TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Governor Greg Abbott has signed a Resolution naming the 1847 Colt Walker pistol the official handgun of Texas. Invented by Captain Samuel Walker of the Texas Rangers and Colt ...

The Walker Colt revolver is a legendary firearm ... walnut presentation case with accessories, a print of the 1847 Walker schematic and markings celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Texas ...

The Walker Colt first raised eyebrows in 1847, when 15 Texas Rangers used the newly-invented revolvers to outgun 70 Comanches. The Army realized the revolver was the gun it wanted for the war with ...

A proposal nominating the cannon passed its first legislative hurdle in the state senate last week, while another suggests 1847 Colt Walker pistol should represent Lone Star State. A third ...

The gun sold for almost $2 million. In 1847, Samuel Colt met with President James Polk to show him the Walker Model revolver, named after Texas Ranger Capt. Samuel Hamilton Walker, who had ...

Colonel Colt made them equal. Samuel Colt accepted an order for 1,000 revolvers from Captain Samuel Walker of the Texas Rangers on this day in 1847. At the time, although he had some success ...

Ironically, inspired by the acceptance of his massive .44-cal. 1847 Walker and First Model 1848 Dragoon, the enterprising Sam Colt sensed an opportunity. Using his 4-lb., 8-oz., Dragoon as a ...