Colt Walker - Wikipedia
The Colt Walker, sometimes known as the Walker Colt, is a single-action revolver with a revolving cylinder holding six charges of black powder behind six bullets (typically .44 caliber lead balls). It was designed in 1846 by American firearms inventor Samuel Colt to the specifications of Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker .
1847 Walker Revolvers | Uberti USA Replica Rifles and Revolvers
The story of this single action black powder revolver began the same day that the Alamo fell in 1836. That’s when Samuel Colt began production of a revolving-cylinder pistol at his Paterson, New Jersey, factory. The 1847 Walker revolver was enthusiastically received by the Rangers of the newly independent Republic of Texas.
The 1847 Colt Walker: The Most Powerful Handgun Ever Used …
2018年2月28日 · Together, Walker and Colt created the 1847 Colt Walker single-action revolver and forever altered history. Everything Walker hoped for was present in this incredible new handgun. At 4.5 pounds (unloaded) in weight, the Colt Walker featured a 9-inch barrel that fired a .44 caliber bullet.
Walker Colt Revolver – The Last of the Great 'Horse Pistols'
2021年1月27日 · Its six-shot cylinder gave a Texas Ranger unprecedented firepower, and its .45-caliber ball carried power to disable man and beast. Weighing almost five pounds, it was the last of the great “horse pistols” as well as the first of the great revolvers.
THE COLT WALKER .44 - American Handgunner
The Colt/Walker .44 was a six shot revolver designed to accept black powder from a flask, pure lead projectiles such as the round ball and separate percussion caps.
The Colt Walker 1847: The Most Powerful Sidearm Ever Issued By …
2022年1月3日 · In 1846 the United States Army brought the Colt Walker 1847 into service – a revolver that is the most powerful sidearm ever issued by the US military. The weapon was named after its inventors, gun-making legend Samuel Colt and Texas Ranger Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker.
The Colt Walker: The revolver that saved Colt - Guns.com
2012年4月4日 · The Colt Walker is a monster of a handgun, a hand cannon if you will. Developed for the U.S. Army around 1846, it is considered by many to be the first magnum revolver. But more importantly...
Colt Walker Pistol | National Museum of American History
The Colt Walker was officially designated a pistol as it was the first revolver ever purchased by the Army Ordnance Department. This was a problem in that many men had never seen a revolver, much less used one, resulting in many burst cylinders, the accidental firing of all six chambers.
Colt Walker Pistol - Smithsonian Institution
Captain Walker approached Samuel Colt, a leading firearms designer, to create a pistol suitable for the Texas Rangers and the U.S. Dragoons. The new weapon was designed by both Colt and Walker, based on the Colt Paterson revolver, but clearly improved.
1847 Colt Walker - American Shooting Journal
Youtuber Ian from Forgotten Weapons takes a look at an authentic Colt 1847 Walker Revolver, perhaps best known today as Clint Eastwood’s weapon in “The Outlaw Josey Wales.” Did you know that this massive cap-and-ball revolver was the most powerful revolver until the modern .357 Magnum cartridge was invented?