Could not help myself .44 Walker

[Rockingkj]

Almost made it through the whole weekend gunshow without buying a gun. Then I found this huge hunk of steel. Uberti.44 Walker. Nice gun but a rather rinkie dink spring to hold the loading leaver in place. Anyone have a decent solution to improve that?

[HWooldridge]

Google “Walker Colt loading lever fix”. Several good ideas.

[Gtek]

Seen a few threads on this over the years, I have a few of these. The best seems to be and works for me up to about 35-40 grains, over that, leather strap. A nice small file and sharpen and square the latch shelf, remember it's tough to put it back on. Little bit goes a long way in helping the situation.

[Rockingkj]

Thanks. The spring is loose in its dovetail so appears easily lost.

[2TM101]

Historically accurate. Only gun Colt had made up to then was a .36 and it didn't have enough recoil for this to be an issue. Everything after this had a loading lever that had a lock on the end.

[HWooldridge]

The Paterson also didn’t have a integral loading lever. It was separate.

I made a figure 8 out of a piece of steel banding strap that slips over the Walker barrel and lever. I can slide it forward when loading then slide back to fire. However, it does have a tendency to wear lengthwise marks in the bluing.

[Rockingkj]

Thank. Looking forward to shooting it. I tend to like my single shots mainly since cleaning is simpler but when you need 5 shots fast (yes I know it has 6 chambers) hard to beat a revolver.

[Bazoo]

Congratulations, it's pretty.

[Super Sneaky Steve]

Now you need to buy a horse to carry it around.

[Rockingkj]

Got horses but doubt my wife will let me use one to haul the pistol around. Lol.

[cwtebay]

Nice revolver!!
If you look at the historical reports of the gun, your complaint was mentioned by several when it was a service weapon. Rawhide thong was the most common fix in the day.

[trails4u]

It is historically accurate, and I've done nothing to correct it on mine. It's part of the charm of shooting them, 'as they were', in my opinion. Might consider the rawhide....would have made sense in the day as a field fix, thus being, perhaps, even more historically accurate!

[Rockingkj]

Seems a darned inconvenient thing when the Comanche’s are bearing down on you. But better than a single shot.

[Bent Ramrod]

Oddly, the latch on my ASM Walker has never let the loading lever go, even firing 60-gr charges. That angle of engagement on the spring and latch has to be exactly right (I guess) in order to work. Too little, and the lever drops on recoil; too much, and the lever can’t be pulled down for loading at all.

Mine had a bunch of other “issues,” which were slowly worked through, and an uneasy truce exists between us now, in that the last couple shooting sessions have gone without a hitch. But the Walker is certainly in a class by itself as a black powder revolver.

[waksupi]

I've had several Walkers over the years. Fun, but heavy. Believe it or not, I used one for a concealed weapon for a period!

[Rockingkj]

I've had several Walkers over the years. Fun, but heavy. Believe it or not, I used one for a concealed weapon for a period!

Reminds me of a similar quote but changed a bit “pistol? That’s not a pistol. This is a pistol”. Lol

[bimus]

This works

[indian joe]

I've had several Walkers over the years. Fun, but heavy. Believe it or not, I used one for a concealed weapon for a period!

the walker is absolutely awesome ----- how the heck did you manage to "conceal" one ??????

[Battis]

10 or so years ago, James Julia auctions in Maine had a Walker in their antique gun auction. They actually let my wife handle it, without gloves. I don't remember what it sold for.

[LAGS]

I think it was the movie Lonesome Dove with Robert Duvall.
He had a Walker and had the loading rod tied in place with a piece of leather.