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Colt Walker
Description
A massive percussion revolver designed with Texas Ranger captain Samuel Walker. It rescued Colt from ruin and launched his Hartford factory.
Historical use
- Mexican–American War
Technical data
- Year
- 1847
- Service
- 1847–1848
- Country
- United States
- Maker
- Colt's Patent Firearms
- Designer
- Samuel Colt y Samuel Walker
- Type
- Revolver
- Mechanism
- Revolving cylinder
- Calibre
- .44 (11,2 mm)
- Weight
- 2.04 kg
- Length
- 394 mm
- Barrel
- 229 mm
- Capacity
- 6 rounds
- Units made
- ≈ 1,100
Source: Wikidata Q636990
