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**rdfact** · 05-10-2022, 2:35 PM

Uberti makes a nice replica.

1847 Walker Revolvers | Uberti USA Replica Rifles and Revolvers

https://www.uberti-usa.com/1847-walker-revolver

**highpower** · 05-11-2022, 4:11 AM

I need to get one of those one of these days. They are huge beasts and up until the advent of the .357 magnum, they were the most powerful handgun ever made.

I do have a Colt First Model Dragoon which was the follow on model to the Walker and was designed to correct the faults that were found with the Walker. It is also a pretty large gun and like the Walker, it was designed as a true horse pistol to be carried in a saddle holster.

Compared to a 1873 Colt

**AR22** · 05-11-2022, 6:04 AM

If it was me, I would just spend a little extra money and get an original over the repop,LOL

Anyway Sportsmans has the Uberti for around 450.00..Probably as good as a repro made I suppose..

***Cali-Glock*** · 05-11-2022, 6:44 AM

Originally posted by AR22

If it was me, I would just spend a little extra money and get an original over the repop,LOL

Anyway Sportsmans has the Uberti for around 450.00..Probably as good as a repro made I suppose..

...a little extra money...? I think you can get a nice NFA M-16 for less money.

Colt 1847 Civilian Walker .44 Caliber Revolver (AC16) - Collectors Firearms

https://www.collectorsfirearms.com/products/143990-colt-1847-civilian-walker-44-caliber-revolver-ac16.html

Discover Colt 1847 Civilian Walker .44 Caliber Revolver (AC16) at Collectors Firearms - Buy Now

Colt Model 1847 Walker Revolver Inscribed "F.H. | Proxibid

https://www.proxibid.com/Pistols/Revolvers/Colt-Model-1847-Walker-Revolver-Inscribed-F-H-Kennedy/lotinformation/67853158

Bid in a Proxibid online auction to acquire a Colt Model 1847 Walker Revolver Inscribed "F.H. Kennedy" from Rock Island Auction Company.

**highpower** · 05-11-2022, 6:50 AM

I think the last sale of an original Walker was in 2019 and and it sold for $1,035,000 plus buyers fees at Rock Island Auction. There may have been one sold since then, but I couldn't find any information.

**Wyatt Burp** · 05-11-2022, 6:56 AM

Originally posted by highpower

I need to get one of those one of these days. They are huge beasts and up until the advent of the .357 magnum, they were the most powerful handgun ever made.

I do have a Colt First Model Dragoon which was the follow on model to the Walker and was designed to correct the faults that were found with the Walker. It is also a pretty large gun and like the Walker, it was designed as a true horse pistol to be carried in a saddle holster.

Compared to a 1873 Colt

I went for the 2nd Model uberti Dragoon. Did you sand those Dragoon grips and find that grain under all that spaghetti sauce stain? They're great. In author John Boessenecker's many books on California gold rush/outlaw history the Colt Dragoon was very popular and comes up a lot. In fact he owns bandit Toburcio Vasquez's well documented 2nd Model.
I found the Walker too big and was content with the Dragoon. So I sold the Walker. but the Uberti is the one I'd get if I wanted one again.

**highpower** · 05-11-2022, 8:42 AM

Originally posted by Wyatt Burp

I went for the 2nd Model Dragoon and found this one used. Did you sand those Dragoon grips and find that grain under all that spaghetti sauce stain? They're great. In author John Boessenecker's many books on California gold rush/outlaw history the Colt Dragoon was very popular and comes up a lot. In fact he owns bandit Toburcio Vasquez's well documented 2nd Model.
I found the Walker too big and was content with the Dragoon. So I sold the Walker. but the Uberti is the one I'd get if I wanted one. That's a 1958 colt .45 next to my Dragoon.

The grips on the Dragoon are the way I got it. It's a "C" series Colt. BTW, the SAA pictured with it was made in 1961

**Wyatt Burp** · 05-11-2022, 9:07 AM

Originally posted by highpower

The grips on the Dragoon are the way I got it. It's a "C" series Colt. BTW, the SAA pictured with it was made in 1961

No wonder the grips look so great. My F series Colt 1851 Navy still has grips with a very red stain, but still look good. the earlier C series (I think I got those series right) had nicer grain wood I believe.
In this classic early 60s film If you look close you can see Sammy Davis JR. is spinning a Colt SAA just like yours. Brand new around then probably.

https://youtu.be/L6aNzFYHyz8

**Dan_Eastvale** · 05-11-2022, 11:34 AM

“ I’ll be signing more gun laws real soon.”
????

Also, all those nasty comments about waiting to vote him out.
All those Yankee immigrants

**SkyHawk** · 05-11-2022, 12:41 PM

Originally posted by Dan_Eastvale

“ I’ll be signing more gun laws real soon.”
????

Probably all good ones for gun owners

Not long after he made this post, he signed bills that made constitutional carry legal in Texas

**RNE228** · 05-11-2022, 1:33 PM

Haven't had the Walker replica out in a long time.

It is fun to shoot. It's big and powerful. As someone already mentioned, it was the most power pistol around for years. The cylinder is sooo loooong, it can hold a lot of powder.

The falling load lever gets annoying. Not a huge deal, but be aware before you pull the hammer back for the next round.

I like shooting the Walker, but not cleaning. Have shot BP rifle for 50 years(mostly Hawken and Kentucky style). No biggie cleaning those. But the revolver just seems a task I don't care for.

Also found, I don't care to shoot BP revolvers at the regular pistol range; loading takes longer obviously. It just doesn't seem to fit well with the timing for cease fires at the regular pistol range. I prefer to go out to BLM/Forest where I can take my time.

They're a hoot to shoot though. Real BP in a Walker can put up a big smoke screen... Pyrodex works, but not as fun.

**Abenaki** · 05-13-2022, 2:45 PM

I have a Uberti made Walker.

I really like it. I lucked out and got one the the loading lever stays put when fired.

The only thing i dislike it has a hair trigger! And I mean a hair trigger!

Take care
Abenaki

**Wheellock** · 05-14-2022, 8:31 AM

Rock Island just sold C Company 136 for $425,000 hammer (a bit over 1/2 Million with premium).

Colt Model 1847 Walker Revolver Inscribed "F.H. Kennedy"

https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/85/1102

Rare and Desirable Historic C Company U.S. Colt Model 1847 Walker Percussion Revolver Inscribed for Terry's Texas Ranger "F.H. Kennedy"Only 1,000 of the historical U.S. martial contract Colt Walker revolvers were manufactured in 1847. These massive "horse pistols" resurrected Samuel Colt's firearms business. The design was famously conceived in collaboration with Captain Samuel H. Walker of the Texas Rangers and the U.S. Regiment of Mounted Riflemen. John Coffee Hays, Walker, and the Texas Rangers had successfully used Colt's Paterson revolvers while outnumbered in combat with the Comanche in Texas and in battle with the Mexican army in the 1840s. In 1847, Samuel Colt contacted Walker asking for details on the battles in which his revolvers had been used and for an endorsement that he could then use to pursue government contracts. Walker wrote back a glowing endorsement of Colt's revolvers but also made suggestions on how to improve the design, and a contract for 1,000 revolvers was signed. Colt did not have a manufacturing facility for the revolvers, so he contracted to have Eli Whitney Jr. build them for him. Aside from a few special pairs sent earlier, this revolver would have been part of the first batch of 220 revolvers with the C Company markings (Walker's company in the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen) shipped to the Vera Cruz Ordnance Depot, but nearly all of these were diverted for Colonel Hays's men in the Texas Rangers. During the fighting, the Walker was reported to be as effective as a rifle at 100 yards and more effective than a musket at 200 yards. Walker was famously killed while armed with a pair of these revolvers at the Battle of Juamantla in October 1847. After the Mexican-American War ended, most of the surviving Colt Walker revolvers were returned to government arsenals in Texas, and, of the 191 turned in by Hays's men, only 82 are recorded as remaining serviceable. Many of the Walkers used during the Mexican-American War and in fights with Native Americans in the late 1840s were shipped to the San Antonio Ordnance Depot and were captured by the Confederacy at the beginning of the Civil War and then issued to Confederate cavalry units. This revolver is shown on page 23 of the Alamo exhibit publication “Firearms of the Texas Frontier: Flintlock to Cartridge, 1836-1876” by Alamo Historian and Curator Dr. Richard Bruce Winders and was also featured as the Alamo Artifact of the Month in the October 2014 edition of The Alamo Messenger where it was noted as being featured in the exhibit which was set to open on October 15, 2014. It is also featured in the Fall 2019 issue of “The Texas Gun Collector” on pages 30-31 in the article “Best of Show TCGA Show, Fall 2018: A Passel of Walkers” by John Galle where he reports his friend Doug Myers first noted the back strap inscription after Galle received the revolver in 2014. He notes that “F.H. Kennedy enrolled in Terry’s Texas Rangers in Houston in 1861” and the revolver previously belonged to Arnold Chernoff and John Fluck. He also states “C-136 is the only Walker that I know of that has been carried in the Mexican War (98% probability) and the Civil War.” In an included copy of a letter from R.L. Wilson to Arnold Chernoff, this revolver is noted as “one of the fifteen best Walkers in America” and as “distinguished in having completely matching numbers and all original parts.” Wilson attributes the lever latch as a factory alteration. In an included copy of a letter from Herb Glass, Jr to John Galle in 2015, Glass states this revolver “can be certainly counted among the best of the ‘no cylinder scene Walkers’” and notes that the “4” markings are “apparently an assembly number related to the loading lever alteration. It is possible this alteration is factory done; the work is certainly of factory quality.” He also notes that the grips are numbered “131” instead of “136” but attributes this as a factory error and notes that it is also marked “136” in the buttstrap cutout. The revolver has a German silver blade front sight, "ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW-YORK CITY" marked on the top flat at the breech, "US/1847" marked on the right side of the barrel lug, and a period modified loading lever with lever catch below the barrel. The frame and barrel have "C COMPANY No 136" on the left side, and the same is repeated on the butt. The trigger guard has "C COM-Y No 136." "COM-Y No 136" is on the side of the cylinder, and "13" is on the rear. "136" is on the bottom of the arbor and marked in the rear grip mortise, and "136" with the "3" horizontal us on the wedge. "4" is marked on the right side of the arbor and frame, the left side of the barrel lug, on the bottom of the barrel, on the front face of the cylinder, and the bottom of the grip. A horizontally flipped "N" or "11" is marked on the left side of the grip at the top. The inscription "F.H. KENNEDY." is along the back strap cut over some of the wear. In Wilbur F.S. Quick's inventory of known Walkers from 1953, this revolver was identified as owned by Charles W. Fritz of Norwood, Ohio. Per the National Park Service Soldiers & Sailors database, an F.H. Kennedy fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War as a private from Houston in Company K of the 8th Texas Cavalry (Terry's Texas Rangers). Copies of some of his service records shared on-line list him as 23 years old and later show him sick in a private hospital in Nashville starting in April-May of 1862. His fate is not known. Other records suggest he was a druggist by profession before the war and was born in Kentucky. Per the Texas State Historical Association, when they enlisted in Terry's Texas Rangers, "Each man was required to furnish a shotgun or carbine, a Colt revolver, a Bowie knife, and a saddle, bridle, and blanket." They fought at Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and Atlanta and raided in Kentucky and Tennessee with Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. They were sent to try to slow Sherman's "March to the Sea," and fought at Bentonville, seen generally as the end of the war. They did not surrender and instead escaped with plans to continue fighting, but with the collapse of the Confederate cause, they split up and returned home to Texas. Provenance: The Dr. Douglas Sirkin Collection; The John Galle Collection

**SkyHawk** · 05-16-2022, 6:08 PM

Originally posted by Wheellock

Rock Island just sold C Company 136 for $425,000 hammer (a bit over 1/2 Million with premium).

https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/85/1102

Yowza!

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