The THR Walker Club

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I dont have any pics except this one in its holster and another where my older brother is pointing it at my dog which I wont post here.

Excellent choice kevc. The barrel of a gun, loaded or unloaded, should never (ever!) be pointed at anything or anybody you don't intend to kill. Guns are never to be toyed with.
Educate your older brother, looks like he needs it.

Safe shooting... and welcome to the club!:)

Hildo
 
Kevc:
Anyone know if uberti grips will fit on a S. Marco Walker?

One word answer: yes.

The Uberti wood was a very tight fit on the ASM backstrap, but it did go on. Be careful. Also, the Uberti was just a hair too big, in that it was very slightly past the trigger guard frame at the butt (near the bottom screw). I couldn't see the overlap without a glass, but I could feel it with my fingertips. Both of these variances are very probably within production tolerances.
 
I'm thinking of getting a Uberti Walker some time in the near future, and I have a couple of questions for you guys concerning it, as one general question that's kind of related.
1st question, are the oval bolt stops prone to skip chambers, as I've heard in the past? Colt changed them to rectangular fairly quickly after all.
2nd question, how annoying is the loading lever's tendency to drop on its own? I've read a lot of differing opinion on this matter.
And in general, if you buy a finished pistol, is it possible to have engraving and french gray additions done, or should these be applied during actual production?
 
Neither of my Walkers (one Uberti, one ASM) have ever skipped a chamber.

Whether or not the loading lever dropping down is annoying depends entirely on the shooter. I don't particularly mind it, others get downright angry. And while it's fairly common you may not experience it very often. Some guns do it more than others, and some guns have been modified to prevent it entirely.

When the finish work is done depends on how much money you have. You can spend as much as you want having it done on the aftermarket; the cheapest solution is to do it when the gun is built.
 
Yep best said. However im a cheaten.

the screw on the right side of the gun Forward of the wedge. i just unscrew it after loading. Then leave the loading lever on the bench. Actually makes the gun look longer with out having anything on the bottom. I dont keep that screw tight. just kinda hand tight. so its easy to take off. Then when i put on the conversion cylinder i dont need it at all. As for skipping i have never had that problem. None at all.
 
Ontos I have not had the problem with my uberti Walker I have fired about 150 rounds through it now all with 50 to 55 grains of Goex fff black powder a .454 ball and a wonder wad. The most annoying thing to me is seating the caps and having them fall off prior to firing.

By the way I just received my Holster from bigbadgun today and it's a beauty he did a magnificent job. As soon as I can figure out how I'll post a pic.
 
Thanks for the input. I wasn't too bothered by the idea of lever drop, but chamber-skip was a bit more of a concern. I'll forego the third mod. dragoon in this case, and go straight to the wellspring of black powder mightyness.
 
Ruger That pic makes me want to go the range this weekend instead of mowing the grass let me see mowing or shooting hmmmm
 
Thank you scrat. and thanks to all the members of this forum i have found all the posts very helpful. I also enjoy the sense of camaraderie,and now for the good news! I have made arrangements to buy my first Walker.Ill be waiting for the delivery with much anticipation!
 
I don't understand why you are all shooting these huge loads.

Metallurgy was poor on the originals, but I think that the scaled up size of the Walker, making for the capacity for a lot of powder and having thin walls between the bores were causes for the failure of so many of them.

It seems like a waste of powder to me. I think the ball is out of the barrel while the big load of powder is still burning. I'm no ballistics expert, just an observer.

I have shot my Walker quite a few times, typically using a 30-35 grain load of fffg. Even with that load the falling loading lever is a hassle. If the design were successful the Dragoons and all of the other revolvers wouldn't have latches at the muzzle.

Don't get me wrong, being a native Texas I love the Walker for what it is, if not for what it does.

I have been fortunate enough to examine and handle several of them. Some of them were so valuable I wouldn't even touch them. At a gun show in Las Vegas I saw Walker's personal Walker, serial number 1020. It was picked up after Walker's death by another USMR soldier and brought back to the US. A few weeks ago I heard that sn 1019 had been bought an reunited with 1020. A fellow shooter in New Mexico once brought his Walker to the range at a monthly match. It was so worn the markings were almost illegible. It had repairs to some of the cylinders that had blown out, I hope at the Civil War Battle of Glorieta Pass. Another time in Las Vegas I saw a pair of Walkers with 95% finish. They were Company B, if I remember correctly, and about 5 serial numbers apart. After I recovered a bit and walked away I went back and asked the seller what he was asking for them, a rhetorical question, of course.....he said $250,000. As I was leaving he said he had the holsters under the table and I could see them if I liked.....I liked! Jelly-kneed is the best description for my condition. I saw 3 original Hawken rifles for sale that same day. For a buckskinner that was a real treat. I heard that the nicest one sold on that Sunday for $11,500. There was also a Winchester lever action rifle, an 1873, I think, that had interesting "turkey track" dedication on the receiver. That's engraving with zigzag motion of the tip of a knife point. The rifle was a gift to the doctor that cured the gift giver's son of diphtheria or some similar disease. It was signed "Bob Howard", Jesse James's alias when he was murdered. It was the gun show of a lifetime for me.

These shows were in the 1999-2001 time period. Those values were a fraction of what those pieces sell for today!

Back to the subject. After I load a bore in a BP revolver I put either a fiber wad or enough corn meal to just allow the ball to clear the barrel to revolve. I have heard that the wadding compresses a bit and lessens recoil, improving the accuracy and lessening the loss of muzzle velocity by shortening the time before the ball reaches the barrel.

Tell me again about the Easter Bunny.......
 
I don't understand why you are all shooting these huge loads.

Because we can and because it's fun.

I shoot 'optimum' loads in all my other bp guns, optimum being defined as the closest I can get to the most accurate load for that individual gun. And I do that in with my Walkers too, but every once in a while I just gotta load 'em up. I don't do that with any other gun, just the Walkers. Well, maybe my Dragoons, a little less often.

Kaboom.
 
Yep. When you have the biggest bphandgun ever made once in a while you have to show all of its might. For most of the time now though i change the cylinder and shoot 45lc. a lot less of a charge with about 34 grains of black but still shoots very nice with some good results.
 
Haven't fired it yet. Makes a great conversation piece, however.

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Well as to why use a full powder charge I'll have to agree with mykeal 'cause we can and I love the noise and smoke and if you can fire one at dusk or after dark WOW!!!

It doesn't take long for people to start wandering over to see whats making all the noise and smoke a great conversation starter
 
Kevc ..a tip when ordering new grips ..Grips are fit to the pistol at the factory , each grip frame is just a little different size ...I ordered a pair of finished grips from VTI ..paid the extra for them being finished ...I still had to fit them to the pistol and refinish them ...So when you can buy unfinished grips ..Buy them , much easyer to fit and finish...cheaper too .
 
Walker Club

Mine is a Signature Series Colt - how do I join the club?
 
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1 Scrat (Scott)
2 Gentleman of the Charcoal
3 Dixie Texian
4 Yankee John
5 Mykeal
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7 Mukluk
8 BigBadGun
9 Mec
10Fineredmist
11HILDO
12Shanghai McCoy
13Tallship
14 A.WALKER
15 StrawHat
16 Mustanger1
17 Phantom Captain
18 Pulp
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20 RugerBob
21 J.T.Gerrity
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42. Afy
43. Shung
44. Kevc
45. PRM Welcome Aboard
 
New member reporting in. I had two ROA's back in the 70's, a plains rifle .54 kit. Sold them twenty years ago. I have been looking at a Uberti Walker and then ran across a Signature Series Colt with box and papers for less money. Couldn't get my wallet out fast enough.
I believe I have a 2nd series, #320X, also appears unfired. I plan to fix that this week. Having a problem finding black powder in this over grown cow town.
 
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