The THR Walker Club

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yeah #11s are just that smidge loose on mine.

RWS 1075 fit great, but having to order them in sucks doodle

RWS 1055 are rifle caps but seem to work well...

RWS 1075 PLUS are a bit loose.

I gave them all a bit of a run, they work ok, but i would prefer the right caps.
 
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Didn't intend to join this club, but It showed up on auction with a great price, so now I need to learn the quircks of another gun. I've always been a ROA guy, but the baby Colt clone showed up and along came big brother.:banghead::banghead:
 

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That's a 1970's ASM, same brand as the little one. I just got it in and after examining it thoroughly, I believe it's unfired. Upon opening it I found a brown shoe polish like grease inside and no b/p residue on it anywhere. Seller said he got it in a trade and it was in good condition. It's got a few sharp edges, but lock-up is tight, and I'll soon correct the unfired condition.
 
Here's one question for you Walker guys.I want to buy Armi san Marco Walker,but I have read somewhere ASM metal parts are poor and they quickly wore out.Also I heard that Walker is almost impossible to use by person with smaller hands (can you put some photo from back of it just to see what it looks like?) .Is that true and should I buy it?
 
I have read somewhere ASM metal parts are poor and they quickly wore out
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No more true for ASM than Pietta.
Walker is almost impossible to use by person with smaller hands
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Well, that all depends on how small the hands are. Seriously. It's a big gun; 4 1/2 lbs, about 16 inches long. Bigger than a Model 29 Smith & Wesson or a Ruger Super Redhawk.
 
Montenegrin,
Shop around a bit before you spend your money. Uberti makes a very nice Walker. The ASM might be a little less expensive, but the Uberti is beautiful... just my opinion.
Go ahead and purchase one, they are fun to shoot. If you don't care for it I'm sure you could always sell it and recover most of your money.:cool:
 
Well, I went to a gunshow today and accidently became the owner of a Colt Walker replica. The guy was asking $200 for it and I jokingly offered $100 and he said "sold!"

So, somebody tell me if I did good. The Walker has a little holster wear and it's dirty. Dirty like the last person to shoot it didn't clean it.

On the left slab it has stamped, "Replica Arms Co" and under that "El Paso, Texas"

On the right slab it has stamped, "US 1847" and "Made Italy"

The serial number is 1168 and there are two proof marks stamped "PN" and "XIX" on the right side under the cylinder.

The cylinder is stamped in scrollwork and says, "Colt's Patent" and "Model U.S.M.R."

The action is tight and the grips are plain, but well fitted. Does anybody know which italian firm made this Walker and where it falls in the quality scale?
 
No markings on the backstrap, but the same PN marking is under the loading lever. There is another marking, but I'll need to get a magnifying glass to determine what it is.

Isn't the PN the Pietta makers mark?
 
I paid $240 for my ASM Walker and have been offered $300 and I haven't even fired it yet. Yes, if it's not rusted solid and actually shoots, then you got a good deal. Most Walkers; no matter who made them, fetch $300 on the market. and ones in good condition get even more.
 
I picked up a magnifying glass today and have been able to figure out that the mark on the right side of the frame, under the cylinder, is a pair of crossed rifles inside a shield with a star above it.

I also was able to see more clearly the other marking under the loading lever, partially hid by a scratch. It appears to be a 'U' or a 'V' inside a gear cog - not sure as it is very small and difficult to see, even with the magnifying glass.

Looked all over, and there are no other markings. The only damage on the revolver is some minor pitting on the left side of the frame, from a lack of cleaning off black powder residue. I suspect most of this will clean up when I take a magnesium wool to it...

I think I will take the blue off of the cylinder and probably put a nice finish on the bare wood.
 
It sounds like you made out pretty well with your purchase. How about some before and after pictures of the revolver?:cool:
 
$100 bucks for an early (1963) Uberti Walker in good shape is akin to winning the lottery IMNSHO. Not exactly sure when Uberti started makeing Walkers; but the low 4 digit seriel number probably mkes this one the 1st or second year of production.

Congrats!
 
Fingers, this is the first Colt Walker I've ever seen for sale at a gunshow. The guy also had several piettas - but I already owned those. I was just joking when I offered $100 and I told the guy I'd hate for him to have to carry that heavy monster back to his trailer.

He said he was tired of toting it and it wouldn't fit in any of his gun bags... :D

I figgered I couldn't lose for $100! I'll post pics of it tonight when I get back from work.

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ps - :neener: to all the folks who say you can't find a deal at a gunshow.
 
I understand the time for bargains at gun shows, is on the afternoon of the last day, I looked at an unturned, but no box ROA at a show on Sat. and he wouldn't bargain, he dropped his price $100 for tallbald on Sunday afternoon.
 
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Scrat (Scott) 2 Gentleman of the Charcoal 3 Dixie Texian 4 Yankee John
5 Mykeal 6 [email protected] 7 Mukluk 8 BigBadGun 9 Mec 10Fineredmist
11HILDO 12Shanghai McCoy 13Tallship 14 A.WALKER 15 StrawHat
16 Mustanger1 17 Phantom Captain 18 Pulp19 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. Old Hunter 36. Blacksmoke 37. ApacheJack 38. K.A.T 39. Fedaircop
40. Hooey 41. .50cal 42. Afy 43. Shung 44. Kevc 45. PRM 46. Madcratebuilder
47. Clermont 48. Double Deuce 1 49. Iamsniper1 50. AdmiralB 51. icy
52. SMOKIN GUN 53. QUICKDRAW Mc.Graw 54. SE olka.shooter 55. Jack Steele
56. Steven Youngblood 57. The Wall 58. Shawn Grear 59. Messerist 60. AK 47Ghost
61. Molasses 62. TMC4232 63. .44 Walker 64 Bugslayer 65 sltm1 66. SixShootinSam
67. NobleSniper 68 Gclefton 69. AZ_Rebel 70. Dmjung 71. Brotherlloyd 72. Walker944
73. Fingers McGee 74. Ginormous 75. Kiwiwalker 76. Ratdog68 77. shootmeinthehead
78. marlin_444 79. AussieTH 80. b55baron 81. Dbarrym 82. Oyeboten
83. Mat, Not Doormat 84. Das Jaeger 85. Electric Factory 86. Higene 87 Fivestrings
88. Big guy 49 89. JamesKelly 90. eastbank 91. Buddy 92. Kwetu 93. Husker
94. Two Gun Pete 95. Rifle 96. missuramoss
97. theotherwaldo 98. buckeyed 99. armyof1 100. TomADC 101. TheBigAr2003 102 Texas Moon 103. Dolk 104. don3 105. Opoche

106.CGN1771 107. ClemBert 108. Foto Joe [email protected]
110. Flaviator 111. Jason Mack 112. Gaucho Gringo 113. wittzo 114. denster
115. Scout Dork 116. Walkerowner 117. SC Slowhand 118. Hardway 119. Engineer Bill 120. WALKERs210 121. Walker 47 122. Racebannon 123. sam steele 124. THE ROD DOC 125. Mule Ears 126. Buck Nevada 127. rem 1858
128. dtvburns 129. nobody1369 130. trs18 131. pops 132.Berkley 133. Steel Wheels 134. Sniderman 135. alienbogey 136. 4v50 Gary 137 MJN 138. Legionnaire 139. Dellbert 140. construction11 141. Freddykruger 142. Brushhippie 143.Kaeto 144. Cult of 1858 145. darkerx 146. col.lemat 147. Robhof 148. DammitBoy
 
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