Colt-Walker Revolver

  In the opening months of the Mexican War Sam Colt's 1836 Patterson revolver in the hands of the Texas Mounted Rangers proved itself worthy in battle and demands for the pistol got the attention of the U.S. Government. When Captain Sam Walker of the Rangers publicly praised pistols Colt contacted him saying that with a military contract he could produce all the revolvers needed to win the war. He also said he could sell them for $25 dollars apiece at the same time he asked Walker for s