Shootin' Josey Wales Style

[duelist1954]

I got a new Uberti-made Colt Walker replica from Taylor's & Co. and I couldn't resist grabbing my old ASM Walker for some Josey Wales action.

Eastwood made it look so easy...it aint..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk603K7RjyY

 

[Robert an saa fan]

Mike, very nicely done!

Your ASM and Uberti Colt Walkers play a fun tune.

:hatsoff: :thumbsup:

Robert

 

[M. De Land]

I sure enjoy the videos! I wonder if some kind of a modification could be made to help the loading lever problem. That would make me crazy after awhile although I've read it was a common problem on the originals as well.
I bet a neoprene band around the barrel and loading lever would hold it and just roll it forward when the lever is used. MD

 

[CaptainKirk]

I sure enjoy the videos! I wonder if some kind of a modification could be made to help the loading lever problem. That would make me crazy after awhile although I've read it was a common problem on the originals as well.
I bet a neoprene band around the barrel and loading lever would hold it and just roll it forward when the lever is used. MD

He did a mod in the beginning of the video.(He talked about filing a flat on the top of the spring "bump")
Some people use rubber bands or ladies' hair bands to hold the lever up.

 

[DOUBLEDEUCE 1]

Mike,
I have to tell you I get such a kick out of watching your videos. They are a pure gas! Thanks for taking the time. :thumbsup:

 

[SAJones]

Have two Walkers, & tried it once. Yeah, a bit tough, but I had a stronger grip back then. Since the caps I had were too small, got a lot of clicks when the caps blew off; lost points.

 

[swathdiver]

I got a new Uberti-made Colt Walker replica from Taylor's & Co. and I couldn't resist grabbing my old ASM Walker for some Josey Wales action.

Eastwood made it look so easy...it aint..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk603K7RjyY[/quote]

Thanks for posting Mike! Always enjoy your videos and articles in the magazine.

Merry Christmas!

 

[pargent]

Thats how gunfighter class in cowboy action should be shot , not the sit up and beg style they enforce down here: ( aparently it takes 2 hands to hold a revolver ) :thumbsup: Well done :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[swathdiver]

Thats how gunfighter class in cowboy action should be shot , not the sit up and beg style they enforce down here: ( aparently it takes 2 hands to hold a revolver ) :thumbsup: Well done :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

Two hands? Haven't those boys ever seen or read how these guns were meant to be shot? Even the 1911 was made for one handed shooting!

 

[TFoley]

I got a new Uberti-made Colt Walker replica from Taylor's & Co. and I couldn't resist grabbing my old ASM Walker for some Josey Wales action.

Eastwood made it look so easy...it aint..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk603K7RjyY[/quote]

Mr B - I always enjoy your videos, and envy the ease with which you can just go buy whatever you like to the limit of your funds without a fare-thee-well. I have a Colt BPF second series serial #1816 - something that got me onto this forum many years ago, and a ROA and a couple of long arms, too. I also think its pretty cool to see you wearing appropriate duds to do your shooting in - here that would likely get you taken away in a small white van whilst wearing a sleeveless jacket that does up at the back.

I used to suffer the dropped lever look until I applied a small elastic band to it. Anybody who has noticed it over the years has wisely kept their thoughts to themselves.

Best for 2013!

tac

 

[rodwha]

I've read of some using their's with nothing but full loads. I'm curious as to how many of you that do find that it stresses the wedge or damages it in any way.

I've felt that I need one for hunting with, but if the load needs to be reduced I may as well use my Old Army.

 

[PaulN/KS]

Dang that looks like fun...
Thanks for posting it. :hatsoff:

 

[cynthialee]

pretty spiffy

that loading lever issue is why I prefer a Dragoon

 

[duelist1954]

There are fixes to every deficiency that the Walker is plagued by. And, after you make those fixes, you notice your Walker has morphed into a 3rd Model Dragoon. :haha:

Everything that was "the best there is" eventually got replaced by something better. As a buddy of mine said, that's why cops don't carry Colt SAAs today.

But it is still fun to shoot the old stuff and experience why the world moved on to something better.

 

[TFoley]

I've read of some using their's with nothing but full loads. I'm curious as to how many of you that do find that it stresses the wedge or damages it in any way.

I've felt that I need one for hunting with, but if the load needs to be reduced I may as well use my Old Army.

40gr of FFg in mine, I'm afraid. Call me a pussy-cat if you will. The very first time I shot mine using a 35gr load of Pyrodex P it bent the wedge like a banana, and I had to use a Dremel to remove it - my efforts to get a new wedge out of Colt Blackpowder Firearms of Brooklyn NY were what got me onto this site in the fust place, so it wasn't ALL bad.

tac

 

[Many Klatch]

I have tried that with my pair of 1858 Remingtons. That was interesting enough. I can't imagine doing that with a pair of fully loaded Walkers. I found it was much easier to shoot up one cylinder and then switch guns.

Many Klatch

 

[nilo52]

Depending on the load, the lever drops on my Uberti 3rd Mod. as well. I have to use the rubberband trick too. :thumbsup:

nilo52

 

[nilo52]

I tried this using my Dragoon and my '58 and it was acutally alot of fun ! Asymetric of course.
nilo52

 

[hanshi]

Another really great video. Cool.

 

[rodwha]

I've had the lever drop on my Old Army using 35 grns of 3F Triple 7 pushing Kaido's 240 grn conicals.