“The 1847 Walker was specifically designed to meet the hostilities of war and it put Samual Colt on the map as a gun maker,” Jamie Wayt, vice president of media for Cimarron Firearms, remarked.

Uncased revolvers in Cimarron’s 1847 Walker’s Walker series have an MSRP of $895 (a good price, considering the original Walker cost the U.S. government $28 in 1847, or $1,100 in today’s ...

A replica of the 1847 Walker Colt revolver rests in front of a photo of designer Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker. Richard Cheney is shown during his days as a cowboy action shooter.

The Walker Colt first raised eyebrows in 1847, when 15 Texas Rangers used the newly-invented revolvers to outgun 70 Comanches. The Army realized the revolver was the gun it wanted for the war with ...

While the gun was a financial success for Colt, Captain Walker met a tragic end. Fighting at the front in the Mexican War, he was killed by a lance in the Battle of Juamantla in early October 1847. At ...

It’s the 1847 Colt Walker revolver, America’s first six-shooter. The gun has Texas roots, designed by Texas Rangers Capt. Samuel Hamilton Walker and firearms magnate Samuel Colt.

In 1847, Walker secured a U.S. War Department contract for 1,000 of Samuel Colt’s new revolvers. Colt had recently closed his New Jersey armory and enlisted help from Eli Whitney Jr., the son of ...

The old saying goes like this: God created men equal. Colonel Colt made them equal. Samuel Colt accepted an order for 1,000 revolvers from Captain Samuel Walker of the Texas Rangers on this day in ...

An extremely rare 19th century revolver drew a new record auction price earlier this month when it fetched $1.84 million during a Rock Island Auction Company sale on April 13-15.

But doesn’t Texas already have an official gun? In 2021, Senator Charles Schwertner filed SCR 20, recognizing the 1847 Colt Walker pistol as the official handgun of the state.

ROCK ISLAND — A rare Colt revolver sold Friday by the Rock Island Auction Co. for $1.84 million has broken the world record for a single firearm sold at auction.