Colt Walker
- Date
- 1847 · confidence high
- Place
- Whitneyville, Connecticut, United States
- Credited to
- Samuel Colt y Samuel Hamilton Walker
- Field
- Conflict
What it is
A six-shot, muzzle-loading percussion revolver designed by Samuel Colt to Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker's specifications for the Texas Rangers; the first truly practical repeating handgun and an icon of the Old West.
What it led to
- mass production of later Colt revolvers (Dragoon, Navy, Army)
- establishment of Samuel Colt as a major firearms manufacturer
- adoption by the Texas Rangers and the US Army
- iconic status in the imagery of westward expansion