Colt Walker
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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. It was designed in 1846 by American firearms inventor Samuel Colt to the specifications of Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker.
Colt Walker Revolver number 1017. Metropolitan Museum of Art Arms and Armor collection, accession number 58.171.1
Samuel Hamilton Walker (1817–1847)
The cylinder of revolver number 1017, held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Waterman Ormsby's engraved battle scene can be partially seen
Samuel Hamilton Walker
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Samuel Hamilton Walker was an American army officer. He served as a Texas Ranger captain and officer of the Republic of Texas and the United States armies. Walker served in several armed conflicts, including the American Indian Wars and the Mexican–American War.
The death of Capt. Walker