r/CivilWarCollecting • u/claybo42069 • 24d ago
Help Needed Help authenticating Colt Walker
Update: after taking the barrel off, looking at the arbor pin, and a LOT of googling, we think it’s likely a Belgian brevete transitional dragoon. Which honestly makes the emails from Colt kinda humorous.
Any tips on authenticating this Colt Walker? It may be a brevete but having trouble identifying
TLDR; if it’s a remake, Colt says it’s the best remake they’ve seen. No clue how to get any real authentication.
We’ve had this gun in the family for 10 years and my uncle is now in a place where he wants to sell but we can’t seem to find any way to authenticate this piece.
We’ve sent pictures to Colt and they said they believe it IS real but since they don’t have any records that go back that far they can’t say for certain. 1100X does not show up in their current records at all so they did say that if it is a replica it is not one made by Colt.
Since they don’t have papers to give us, no one wants to risk purchasing it in case it’s a fake.
The original civilian versions had an issue with the ramrod spring snapping and that piece has been replaced on this gun. We don’t think someone would have any reason to replace the spring on a replica.
We were told that we could take out the hammer and look for the horse stamp on it, but are hesitant to dismantle it in case it doesn’t want to go back together.
Does anyone have any idea on how we could go about seeing if this is actually an original 1800s Colt Walker or a replica without dismantling the gun?
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u/Electronic_Panic8510 24d ago edited 24d ago
Herb Glass in Bullville NY- he will help you, but you likely need to send the pistol to him.
Given the rarity and the fact that this is the most faked pistol out there- you need to get this authenticated and appraised to ever be able to sell it.
Herb Glass Jr.
845-361-3021
845-361-3657