The Colt/Walker Revolver, Shooting a Piece of History ~ VIDEO

By John Farnam

Opinion

Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- Last week, at a commercial gun store in Cody, WY, called “The Cody Firearms Experience,” I had the opportunity to shoot a Colt/Walker Revolver (reproduction) for the first time in my life.

The Cody Firearms Experience has a number of like historical guns, many black-powder, that customers can handle and shoot. I had never shot a black-powder revolver, so a friend insisted that I take advantage of the opportunity.

It consumed every bit of twenty minutes getting the Walker completely loaded. We used a black-powder substitute, popular with re-enactors and others who like to shoot historic weapons.

“Real” black powder is still available, but very dangerous, particularly when kept in large quantities. In fact, during the 18th and 19th Centuries, factories that produced black powder blew-up on a regular basis.

The Walker’s sights were, by modern standards, a joke. Tiny front sight. Rear sight is a merely a small furrow cut into the top of the hammer.

Sam Colt got his start in the 1830s and was ultimately a spectacularly successful arms manufacturer. In fact, he gets credit for being one of the first arms-makers to employ the idea …Read the Rest

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