Colt Walker

Colt Walker
Colt Walker Revolver number 1017. Metropolitan Museum of Art Arms and Armor collection, accession number 58.171.1
TypeRevolver
Place of originUnited States
Service history
In service1847–1865
Used by
Wars
Production history
DesignerSamuel Colt, Captain Samuel Walker
Designed1846
ManufacturerEli Whitney, Jr. at Whitneyville, Connecticut for Saml. Colt, New York City
Produced1847
No. built1,100
VariantsColt Whitneyville Hartford Dragoon Revolver, quantity about 240
Specifications
Mass4.5 lb (2.0 kg)
Length15.5 in (390 mm)
Barrel length9 in (230 mm)

Caliber.44 ball, revolver
.457 in (11.6 mm), dia.
ActionSingle-action
Muzzle velocity1,000 to 1,350 feet per second (300–410 m/s)
Effective firing range100 yards (91 m)
Feed systemSix-round cylinder
SightsBlade front sight, hammer notch rear sight

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 (typically .44 caliber lead balls). It was designed in 1846 by American firearms inventor Samuel Colt to the specifications of Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker.


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