Second Gen. Colt Walker.

This is a Second Generation Colt walker, I bought some years back. It was shot some, so there is a little wear, but she is a Colt. Surprisingly accurate gun.

Nice cased set! I had a Second Gen. Walker some years ago that I had bought new. Intending to shoot it, I went to the range and tried to snap caps first. Lucky thing I did that before loading as the cones were so large no caps would fit them. Went home with a still new gun. I later sold that Walker along with most of my other Colt cap&ball collection to finance an old car restoration. Car came out good and I have subsequently worked on restoring the number of cap&balls!

An old high school teacher gave me an old Uberti Walker made in the sixties I think. It is fun and accurate. I always wanted a Colt Walker, and finally picked up one new in the box. Now I have a shooter and a looker. :thumbsup:

Is the wedge on the pictured pistol opposite the Navy colts, and if so, why?

Navy Six said:

Lucky thing I did that before loading as the cones were so large no caps would fit them.

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My 2nd series Walker, serial #1816, came fitted with the original #26 nipples, made for the original Joyce #26 caps. I changed them out for a set of Colt Army nipples and never looked back.

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Where the triggers that short on original guns ?

Gene L said:

Is the wedge on the pictured pistol opposite the Navy colts, and if so, why?

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The original Colt Walker barrel wedge entered the slot from the right side so, the 2nd Gen Walker is correct.

I don't know why Colt had the wedge entering from the right side and appearently someone suggested moving it to the left side because, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Model Dragoon which quickly followed the Walker had their barrel wedges entering from the left like the 1851 Navy.

Just guessing here but for a right handed person, having the wedge enter from the left side makes removing it easier.
Grasping the pistol in the left hand places the small end of the wedge up so it's easily seen and easy to push against with a tool in the right hand to remove it.

Thanks, Zonie. Good info source here.

In seeking an answer to my question I pulled up a number of pictures of original Walkers from the net and some had very similar short triggers and others had long thin triggers extending nearly to the bottom of the bow.
Apparently their was quite a wide range of trigger shapes on original guns.

Very Nice! I bought a 2nd Gen, Colt Walker a few years ago, NIB but never wanted to shoot it. So, I bought a 3rd Gen Walker by Colt Black Powder Firearms out of NY as a shooter. The first difference I noticed was the 3rd Gen has the Colt Patent marked on the left side of the frame. The 2nd Gen is correct and is as yours, not marking on it. These are beautifully made revolvers and made of better grade steel than the originals. And being I don't have $200-300K laying around for a museum piece, these will have to do! Cheers!

They are indeed very nice and give one pride in ownership.