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Colt Walker
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The Colt Walker, sometimes known as the Walker Colt, is a single-action six-shot black powder revolver. It was designed in 1846 by American firearms inventor Samuel Colt to the specifications of Capta
Colt Walker Revolver number 1017. Metropolitan Museum of Art Arms and Armor collection, accession number 58.171.1
Colt Walker Revolver number 1017. Metropolitan Museum of Art Arms and Armor collection, accession number 58.171.1
Samuel Hamilton Walker (1817–1847) who owned Walker Pistols 1009 and 1010
Samuel Hamilton Walker (1817–1847) who owned Walker Pistols 1009 and 1010
John Coffee Hays who owned Walker Pistol 1001
John Coffee Hays who owned Walker Pistol 1001
The cylinder of revolver number 1017, held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Waterman Ormsby's engraved battle scene can be partially seen
The cylinder of revolver number 1017, held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Waterman Ormsby's engraved battle scene can be partially seen
Samuel Colt
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Samuel Colt was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company and made the mass production of revolvers commercially viable.
Colt Walker
…Colt, is a single-action six-shot black powder revolver (typically firing .44 caliber lead balls). It was designed in 1846 by American firearms inventor Samuel Colt to the specifications of Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker. It was the first practical six shooter, and came to define the Old West gunfighter mystique…
Engraving by John Chester Buttre, c. 1855
Engraving by John Chester Buttre, c. 1855
Portrait of Col. Samuel Colt, engraving by George Catlin after a painting by Charles Loring Elliott (Wadsworth Atheneum), Hartford.
Portrait of Col. Samuel Colt, engraving by George Catlin after a painting by Charles Loring Elliott (Wadsworth Atheneum), Hartford.
Modern reproductions of the Colt Paterson [top] and Colt Walker (middle)
Modern reproductions of the Colt Paterson [top] and Colt Walker (middle)