Colt Walker… Snub Nose
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- In this video, I’ll be shooting the Walker revolver with a cut-down barrel. Be sure to subscribe to my channel for more videos. Thanks for watching!
Here are links to previous Walker videos:
• Uberti’s 1847 Colt Walker
• Colt Walker Revisited
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I wish Pietta and/or Uberti made a version of the Walker like this, I mean they create versions of black powder guns that never existed historically anyways so why not? I think it looks really cool with the chunky barrel, it reminds me of how they depict high-powered revolvers in science fiction and the like. Or something like a Super Redhawk Alaskan, despite the enormous difference in power between the two.
I know I’ve seen versions of the .44 Remingtons and Colt Army revolvers with 4 inch barrels before. They call them “Sheriff’s models”. So it is done on occasion.
i wish they make a 12 inch 3rd model dragoon barrel to use with the stock cutouts
1858 pietta Remington Ace is fun to shoot at the range and feel the Ace is heavy!! I can only imagine how heavy in the ( hands) the 1847 in snub nose would feel like but to me the sound coming from the 1847 in snub nose makes the sound coming from the pietta Remington Ace sound like a regular firecracker compared to a M80!!
This is Nathan. I'm glad that you enjoyed shooting it! I had a blast making that snub nose barrel.
Great creativity, keep em coming
@@triple9fine Thanks!
Cool make 👍🏻
Good job Nathan!
Very cool Nathan, love it and keep up the inventive thinking.
When I was stationed at Ft. Hood, TX our neighbor/fellow soldier purchased a Belgen manufactured Walker from me that I had picked up while stationed in West Germany (circa 1984). He surprised me one day when he showed me that same revolver with a 3.5" barrel that a local gunsmith had "sawed off" from the original length and properly crowned. The front sight had been replaced with a German silver version. I was a bit skeptical about potential accuracy at ANY range but was pleasantly surprised when he was able to hit the X ring on a man-sized paper target out to about 25 yards on a regular basis. I really enjoyed this video as it brought back memories of my younger years and proved that with bit of imagination and expertise even a big old BP revolver like the Walker can be turned into a "hideout gun" of sorts.
Concussion in a pocket, i love it.
That is darned fun! Great project
I did a homespun cartridge-conversion on an Armi San Marco 1847. I chambered it in a wildcat cartridge I devised, .44-55 Walker. It was a 'stretched' .44 Colt in effect, and from the 3-1/2" barrel it used a 200gr .454 heel-base bullet over 55gr of FFG Triple-7. Velocity was a good bit higher than you got from the 3-1/2". and the fireball was EPIC. Not particularly useful, but a heckuva lot of fun!
Thank you Nathan and your family! I hate it when those high-fructose Bandits attack.
Wow now it needs a birds head
I’ve found birds head grips to make operation of a single action with one hand to be harder than the plough handle. I haven’t been able to shoot a double action with a birds head but I can see why they chose that design.
Quite a boom outta that little barrel
Porter Rockwell's avenging angel.
Dustin I think you've come up with what has to be the coolest snub nose ever !
Hey Dustin, now that the Walker is converted to cartridge, you should borrow the short barrel again and shoot it with .45 Colt cartridges!
Velocity was higher than expected.....I like it!
Good accuracy but every time you shot it while sitting at the bench, you disappeared for a couple seconds! I love that smoke! Cool video Dustin!
When I saw those bench shots played back, I said to my wife, “No wonder I have asthma!” LOL!
@@GunsOfTheWest well at least you had the sun (and wind) at your back to give you an edge.
True. I was trying to se the recoil and nope. Very cool setup
The Avenging Angel!
The drycleaner: What’s all this black residue, on your suit?
Nice pistol.
Wow, never saw a snubbie-Walker before. This thing is insane! It sounded like a freakin' rifle going off. The blast force alone would probably do damage in an up close and personal distance. Thanks, and super vid compadre!
Great job Nathan. I've got to get one of those. Replacement barrel @ $150 and replacement front sight @ $8.50, a little elbow grease and you've got a great short barrel smoke pole. Thanks for the idea!
Thanks! I hope you enjoy making yours!
When u want someone really dead pocket edition
I need one!
That smile on your face in the intro said it all !!!!
that was one of the coolest things ive seen for any cap and ball gun
You now have a black powder flash-bang...
Ideal hand cannon for undercover rangers.
Very cool! That Nathan kid did an excellent job!!!
Very nice! Since this was sometimes dinner historically but never offered in replica form I often wondered how it works compare to the normal Walker. Now we all have a better idea. Many thanks to Nathan for lending it and Dustin for sharing it with us!
6:35 was funny af lol
Lot's of fun! Thank you!!
You and duelist1954 should do videos. I wish Capandball was in the USA. Man do I love black powder guns and ammo.
Good video Dustin, very enjoyable.
That gun's report should be used in the movies.
Ive wanted to see something like this for ages!
I loved this gun. Very cool video.
That looks awesome and a lot of fun.
The first shot sounded like a sonic boom, I can only imagine how loud it is in person!
For when you want to give the baddie fist sized exit wounds , set him on fire and make a leisurely escape in the resulting smoke clouds.
I'd like to see one with a .45 BPM cylinder with 60gn's in each case
65 grains of powder!!.... if it were a cartrage, it would be a 44-65, kinda like a 45-70!! no wonder we have named these 'hand cannons! its a freakin' rifle round!!
I dig it!! Big power that can be hidden in a holster or jacket. Now, take the grip down abit in overall size and its even more compact but with big impact. Try conicals in it with 50 grains and it could go back up to 900+ fps...
Man, that snub nose barrel looks good.
Even if you lose roughly 300 fps, I can understand why somebody would snub nose a Walker.
A smaller profile, easier to conceal while having a good sized round and it not only works as a reusable smoke grenade, it'll deafen everybody involved too.
Sweet project!!!
Such a beautiful scenery you have there Dustin. I've particularly liked the sunset when you were shooting from the stand. And regarding the Walker, it's always been my favourite black powder gun. Snub nose is definitely looking cool as hell, but me personally I like the aesthetics of the 9inch barrel better. Just a personal taste I guess. And Keep up the good work, your channel is one of the best in the genre!!!
That looked fun
Very interesting little project.
A snob nosed Colt Walker, what a wonderful stupid idea.
I love it!
That takes the Walker from being a horse pistol to being a bit of a sexy beast.
That is a cool little stubby. I'm talking about the Walker! Fun shooter. Thanks Dustin.
Good Golly Miss Molly...that makes one BIG BOOM. Great video. Lots of fun to watch. I think I will treat myself to some more of your channel. Thanks and subscribed.
Thanks!!
Many surviving Walker Colts have shortened barrel. This is because it had a tendency to blow up. Both the cylinder and barrel were subject to explosive failure. Colt repaired many and of course a destroyed cylinder had to be entirely replaced. However often if the barrel exploded near the end a gunsmith would just cut off the damaged section leaving a shorter barrel.
Barrels rarely exploded I thought
@@guaporeturns9472 The Walker colt had barrel and cylinder catastrophic failures. First the metals of that time were a bit weak for this powerful a gun. The Walker Colt was the most powerful handgun until the .357 magnum came along eighty eight years later. This was not a cartridge gun and each cylinder was loaded with bullet, powder and a cap on the cylinder nipple. The conical bullets could be improperly loaded. The recorded load was 50 grains of black power but the cylinder could hold 60 grains. The top of the cylinder had to packed with lard to prevent cross fire and if not properly done two or more cylinders fired destroying the cylinder.
@@edwardcnnell2853 yeah I know all that.. burst chambers/cylinders were the problems I read about..exploding barrels weren’t a big problem , like I said
@@guaporeturns9472 It is not uncommon to find Walker Colts with shortend barrels because they did fail.
@@edwardcnnell2853 interesting.. I just never heard of a burst barrel.
What a cool idea! I’m going to get a pair and get an extra barrel and cut Er’ down. 🤠😂
Awesome! Like the sound it makes.
That is amazing! Learned something I never would have thought of,a Walker Colt snub nose. The Pinkertons would have loved it!
Great video Dustin.
That's some America Right There !!!!!!!!! 😎👍🇺🇸
You have blown my mind!!!!
The noise ! Epic !! Fun stuff !
THAT WAS GREAT!!
Nathan seems like a solid gunsmith. Very clean cut on the barrel. I would like to know how the sight was secured. Many thanks to Nathan for sharing and to J R B for creating the video. For my part, I think I could take the 783 fps. Probably bounce right off my sixpack. I don't start to worry until the .454's get up to 934 fps ☺
Thank you for your kind words. I used JP weld epoxy to secure the front sight into place after I made a cavity on the top of the barrel to fit it in.
Addicted to white smoke... If only they cleaned up easily...
The is for doing this. I’ve been curious about the velocity of these cut-down walkers. I have a couple (check my channel for recent vids if interested) but I’m not brave enough to sacrifice one of them to cut down. Yet.
That was neat, surprised it lost that much velocity.
I just made an old brass framed 1851 Navy into a snub nose. I wish I would have left the hole for mounting the loading lever! I now realize that you can just attach the lever for loading. Luckily I have another 1851 Navy for loading cylinders...oh yeah I am planning on mounting a shotgun bed for a front sight. Just waiting for the drill and tap to come in the mail.
Well, at least there's no loading level to fall down on a full charge.
I think doing a chronograph test was a good idea.
The high fructose gang looks pretty scarry!
Terrifying!
I just bought the Pietta '51 snub nose and I haven't even shot my full size version yet! Both are in .44, I like the ability to interchange barrels. I really like the looks of the birds head handle and the "shorty" version will definitely be more suitable for home defense. 👍
Any pistol can be a pocket pistol if your pocket is big enough, lol.
I'm of a mind the old-timey Colt 'Pocket' revolvers were not intended for full conceal-carry, but rather you would carry one in your vest/coat pocket in lieu of a holster with the handle poking out in the open.
Love the content. Thanks for sharing.
I've always wanted a Walker with a 16" barrel and a carbine stock like the 3rd model Dragoons and 1860 Army's. Obviously not historical but I think it would take full advantage of it's chamber capacity.
I have always used 60 grains of my home made powder in mine, velocity averages 1350 fps.
The wicked walker.
Great video!! I’m now craving a orange soda for some reason!?!?
788 fps for a .44 isn't bad. Pretty near a standard 1911 .45, and that pistol did alright.
Thats kinda cute... Bark on that short barrel had a different pitch in the mic.... I bet it was a little louder in person
Question, could you have used 4f with a lighter load , faster powder and less volume?
You could use the loading lever as a bayonet
That's what I thought when I first made it! We would need a industrial size pencil sharpener to point the tip though :(
I have an original Colt 1860 has had its barrel cut back as well as the loading lever. Done very well. Has a front sight that looks like from a Pennsylvania rifle dovetailed into the barrel
I have read this was a popular modification with Mormans avenging angels. …Don’t know
I’ve shot it a few times just to say I did
194 vs. 331 foot pounds of energy, or .38 special/.380 equivalent vs. 9mm/.45 Colt power.
In the comments someone claims 1350 fps with 60 grain charges, and that would yield 571 foot pounds of energy - .357 magnum range.
Man that beast sounds like a cannon out there with that echo.. mine sounds nothing like that haha
-A Walker only shoot full loads.
-but it's a snubnose, it's useless and you burn too much pow...
-A Walker only shoot full loads.
😁
coolest snub nose 👍👍
I mention this every time you shoot Walker. That cylinder looks awesome!’ I think I’m gonna do that to mine.
Wondering does snub noise have a bigger kick?
It didn’t seem to.
Awesome vid, been planning on making one of these, cool to know the chronograph readings for it
It sounds amazing
It was very interesting to see what kind of velocity you were getting out of that shorter barrel. What was the weight of the projectiles tho? 🤔
.454 inch lead round ball, he said. Guess we could look it up. Edit-just looked it up- 141 grains.
Snubby Walk Boi. As the kids would call it.
That stubby is definitely louder than the longer barrel.
That was pretty cool
I can't speak for the Walker, but my 1851 with it's 7.5in barrel is pretty darn accurate. It's looks like a fun gunsmithing project. (I'm now looking at cost and availability of barrels) But man, that drop in velocity and accuracy is sad. I wonder how a mid cut would do.
A Walker pocket pistol ?? Sure, why not :))
That might be a fun conversion gun.
Yeah, that's what I imagined it would look like. 🤔
Another great video. Well, with the snub nose you could conceivably do concealed carry easily enough. As long as you are legal to do that. Heck, the massive smoke and fire coming out the front would probably give them a fear attack on its own.
The gun overall is still too big and heavy. A 44 cal 1851 or 1860 snub nose is a much better choice
That is NICE ! Now I have a new project.
That would be even neater with a bird's head grip.
That thing sounds awesome
Cool short barrel. Lots of smoke and laughs I imagine
Just cool.
Thanks for the video.
God Bless
That’s a good looking gun!
Good looking with the short barrel
Love it! Now I need a spare barrel for my dragoon!