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    "Best" SAA mfg?

    I have both a Colt and a USFA. The only thing I've ever found wrong with the USFA is the reason I bought the Colt, the USFA doesn't have Colt stamped on it. The Colt has a number of things wrong; it had excessive end play, one of the cylinders was preened over into the cylinder when the...
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    What is the most unreliable semi auto you have shot ?

    Kimber Ultra Tactical, Tripp and Wilson magazines didn't help. I have several other 1911's including a Kimber Classic and none of them give problems.
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    Fake or Real Walker?

    Maybe, but I wouldn't bet on it. I've seen three that were said to original, the one I wrote about, one in a collection at Texas A&M, and one at the Texas Ranger Museum in Waco. The castings on all of them look more massive than on the one I have. Where it breaks down is that if the...
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    Fake or Real Walker?

    I forgot. A Co. Number 53 as I remember. It was listed in the DGW catalog and I was told the provenance on it was impeccable. I have a Walker sold as a Colt by Italians in NYC and it, along with the many other replicas I've seen don't look nearly so massive as the original. It would be...
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    Fake or Real Walker?

    There is, or used to be, a list of known Walkers in the appendix of the DGW catalog. A couple of years ago I was in Collectors Firearms in Houston and they had one for sale ($350,000) as I recall. I was looking at it and one of the sales people came over and asked if he could help. I told him...
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    Looking For A Range In The Texas Coastal Bend

    The only one I know of is Corpus Christi Rifle and Pistol Club. It used to be a very good range before encroachment came along. Now it's an OK place to shoot.
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    The THR Walker Club

    Box Preview Box New here but I 've been lurking for several years just never had anything to say before. I have the box a Colt Walke 3rd Gen. came in-or at least the one stamped Colt by Italians in NYC. Anyone who wants it can have it for postage. Email me at cadd@ grandecom.net. First...
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