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LOT 3250
Extremely Rare and Highly
Desirable Documented
D Company No. 81 Colt
Walker Model 1847
Percussion Revolver - Serial
no. DCOMPANYNo81, 44 cal.,
9 inch part round bbl., blue/
casehardened finish, walnut grips.
Only 1,000 military contract Walker
revolvers were manufactured by
Samuel Colt at Eli Whitney’s factory
in Connecticut in 1847 after Colt
worked with Samuel Walker of
the U.S. Regiment of Mounted
Riflemen to develop an improved
revolver suitable for hard military
service. The Walker was incredibly
powerful for a repeating handgun
and remained the most powerful
commercially produced handgun
until the development of the .357
Magnum nearly a century later.
These massive “horse pistols”
are responsible for relaunching
Samuel Colt’s firearms business
and propelling his name and his
firearms to international fame.
Extremely Rare and Significant,
the Official Handgun of the
State of Texas:
The Colt Walker Model 1847
Percussion Revolver
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