Tango01  | 11 Mar 2022 9:54 p.m. PST |
… Issued By the US Military
"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 was extremely powerful at close range, although it had a tendency to explode in the user's hand.
Walker had so much faith in his design that he carried two Colt Walkers on him in the Mexican–American War. Born in 1815, Walker served as an officer in both the Republic of Texas and the United States when Texas joined the union. As a result, he was involved in many of the American West's conflicts, like the Mexican American War and the Indian Wars…."
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| 14Bore | 12 Mar 2022 3:10 a.m. PST |
Since I was a young kid wanted one, even in replica.
Was a Western movie fan |
| Stryderg | 12 Mar 2022 8:12 a.m. PST |
The phrase "had a tendency to explode in the user's hand", should make one pause for a moment before considering firing it. |
| Tango01 | 12 Mar 2022 3:11 p.m. PST |
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| DJCoaltrain | 12 Mar 2022 4:31 p.m. PST |
I only shoot cartridge firearms. Cartridges do not "chain-fire." |
| 42flanker | 12 Mar 2022 8:26 p.m. PST |
"In 1846 the United States Army brought the Colt Walker 1847 into service" Something about those numbers… |
| Dn Jackson | 13 Mar 2022 8:03 a.m. PST |
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| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 13 Mar 2022 12:01 p.m. PST |
Something about those numbers… Then car manufacturers copied it, releasing each model year in the prior year. |
| Tango01 | 13 Mar 2022 3:21 p.m. PST |
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| 79thPA | 15 Mar 2022 12:42 p.m. PST |
I had one decades ago. All black powder revolvers are fun to shoot. The character Mattie Ross carried one in "True Grit." |
| Tango01 | 15 Mar 2022 3:22 p.m. PST |
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 Murphy  | 07 Jun 2022 7:26 p.m. PST |
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| 4th Cuirassier | 12 Jun 2022 10:37 a.m. PST |
Was this the one the Glanton gang use in Blood Meridian? |
| Tango01 | 17 Jun 2022 4:36 p.m. PST |
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| Choctaw | 20 Jun 2022 2:28 p.m. PST |
I've had a couple throughout the years. They are heavy. H.E.A.V.Y. Heavy. |
| Tango01 | 23 Jun 2022 4:12 p.m. PST |
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looks at some new terrain products, which use space age technology!
