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The barrel address doesn't look quite right. I can't tell---is it Sam Colt or SamL Colt(with the L being about half height and
positioned at the top of the M)?
It does look like a Walker----but there are a LOT more fake Walkers than there are real ones.
So this is not correct... Any value on a well done reproduction? Lol
In beat up condition if its still safe to shoot maybe $75.00 to 90.00
I would not be so sure it is not a legit Walker. Yes, there were some that were manufactured to deceive, but most reproductions will have "Italy" on them somewhere. It is an import law thing.
Colt manufactured the Walker for more than one year, and the proof is in the SN...which takes a letter to Colt requesting the history. I have an old Colt, and if tehre is one thing I have learned...you know nothing until you do your research.
I called them today... But they are closed. What are normal serial numbers? Mine is 3 digits and a B. Also, I looked and there is no Italy stamped on it unless its internal. Thanks!!
For this to be a real Colt Walker then one would have to believe that Colt so screwed up the address line in 6 ways
The font is completely wrong
No little detail line leading into the address line
No raised L with a line under it at the end of "SAM"
No dot between "New" and "York"
The Word "City" does not appear after New-York.
No little detail line leading out of the address line
The Serial number mentioned does not match any original nor is the style of the serial number the same as either the Military or the Civilian versions
The cylinder locking notches appear to be closer to the muzzle end of the cylinder then photos of confirmed originals. The also appear to have parallel sides as if cut with a mill end. The originals are clearly OVAL in shape.
The back strap on this is clearly made from Brass while the Original in this series of photos is clearly NOT BRASS
Priced in Auctions : Colt Walker U.S. Military Issue Revolver Company No. 81* - HLEBOOKS.com & Collectorebooks.com
The US 1847 on the OPs is to far down on the side of the breach actually being shielded by the Screw. If you look at this photo of the side of the breach block on a reproduction you not only see the same lowered position of the 1847 but you also see why the side of the Block has all those hammer marks. They are there as a result of obscuring the proof marks shown in this photo
I see no rear sight nor indication one was mounted in a dovetail as shown in the above example
The whole bottom of the Breach block is shaped wrong the OPs gun has a rounded shape to the bevel at the bottom edge the confirmed orignial instead has a concave shape to this area.
I'm sorry but if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and swims like a duck. Then it is a duck. In this case this is a dolled up reproduction nothing more. There are at least 13 problems with this being an original and that is just what I can see from a couple super crappy photos comparing them to confirmed originals photos.
I would bet on it.
I did notice the proof marks on yours, and not on his. To the OP..are their proof marks on your FIL's pistol? can we see a photo of them? Very important. If the proof marks have been hammered out as Mark W has suggested...it would be a killer...and true proof that your Walker is not an original.