Home Gun Review: The Walker Colt Various sources report the original Picket bullets as weighing 200-220 grains. These bullets from the Dixie mould weigh 170 grains and are a tight fit in the loading window. Examining an original Walker It is difficult to see how a heavier bullet could have been used. (courtesy Mike Cumpston for The Truth About Guns)

Various sources report the original Picket bullets as weighing 200-220 grains. These bullets from the Dixie mould weigh 170 grains and are a tight fit in the loading window. Examining an original Walker It is difficult to see how a heavier bullet could have been used. (courtesy Mike Cumpston for The Truth About Guns)

Note that all group representations are fired one-handed. There is some conjecture that dismounted USMR “Dragoons” may have used a two handed hold but historic sources describe mounted actions with the troops riding through the Mexican lines firing the revolver from horseback. (courtesy Mike Cumpston for The Truth About Guns)
(courtesy Mike Cumpston for The Truth About Guns)
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