Took the interns out to the range today. Video included.

[Pulp]

The one in red has very little shooting experience. The other has a lot. Neither had shot BP revolvers or .45-70 before.

They both seemed to really enjoy the Walkers more than anything else.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCyGcj2rfx0&feature=youtu.be

 

[NINEROUND]

Why did the loading levers keep falling on the wheelguns? Are they supposed to do that? Seems like a major design flaw if that is the case?

 

[flatwins]

Why did the loading levers keep falling on the wheelguns? Are they supposed to do that? Seems like a major design flaw if that is the case?

The Walker was Sam Colt's first design (1847) after a decade long hiatus from the firearms world. He hadn't yet added the latch under the barrel for the loading lever. IIRC this was remedied in the Dragoon models a year or two later.

Another interesting thing about Walkers is that though they were referred to as "holster" pistols, that meant that they were intended to be carried in horse-mounted holsters rather than as a sidearm. The things are beasts.

 

[Pulp]

That was a design flaw on the Walker revolver. It was corrected with the Dragoon series. Some folks tie it up with a piece of rawhide.