shoot!

[mec]

Those Colt Re-issue were pretty neat.

[Bart Noir]

About that dropping loading lever....

In the Davis gun museum, on Route 66 just east of Tulsa, there is a Walker with what appears to be the Dragoon lever latch. Added after it was a few years old, I'm sure. OBTW, it is a great collection of guns.

Bart Noir

[mec]

sounds neat. There were Walkers called transitions before or at these same time the dragoons came out in 1848. Just about any variation is plausable.

[unspellable]

It is alleged that Colt made 1100 of the original Walkers. How many reproductions have been made? (For the purpose of this discussion I would lump the Colt re-intros in with the clones.)