Walkerdesigned it as a "cap and ball" revolver to shoot both lead round balls and picket bullets. Samuel Coltwith suggestions from Captain Samuel H. The Colt Walker was unsurpassed in power by any commercially-manufactured repeating handgun from its introduction in until the arrival of the. The Colt Walker was the largest and most powerful black-powder revolver produced prior to Because its cylinder could hold 60 grains of black powder in each of its six chambers it is regarded as the world's first magnum revolver. Uberti Firearms is one such company that manufactures replica revolvers. Specifically, Colt Walker replicas that have been converted to allow the use of firearm cartridges by incorporation of a "converter cylinder".
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