Colt Third Model Dragoon. posted on September 10, 2014. News, ... Until the advent of the .357 Mag., the .44-cal. 1847 Colt Walker was the United States’ most powerful revolver.

In fact, they became the most prolific of all Colt cap-and-ball revolvers, with 15,000 Baby Dragoons produced before being discontinued in 1850, plus 340,000 Model 1849s, which were made until 1873.

Colt revolvers were important weapons in the US arsenal for much of the 19th century, with at least four designs — the Colt 1847, the Colt M1848 Dragoon, the Colt Army Model 1860, and the Colt ...

The Walker pistols were manufactured during a short production run in 1847. The pistol was named after Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker, a renowned national hero who had fought in the Texas-Mexico wars.

Produced only during a short run in 1847, the gun was the brainchild of firearms magnate Samuel Colt and Capt. Samuel Hamilton Walker, a hero of the Mexican-American War.

American gunmaker Colt Defence has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it struggles with falling sales and a heavy debt pile. Here are the guns that made the company whose weapons helped "win the ...

On This Day in 1847, a Texas Ranger Walked Into Samuel Colt’s Shop and Said, Make Me a Six-Shooter Samuel Colt was a clever marketer as well as a talented inventor. Kat Eschner.