In 2021, Senator Charles Schwertner filed SCR 20, recognizing the 1847 Colt Walker pistol as the official handgun of the state. The legislation walked through the halls of the capitol with no ...

In 1847, Samuel Colt met with President James Polk to show him the Walker Model revolver, named after Texas Ranger Capt. Samuel Hamilton Walker, who had designed the gun along with Colt.

22. U.S. Cavalry Model Colt Single Action Army Revolver Inflation-adjusted sale price: $786,075 Price paid at auction: $763,750 (May 2022) Firearm chambered in: .45 Long Colt ...

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 ...

A Colt revolver carried by Captain Myles Moylan at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876 could command up to $120,000 at Rock Island Auction Co.'s sale on May 17, 18 and 19, 2024, in Bedford, Texas ...

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 ...

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Villa’s gun, the Colt, became an iconic symbol of the American West thanks to its popularity among both lawmen and outlaws. The U.S. Army adopted the Colt as its standard-issue pistol from 1873 ...

That pistol, which had been missing since June 22, 1971, wouldn't be the only item from the area taken that day. A rare 1847 Colt Whitneyville Walker revolver was stolen from the Connecticut State ...

In 1847, Walker secured a U.S. War Department contract for 1,000 of Samuel Colt’s new revolvers.

HARTFORD, Conn. — It was 1971. Thomas Meskill was governor. Gas cost about $0.36 a gallon. And that was the last time the 1847 Colt Whitneyville-Walker revolver, made by Hartford gunmaker Samuel ...

A Colt Whitneyville Walker revolver stolen from the Connecticut State Library; An Omar Bradley presentation pistol stolen from the U.S. Army War College Museum ...