The Walker Revolver The True Story of Sam Colt's Come Back 

By any standard, it's one heck of a revolver! The legends will always live on. Fact or fiction, I'm all ears. 👍👍

Good morning, Mike! Yep, the First of the "Dragoons", or heavy revolving horse-pistols..."Most Powerful Revolver" until the .357 Mag. In 1935!

Being a Texan, I always enjoy hearing Texas History. Have also enjoyed my replica for most of my adult life. Great info!

An excellent video! No greater reference work can be found than the privately published book "Sam Colts Own Record" published in 1948, which is a transcript of most of the correspondence between Walker, Hayes and the Ordnance Board in 1847 . this sets our in the original poor English all of the problems mentioned here, an excellent read, Chris B.

Awesome!

Thank you Mike. Lord knows, i love my Walker despite the design flaws.

That was very interesting. The walker is just a beast of a gun. Thanks to you, I now know how to deal with the mainspring on the walker.

Greetings from Ireland. That was a great video. Thanks.

Always love the history in your videos

glad you are still doing videos

I just picked up my first Walker and I'm very excited to get it out and do a T&E video on this ol girl. I've watched you for years and you do a fantastic job here on RU-vid ! Thank you for what you do for the industry !!!

An excellent presentation of an excellent gun! That loading ram though... They fixed much but not that. Thank you for this history lesson.

Great history lesson. Thanks.

Thanks for the straight story. And the less formal way of government purchases.

I have an Uberti Walker as well. Fun to shoot and quite a show with a full charge. It also came out of the box with one of the smoothest actions of any revolver I own. Thanks for the great video!

Entertaining history lesson as usual .You've brought these characters to life. I've confused the Walker with the Dragoon. These Colt history vids have put the various models in perspective. YT is also after archery and medical herbs channels. Many are reposting on Rumble. Greetings from Mayberry, NC, where fall is in the air. RE not going up the chain of command, even for civilian military employees, would not work today.

Thank you Mr. Beliveau for making and posting this video. After watching Josey Wales for the maybe close toa hundred times I decided to look up and find out if anyone could purchase a colt walker at all. After seeing MidwayUSA sold them I bought it plus the 1860 Army. After alot of reading and watching and listening, also contacting you and Jeffwhoshoots stuff about how to safely load and shoot these, the colt Walker replica misfired and afterwards the cylinder jammed against the "water table' I took it to a dealer/repairman but haven't fired it since. Thanks for your help in getting this experience put together.

Hi Mike. Your knowledge of history and the way you tell it is fantastic. Thank You!

Its like being in a country school, and getting a very interesting history lesson, of something that matters. I have a pair, and they both work perfect, no issue with the rammer either, I did some work on them so it catches in a positive manner.

Very interesting. I think history is often more interesting than just stories. Thanks Mike!!

I've never had one but always wanted a Colt Walker.

Another great history lesson. Cracking stuff. Thanks Paul

Great history and I sure appreciate your presentations.

Thanks for telling us about it too!!!

Just ordered one of the last Walker kits on sale from Midway yesterday; plan to set it up as a .45 BPM conversion from the get go, with all the updates it would have received if Sam's cousin Lemuel had brought it back to the factory prior to Sam's untimely demise to get the benefit of the improvements Sam had devised for his other models in the ensuing 15 years. Should be a fun adventure in steampunkery!

Another great history lesson. Thanks

Really good info, greatly appreciated. Take care!

Good, interesting report Mike--as always! In your shooting video of the Walker, the rammer keeps falling on every shot, a trait of the Walker. One way to fix that is to file a ledge on the half moon so-called spring that holds the rammer up. Many have done this with good results. I haven't done so yet but found that by using black 7/8"x3/4"x1/16" 'O' rings found at any place that sells O rings (hardware, farm supply, etc), it holds the lever up, doesn't hide the front sight, and slips forward easy to utilize the rammer for loading, then slips back over the rammer easily. The black color hides nicely with the bluing. They are very inexpensive, work great, and are better than a leather thong or strip of cloth. A 15/16"x3/4"x1/16" will work, but the first size I mentioned seems to work the best. Don't get any over the 1/16" diameter as they hide the front sight. rt (Crow Choker)

Fascinating, Mike, thank you for setting the story straight.

Thank you Mike for a the quality information for us Colt Firearms Lovers

Great Historical Narrative!! Thanks Mike!!!

Great job as allways

Thanks for the great video. Ive always heard the old myth about walker convincing colt to build the 47. Now we know the truth. It makes a lot more sense too. Today i just recived a 3rd model dragoon, so your video is aptly timed. Looking forward to more such content.

Excellent video Mike. Everybody seems to think that the walker was the big comeback. I've always seen it as the Walker was like a version of CPR that brought Colt back to life. The dragoon was the Renaissance and the 49 pocket model was the golden era of Colt in my opinion, Garrett might have a different opinion though he would know more on this sort of thing than I would Ethan

Always enjoy your videos. Really hope to see you back at duelist den some day soon!

Wonderful, Mike! Love the history, as well as the gun.👍

I didn't know any of this true story. Thanks for sharing.

Great info. Thanks!

So this just may be the next cap and ball revolver that I may buy 😃

Again, You are a wealth of information Sir. Thank you. Cheers.

Good to hear the real story!

Great video, thanks!

Appreciate the history lesson.

Most excellent Sir.

Good show lad , thanks !😊

Wonderful video full of knowledge. Thank you sir.

Thanks for another great video, Mike. (Love the hat)

Great stuff and glad to hear the Walkers history FOR REAL ! As for RU-vid I’m starting to see how it works with the recommends. If people want to see this channel in their recommends tab they MUST click on the videos more often. Do it about once or twice a week and any every channel will get recommends. If you stop watching videos even for a short while you’ll stop getting recommends. For example I was watching food travel channels like crazy for months and I got tons of these types of channels on my recommends tabs. Three weeks I just got kinda saturated with that kind of video and stopped watching them. Now I hardly any of them anymore and this after months of hundreds of hours of watching those very popular videos. So people need to watch the channels they like or they won’t get recommended. Liking and commenting helps too !

As always great stuff

Thanks for the history lesson Mike. Good to see the Walker getting a workout. Definitely on my List to get one some day. I have a friend who has one, as well as several other cap-n-ball revolvers, let me try it out. It was a blast! That was the same range day as my first range visit with my 1851 Navy .44. What do you think of using a leather strap or similar add-on, to tame the rammer that falls after each shot? Is that kind of device worth it or just more hassle than it is worth? I know the falling rammer issue is due to the design of the retention spring.

Thank you once again Mike for a excellent presentation this one on The Colt Walker: i appreciate the time & research you put into your presentations.

Interesting historical piece. I used to own a reproduction and let it go at some point, why I don't know, stupid move. Thanks Mike for a good explanation of it's history.

Great piece!👍🏽😀❤️🇺🇸

Thank you for all the hard work and making the videos love them. Best wishes.

Amazing video Mike! I love history like this very much. When the truth isn't good enough print the fiction story. 🤠

Right fine video, excellent information and well done .

Great video. Gotta get mine to the range asap

You feel the force when behind that revolver with the 60 grain powder charge.

Nice job

great video

That opening sequence shows one of the problems with that mammoth hand-cannon. Who the hell want's the loading lever coming out of alignment after every shot and potentially jamming the works up? Mind you, if it jams on you, you can always just beat the other bloke to death with the thing.

'Col' Sam Colt seems to have been an early proponent of the lobbying culture of The Military-Industrial Complex. - It certainly helped him to become a wealthy industrialist.

Great info and history! A repro Walker is on my bucket list. I dont need one. BUT I WANT ONE

Great history, thank you!

Always a good watch

thank You

These Italian replicas seem to be as good if not better quality than the originals?

Thanks great video.

I shot the arbor loose on my walker, no more 60 gr. charges. But it was a blast to shoot.

Love it!!!! Brian Gold Coast Australia

Very good video as usual👍

Excellent thanks

Please-please-please, Mike. Take care of yourself like you take care of the things that interest you. You're a good guy, a father and mentor. People rely on you. You have dependents. You will soon have serious health issues if you don't make a correction. Eat right and get some daily exercise. The world will better with you in it. Act today so we can all enjoy your video journalism for years to come.

I love the history lessons!!

Hope to acquire a pair of them someday

Excellent job as usual, Mike! Remember the original Walkers had cylinders in the white. I soaked my Armi Sport cylinder in white vinegar. Not its cones, tho. Happy shootin!

Oh hey, there's a guy coming into Agua Fria. Wait, what's that on his hip?

Great video, I have a ARMI SAN MARCO Walker, great shooter

Good content!

Good morning from Syracuse NY brother and no surrender

Great video! You know, only in America could get a contract to manufacture hand guns AND THEN worry about getting a factory to do it in! Great story!

Cool man cool!

Really enjoyed this. Did they ever adjust the Walker so the loading rod wouldn't drop nearly every shot?

As always, the history lesson is well delivered. It would be a better world, if all the felons would wear orange paint. Lewisberry has enough felons of it's own already. Thanks.

GREAT

What holster set up would the original Rangers use when the Colt Walker was first issued? I've looked and looked, but haven't found anything definitive. Most pictures aren't clear or seated with rifles. Thx.

I enjoyed the vid and history lesson. Is there a modification that can be done to these reproductions to fix the loading lever falling? (Maybe an idea for a future video?)

That gun is like holding a fire hydrant with a little grip

Great presentation, Mike! I noticed the handle for seating the round and powder kept flipping downward. Was that a common problem with the walker, or is that just an issue with your weapon?

Any suggested hardback books on the dragoon that come recommended?..

Great video, Mike. I enjoyed the true story, but I have to go with the line from the movie 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence'. Paraphrased due to bad memory 'when the legend becomes bigger than the truth, print the legend.' Now it is always important to know the truth so you can fight the naysayers. See you next week. 😁

Mike, is there an after-market device that can be installed on the Walker-Colt that will keep the rammer in place during firing?

cool

This was quite informative. Although the " legend" is well repeated the truth is actually a better story. Colt was kinda shifty and knew how to manipulate folks to achieve profit. Thanks Mike.

What can be done about the loading lever falling after one or two shots ??? Seems like that would be an issue in a fight .🤯🤯🤯

Good story. So is your Arme San Marcos Walker retired now?

Great firearm. That said, between my ADHD and my probably slightly OCD, that effing loading lever is 🤬. 🤭🤭🤭

I didn't get the notification.

@Duelist1954, I thought Sam Walker was presented with a pair of Colt Walker Revolvers and was found with them by his side, all empty? I heard that on a History Channel documentary. Also, are the Colt Hartford and the 28 caliber Colt Root Revolvers even more rare than a Walker?

Good pistol for whacking a surly bartender. Agustus McCrae