The THR Walker Club - Page 17

scrat · April 2, 2008, 03:48 PM

THR WALKER Club

Member list

1 Scrat (Scott)
2 Gentleman of the Charcoal
3 Dixie Texian
4 Yankee John
5 Mykeal
6 Speckdds@bellsouth.net
7 Mukluk
8 BigBadGun
9 Mec
10Fineredmist
11HILDO
12Shanghai McCoy
13Tallship
14 A.WALKER
15 StrawHat
16 Mustanger1
17 Phantom Captain
18 Pulp
19 Snaggletooth
20 RugerBob
21 J.T.Gerrity
22 BDFT
23 Peter M Eick
24 JCT
25 Old Wornout Soldier
26 Brett Dixon
27. Razorback 1010
28. Rebel Dave
29. sundance44s
30. Oddman
31. Xterminator
32. TexasRifleman
33. Gopguy
34. Elbert P Suggins
35. Brett Dixon
36. Old Hunter

old hunter · April 2, 2008, 04:00 PM

I was going to shoot my walker for the first time this weekend but I told the grandkids I would take them to the mule day parade. Mule day is a big deal down here in Tennessee.

scrat · April 2, 2008, 04:08 PM

Same time i bet if you take them kids with you and let them shoot some light loads you will be a hero for life.

mykeal · April 2, 2008, 04:10 PM

Quote:

I was going to shoot my walker for the first time this weekend but I told the grandkids I would take them to the mule day parade. Mule day is a big deal down here in tennesee.

Do both. I'm sure the mules wouldn't mind - in fact, they'd probably get a kick out of it.

bigbadgun · April 2, 2008, 04:23 PM

36 Members and counting we need to set a get togeather somewhere and shoot them all at the same time. That would be sooooooooooo much fun imagine the sound of 36 Walkers going off at the same time.

scrat · April 2, 2008, 04:26 PM

They would go BOOOOOOOOOM

Shawnee · April 2, 2008, 07:11 PM

"Mule day is a big deal down here in tennesee."

Uh Oh ! Sounds like we could be talkin' Columbia now !

And armed with a Walker too !!

Blacksmoke · April 2, 2008, 11:12 PM

I have had a Colt Heritage Walker for about twelve years. Sorry but my Digital camera is on it way to a repair shop since a dog knocked it off the shelf. So, you will have to wait for the photo. It looks like most of the others. I did have a plan to wall mount it with my Great Great Grandad's Model 1840 Wrist Breaker around a print portrait of Old Rough 'n Ready but the sword was stolen in 2005. Too bad.

GENTLEMAN OF THE CHARCOAL · April 3, 2008, 08:16 AM

Blacksmoke, WELCOME ABOARD SIR!!
Glad to have you. I don't know where the hell Scrat is this morning. Getting so you can't depend on anybody nowadays. I guess there is the bare possibility that he could be asleep or working. (heh heh)
Anyway, welcome aboard and the rest of us will jump Scrat's ass and make him get your name on the list!
Just post a photograph whenever you get to it or decide you want to sir. Your word is good on here.
WELCOME ABOARD!!....

scrat · April 3, 2008, 10:02 AM

THR WALKER Club

Member list

1 Scrat (Scott)
2 Gentleman of the Charcoal
3 Dixie Texian
4 Yankee John
5 Mykeal
6 Speckdds@bellsouth.net
7 Mukluk
8 BigBadGun
9 Mec
10Fineredmist
11HILDO
12Shanghai McCoy
13Tallship
14 A.WALKER
15 StrawHat
16 Mustanger1
17 Phantom Captain
18 Pulp
19 Snaggletooth
20 RugerBob
21 J.T.Gerrity
22 BDFT
23 Peter M Eick
24 JCT
25 Old Wornout Soldier
26 Brett Dixon
27. Razorback 1010
28. Rebel Dave
29. sundance44s
30. Oddman
31. Xterminator
32. TexasRifleman
33. Gopguy
34. Elbert P Suggins
35. Brett Dixon
36. Old Hunter
37. Blacksmoke

DixieTexian · April 5, 2008, 01:33 PM

A good view.

scrat · April 5, 2008, 04:29 PM

Do i see a krisk WALKER conversion

DixieTexian · April 5, 2008, 04:31 PM

Nope. The angle creates an illusion. The part that looks cut out is actually raised.

ETA: Besides, what conversion have you seen that still uses percussion caps?

scrat · April 5, 2008, 04:34 PM

hahahaha had to put my glasses on.

razorback1010 · April 7, 2008, 01:45 AM

Who said a Walker can't be precise at 27 yards ?

Especially when it looked like this a couple weeks ago :

scrat · April 8, 2008, 09:55 AM

My WALKER is very very accurate

mec · April 8, 2008, 10:19 AM

I'm not sure how accurate my Walker is but It does things like this with some regularity:

The shots outside the main groups are not the fault of the gun.

scrat · April 8, 2008, 10:30 AM

oh ya i would say thats accurate. on my shooting i have always done it standing free hand too. i imagine if we used a bench pad or some kind of rest it would be very very accurate as well.

razorback1010 · April 8, 2008, 12:00 PM

I've always said that open-framed revolvers were as precise as close-framed ones, but most BP shooters (at least here in France) think otherwise, and they only believe in the virtues of Roger&Spencer revolvers, if possible made by Pedersoli or Feinwerkbau. I mostly wanted to prove them they were wrong, although I must admit that the sheer weight and poor balance of the Walker make that difficult. I don't think I'm going to do championships this year with the Walker, as my results are still too irregular for serious shooting (I like medals

), but next year, I will shake the shooting range. At least the blast will knock out my immediate neighbors so they'll shoot bad if at all

scrat · April 8, 2008, 12:11 PM

shooting a walker in competition. you would have to build up your strength in your arm. The walker is a good and amazing accurate shooter. Most people lack the strength to hold it in an aimed position for great periods of time. Building up your strength by lifting weights or just practicing more. either at the range or at home on just holding it up and aiming will improve your shooting capabilities

Old Fuff · April 8, 2008, 12:18 PM

During my youth, on a day the gods smiled, I was shooting an original Colt 1851 Navy made during 1863. My 25-yard group consisted of either 4 or 5 shots in one ragged hole about an inch & one-fourth across, with the last ball was about an inch out from the main cluster. This was done one-handed with a typical target shooter’s stance.

I challenged a friend shooting a then new S&W K-38 Target Masterpiece to duplicate or surpass what I’d just done, but he declined, saying that if he did I’d simply say that he had the more modern revolver, and if he didn’t I’d never let him live it down.

Unfortunately I never duplicated that group again. But for a short time I owned a brass-framed replica Navy that would do the same at 50 feet (not 25 yards).

Colt obviously made revolvers during the middle 1800’s that could do the above. I see no reason we can’t now.

razorback1010 · April 8, 2008, 02:22 PM

Quote:

shooting a walker in competition. you would have to build up your strength in your arm. The walker is a good and amazing accurate shooter. Most people lack the strength to hold it in an aimed position for great periods of time. Building up your strength by lifting weights or just practicing more. either at the range or at home on just holding it up and aiming will improve your shooting capabilities

The problem is not so much the weight as the balance. I'm not a bad single-handed shooter with the FAMAS (our .223 assault rifle), that toy can be impressively accurate shooting double taps like that, up to 50 meters. And it weighs around 9 lbs ! But it's pretty well-balanced, the pistol grip being right on the center of mass. On the other hand, all the weight of the Walker is in the front, and keeping the sights aligned for more than two seconds is near to impossible. But with a nicely tuned trigger, I'm more and more able to make tight groups.

scrat · April 8, 2008, 06:13 PM

You are so right on the weight balance. For its day its a heck of a gun. but the weight is all forward. i can shoot some mean groups with two hands. Single handed takes some strength and practice due to that forward weight.

razorback1010 · April 9, 2008, 12:27 AM

Weight and balance were not important issues when designing that iron : It was to be carried by the horse, not the rider, and shot from the back of the same animal towards foot soldiers, so with the barrel most of the time downwards.
In the XXIst century, though, we must shoot one-handed and level for matches. With most late C&B, it's OK, they were designed with balance in mind, with earlier models...well, it's a bit of a challenge, but not an impossible one.

apachejack · April 9, 2008, 07:53 AM

Gentlemen, I would love to join your club since I recently came across a heck of a deal on a new Walker. I am soaking it in sweetshooter now and when I get it out I will put up a pic. This is the first Walker I have ever owned and I think it will be amongst the top of the list for favorites. A man of slight stature might be shooting at his feet with one these hunks of steel. I didn't realize how much gun was there until I got this one. It's gonna be fun when I shoot it.

April 2, 2008, 03:48 PM	#401
scrat Member Join Date: January 27, 2007 Location: Monrovia, CA Posts: 6,882	THR WALKER Club Member list 1 Scrat (Scott) 2 Gentleman of the Charcoal 3 Dixie Texian 4 Yankee John 5 Mykeal 6 Speckdds@bellsouth.net 7 Mukluk 8 BigBadGun 9 Mec 10Fineredmist 11HILDO 12Shanghai McCoy 13Tallship 14 A.WALKER 15 StrawHat 16 Mustanger1 17 Phantom Captain 18 Pulp 19 Snaggletooth 20 RugerBob 21 J.T.Gerrity 22 BDFT 23 Peter M Eick 24 JCT 25 Old Wornout Soldier 26 Brett Dixon 27. Razorback 1010 28. Rebel Dave 29. sundance44s 30. Oddman 31. Xterminator 32. TexasRifleman 33. Gopguy 34. Elbert P Suggins 35. Brett Dixon 36. Old Hunter __________________ *MOLON LABE*

April 2, 2008, 04:00 PM	#402
old hunter Member Join Date: July 11, 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 18	I was going to shoot my walker for the first time this weekend but I told the grandkids I would take them to the mule day parade. Mule day is a big deal down here in Tennessee. Last edited by old hunter; April 2, 2008 at 07:05 PM. Reason: spelling

April 2, 2008, 04:08 PM	#403
scrat Member Join Date: January 27, 2007 Location: Monrovia, CA Posts: 6,882	Same time i bet if you take them kids with you and let them shoot some light loads you will be a hero for life. __________________ *MOLON LABE*

April 2, 2008, 04:23 PM	#405
bigbadgun Member Join Date: November 4, 2007 Location: South Florida STUCK DEEP IN THE sWAMP. Posts: 981	36 Members and counting we need to set a get togeather somewhere and shoot them all at the same time. That would be sooooooooooo much fun imagine the sound of 36 Walkers going off at the same time. __________________ The website has changed but the leather has not. http://www.bbgcustomleather.com "Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle dixie". "When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns".

April 2, 2008, 04:26 PM	#406
scrat Member Join Date: January 27, 2007 Location: Monrovia, CA Posts: 6,882	They would go BOOOOOOOOOM __________________ *MOLON LABE*

April 2, 2008, 07:11 PM	#407
Shawnee member Join Date: October 17, 2006 Location: Along "That Dark and Bloody River" Posts: 3,306	"Mule day is a big deal down here in tennesee." Uh Oh ! Sounds like we could be talkin' Columbia now ! And armed with a Walker too !!

April 2, 2008, 11:12 PM	#408
Blacksmoke Member Join Date: January 19, 2008 Location: North central New Mexico Posts: 357	I have had a Colt Heritage Walker for about twelve years. Sorry but my Digital camera is on it way to a repair shop since a dog knocked it off the shelf. So, you will have to wait for the photo. It looks like most of the others. I did have a plan to wall mount it with my Great Great Grandad's Model 1840 Wrist Breaker around a print portrait of Old Rough 'n Ready but the sword was stolen in 2005. Too bad.

April 3, 2008, 08:16 AM	#409
GENTLEMAN OF THE CHARCOAL Member. Join Date: January 9, 2008 Posts: 1,632	Blacksmoke, WELCOME ABOARD SIR!! Glad to have you. I don't know where the hell Scrat is this morning. Getting so you can't depend on anybody nowadays. I guess there is the bare possibility that he could be asleep or working. (heh heh) Anyway, welcome aboard and the rest of us will jump Scrat's ass and make him get your name on the list! Just post a photograph whenever you get to it or decide you want to sir. Your word is good on here. WELCOME ABOARD!!....

April 3, 2008, 10:02 AM	#410
scrat Member Join Date: January 27, 2007 Location: Monrovia, CA Posts: 6,882	THR WALKER Club Member list 1 Scrat (Scott) 2 Gentleman of the Charcoal 3 Dixie Texian 4 Yankee John 5 Mykeal 6 Speckdds@bellsouth.net 7 Mukluk 8 BigBadGun 9 Mec 10Fineredmist 11HILDO 12Shanghai McCoy 13Tallship 14 A.WALKER 15 StrawHat 16 Mustanger1 17 Phantom Captain 18 Pulp 19 Snaggletooth 20 RugerBob 21 J.T.Gerrity 22 BDFT 23 Peter M Eick 24 JCT 25 Old Wornout Soldier 26 Brett Dixon 27. Razorback 1010 28. Rebel Dave 29. sundance44s 30. Oddman 31. Xterminator 32. TexasRifleman 33. Gopguy 34. Elbert P Suggins 35. Brett Dixon 36. Old Hunter 37. Blacksmoke __________________ *MOLON LABE*

April 5, 2008, 01:33 PM	#411
DixieTexian Member Join Date: February 3, 2007 Location: Somewhere down in Texas Posts: 382	A good view. __________________ Blessed are the left-handed, for they shall inherit the earth.

April 5, 2008, 04:29 PM	#412
scrat Member Join Date: January 27, 2007 Location: Monrovia, CA Posts: 6,882	Do i see a krisk WALKER conversion __________________ *MOLON LABE*

April 5, 2008, 04:31 PM	#413
DixieTexian Member Join Date: February 3, 2007 Location: Somewhere down in Texas Posts: 382	Nope. The angle creates an illusion. The part that looks cut out is actually raised. ETA: Besides, what conversion have you seen that still uses percussion caps? __________________ Blessed are the left-handed, for they shall inherit the earth.

April 5, 2008, 04:34 PM	#414
scrat Member Join Date: January 27, 2007 Location: Monrovia, CA Posts: 6,882	hahahaha had to put my glasses on. __________________ *MOLON LABE*

April 7, 2008, 01:45 AM	#415
razorback1010 Member Join Date: March 10, 2008 Location: France Posts: 116	Who said a Walker can't be precise at 27 yards ? Especially when it looked like this a couple weeks ago : __________________ If you run, you'll only die tired

April 8, 2008, 09:55 AM	#416
scrat Member Join Date: January 27, 2007 Location: Monrovia, CA Posts: 6,882	My WALKER is very very accurate __________________ *MOLON LABE*

April 8, 2008, 10:19 AM	#417
mec Member Join Date: December 27, 2002 Posts: 4,151	I'm not sure how accurate my Walker is but It does things like this with some regularity: The shots outside the main groups are not the fault of the gun.

April 8, 2008, 10:30 AM	#418
scrat Member Join Date: January 27, 2007 Location: Monrovia, CA Posts: 6,882	oh ya i would say thats accurate. on my shooting i have always done it standing free hand too. i imagine if we used a bench pad or some kind of rest it would be very very accurate as well. __________________ *MOLON LABE*

April 8, 2008, 12:00 PM	#419
razorback1010 Member Join Date: March 10, 2008 Location: France Posts: 116	I've always said that open-framed revolvers were as precise as close-framed ones, but most BP shooters (at least here in France) think otherwise, and they only believe in the virtues of Roger&Spencer revolvers, if possible made by Pedersoli or Feinwerkbau. I mostly wanted to prove them they were wrong, although I must admit that the sheer weight and poor balance of the Walker make that difficult. I don't think I'm going to do championships this year with the Walker, as my results are still too irregular for serious shooting (I like medals ), but next year, I will shake the shooting range. At least the blast will knock out my immediate neighbors so they'll shoot bad if at all __________________ If you run, you'll only die tired

April 8, 2008, 12:11 PM	#420
scrat Member Join Date: January 27, 2007 Location: Monrovia, CA Posts: 6,882	shooting a walker in competition. you would have to build up your strength in your arm. The walker is a good and amazing accurate shooter. Most people lack the strength to hold it in an aimed position for great periods of time. Building up your strength by lifting weights or just practicing more. either at the range or at home on just holding it up and aiming will improve your shooting capabilities __________________ *MOLON LABE*

April 8, 2008, 12:18 PM	#421
Old Fuff Member Join Date: December 24, 2002 Location: Arizona Posts: 20,527	During my youth, on a day the gods smiled, I was shooting an original Colt 1851 Navy made during 1863. My 25-yard group consisted of either 4 or 5 shots in one ragged hole about an inch & one-fourth across, with the last ball was about an inch out from the main cluster. This was done one-handed with a typical target shooter’s stance. I challenged a friend shooting a then new S&W K-38 Target Masterpiece to duplicate or surpass what I’d just done, but he declined, saying that if he did I’d simply say that he had the more modern revolver, and if he didn’t I’d never let him live it down. Unfortunately I never duplicated that group again. But for a short time I owned a brass-framed replica Navy that would do the same at 50 feet (not 25 yards). Colt obviously made revolvers during the middle 1800’s that could do the above. I see no reason we can’t now.

April 8, 2008, 06:13 PM	#423
scrat Member Join Date: January 27, 2007 Location: Monrovia, CA Posts: 6,882	You are so right on the weight balance. For its day its a heck of a gun. but the weight is all forward. i can shoot some mean groups with two hands. Single handed takes some strength and practice due to that forward weight. __________________ *MOLON LABE*

April 9, 2008, 12:27 AM	#424
razorback1010 Member Join Date: March 10, 2008 Location: France Posts: 116	Weight and balance were not important issues when designing that iron : It was to be carried by the horse, not the rider, and shot from the back of the same animal towards foot soldiers, so with the barrel most of the time downwards. In the XXIst century, though, we must shoot one-handed and level for matches. With most late C&B, it's OK, they were designed with balance in mind, with earlier models...well, it's a bit of a challenge, but not an impossible one. __________________ If you run, you'll only die tired

April 9, 2008, 07:53 AM	#425
apachejack Member Join Date: January 8, 2007 Location: North Central Texas Posts: 138	Gentlemen, I would love to join your club since I recently came across a heck of a deal on a new Walker. I am soaking it in sweetshooter now and when I get it out I will put up a pic. This is the first Walker I have ever owned and I think it will be amongst the top of the list for favorites. A man of slight stature might be shooting at his feet with one these hunks of steel. I didn't realize how much gun was there until I got this one. It's gonna be fun when I shoot it.