Black powder pistols can be effective if you are well practiced and have good editing.
Black powder pistols can be effective if you are well practiced and have good editing.
Black powder pistols can be effective if you are well practiced and have good editing.
Those are Uberti 1847 "Walker" Colt Replicas...
Both the originals and the replicas of the Walkers had a distinct problem with the loading levers. The spring catch to hold the lever in place was located near the lever fulcrum... one shot and the gun action froze because the loading lever slipped aa weakened spring catch and dropped down into the loading position and the loading plunger was pushed into the bottom chamber, preventing the revolver from revolving the next loaded chamber into firing position. The Dragoons that followed the Walkers had a much better engineered loading lever catch. This original Walker has been modified by the addition of a Dragoon like loading lever catch:
