Check out this authentic antique Walker!

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My favorite to this point was the guy with the cheap muzzleloading shotgun with a rare, only made for three years, “rear tang lock” (aka back action) that was an unmarked Samuel Hawken product. The seller mentioned that several “experts” had contacted him saying they didn’t think it was a Hawken gun, but since it looked just like the one he saw on an online picture, he was going to go with the picture. Value might have been somewhere between $100 and $200. Asking price was over $100,000.
About the same time someone on eBay had a Mexican powder horn that you could buy anywhere for under $20 marketed as an old original for several hundred bucks. Always thought the gun and horn would have gone well together.
 
This gun is owned by a guy in Europe. It is NOT an original Walker. It is a repro made to look good and fancy.

Insofar as it is an original Walker, NOT collectible. I admire many reproductions and this is what this revolver is.
 
Does the seller actually believe the things he posted about the guns history or are they just hoping to find the one sucker thats born every minute? Now if he truly believes his guns origin story then id like to see if hes interested in buying an 1851 navy once owned by Wild Bill Hickock...it was custom engraved with "PN" and warnings that allow the user to know to only use black powder...one of a kind from 1851...it was the first of its kind and is so famous that all cap and ball guns sold today are exact copies of it. Think he would be interested?
 
Does the seller actually believe the things he posted about the guns history or are they just hoping to find the one sucker thats born every minute?
He may well believe it.
Several years ago there was a guy on eBay trying to sell a set of “original” dated 1848 powder horns, primer horn and main horn. They screamed Earl Cureton. Not that there is anything wrong with Cureton horns, they are just a style not seen often or ever on 19th century or earlier horns.
The seller was very indignant that someone had sent him a private message saying the horns were not what he said they were.
 
He may well believe it.
Several years ago there was a guy on eBay trying to sell a set of “original” dated 1848 powder horns, primer horn and main horn. They screamed Earl Cureton. Not that there is anything wrong with Cureton horns, they are just a style not seen often or ever on 19th century or earlier horns.
The seller was very indignant that someone had sent him a private message saying the horns were not what he said they were.



That is insane. I wonder if they actually ever make a sale? I guess its like fishing and just hoping someone out there will believe it and take the bait. FISH ON!!
 
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This gun has been discussed before. My opinion is that it is an Armi San Marco. The grip shape, blocky trigger guard, sloped barrel lug and the "1847" markings are all textbook early Armi San Marco.
 
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