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Post by x101airborne on Aug 19, 2021 7:16:18 GMT -5
Is now the Walker Colt. 4.5 pounds and over 15 inches in length is sure big enough for a horse pistol!
Even though it is a black powder firearm, I was thinking of picking one up "just cuz". They are made by Taylor's, Cimarron and Uberti. How do I know which manufacturer's example to look for?
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Post by Encore64 on Aug 19, 2021 7:19:48 GMT -5
Uberti is the only manufacturer you listed. Taylor and Cimarron are simply outlets for guns...
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Post by magnumwheelman on Aug 19, 2021 7:41:44 GMT -5
they are available finished beautifully, or even as unfinished kits...
I have one bought as an unfinished kit, because my retired tool & die / gun builder buddy was wanting to experiment with one, before he got too old & quit working on guns all together... mine is now chambered with a new cylinder, for a cartridge we call 45 Walker... that is 460 S&W cases shortened an 1/8" just so some dummy down the road, doesn't stick a factory 460 cartridge in the gun... mine is fully functional in its current form ( buddy as he got old just wanted to do the machining, & wasn't interested in the cosmetic finishing ) so it still needs cosmetic finishing... it has a few new tool steel parts, a new arbor, new cylinder, got to play a little with case hardening of the frame ( not with color as a prime motive, but with making it tough enough, hard on the surface, & down 10-20 thousandths & malleable enough inside to keep it from cracking
in factory form, it's a big & heavy gun... & I'd like a finely finished one, to keep original, to go along with my custom...
Thinking I ordered mine up from Dixie Gun Works
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Post by taffin on Aug 19, 2021 8:00:09 GMT -5
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Post by bullseye on Aug 19, 2021 8:30:34 GMT -5
I've got mine, it's an Uberti...  |
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Post by needsmostuff on Aug 19, 2021 8:43:21 GMT -5
Not helpful but the AZ. state gun is the Colt Single Action Army ,,,,,, which makes it easier .
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Post by blacktailslayer on Aug 19, 2021 14:00:13 GMT -5
I seriously doubt that Oregon has an official state gun, even if it was a pea shooter the legislature and the governor would be so appalled that they would terminate the category. Gotta love Texas.
Don D.
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Post by 45dragoon on Aug 20, 2021 8:07:08 GMT -5
Probably the best finish would be one from Cimarron. Of course all "new" Walkers are from Uberti as Pietta has never offered any "horse pistols" to my knowledge. Of course if you're going to shoot it often or with full charges (always fun) it would be advisable to take care of the short arbor (they are all (open tops) short no matter who made it) or they will tend to self destruct as in bent wedges, upsetting barrel material.
Mike
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Post by mike454 on Aug 20, 2021 9:12:56 GMT -5
Mine is a Replica Arms that came out of the Elmer Keith auction and was written up in the November '71 gunnotes in G&A. To the best of My knowledge it was made by Uberti. Some of the nicest wood and case color I've seen on a replica, at least on the one side.
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Post by warhawk on Aug 20, 2021 9:26:15 GMT -5
Somebody, Cimarron I think, is importing a “Lonesome Dove” version of the Walker. No idea if that’s a commemorative or  |
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Post by pjb2643 on Aug 20, 2021 9:33:34 GMT -5
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Post by magnumwheelman on Aug 21, 2021 10:27:40 GMT -5
Well… aint that purdy
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