because of that, an officer, samuel walker and u.s. mounted rifles that contacted holt, so you have a good idea here. we could make you some improvements. get you a government contract. in dialogue between samuel walker and similar -- and samuel colt in 1846, they came up with the idea of this really heavy rollover -- revolver that eliminated a lot of the design and manufacturing problems inherent in the paterson line of firearms. first and foremost, the recoil shield and frame are all forged as one piece. , incrediblyedible strong arrangement here. prospectsiminated the of the barrel and cylinder literally blowing off the rest of the gun. it is a large, 44 caliber bullet that fired a powder charge, 60 grains of powder, a tremendous amount. the claim is made that up until the advent of the 357 magnets, this is one of the most powerful handguns in terms of shocking power, muzzle velocity, and all of that. returns to's, sam his hometown of hartford. a certain amount of family money thebacking, but nowhere skill of his paterson operation.

between samuel walker and samuel cold, in 1847 or 1846, he came up with the idea of this really heavy revolver that eliminated a lot of the designs and manufacturing problems inherent in the paterson line of firearms. first and foremost, the recoil shield and the frame are all forged as one piece. incredibly strong arrangement here. eliminated the prospects of the barrel and the cylinder literally blowing off the rest of the gun. fireda large bullet that a powder charge of about 60 grains of powder which was a tremendous amount. he claimed that up until he 357nt of the 357 -- of the. magnum this is one of the most powerful handguns in terms of shocking power and velocity. in the 1840's, sam returned to his hometown of hartford. a certain amount of family money and backing but nowhere on the rail -- the scale of paterson operations. at this time, he gets the u.s. army contract for the walker revolvers. he doesn't have manufacturing plants but he contracts with eli whitney, junior in new haven. just about the time that eli whitney junior is producing the walker revolvers, sam is holding

in the dialogue between samuel walker and samuel colt, in 1847 or 1846, he came up with the idea of thisreally heavy revolver that eliminated a lot of the designs and manufacturing problems inherent in the paterson line of firearms. first and foremost, the recoil shield and the frame are all forged as one piece. this is an incredibly strong arrangement here. totally eliminated the prospects of the barrel and the cylinder literally blowing off the rest of the gun. it is a large bullet that fired a powder charge of about 60 grains of powder which was a tremendous amount. he claimed that up until he -- until the advent of the. 357 magnum this is one of the most powerful handguns in terms of shocking power and velocity. in the 1840's, sam returned to his hometown of hartford. a certain amount of family money and backing but nowhere on the scale of paterson operations. at this time, he gets the u.s. army contract for the walker revolvers. he doesn't have manufacturing plants but he contracts with eli whitney, junior in new haven. just about the time that eli whitney junior is producing the wa