As a result, only around 1100 of them were ever made, though modern replicas are widely available (and are invariably what you'll actually see in films).
Overfilling it with powder was a common way to destroy a Walker, since the weapon couldn't handle the pressures of a full load of powder. The other being that the barrels had a tendency to rupture should proper care not be taken in maintaining the weapon. The first being that it was fucking huge and generally had to be holstered in the saddleit is possible to carry one in a belt-mounted holster, but it will get in the way of pretty much everything, and good luck drawing in any manner other than slow, awkward, and potentially unsafe (the later 1851 Navy was advertised as a "belt pistol" specifically because it was light enough to reasonably carry it on one's person rather than on a saddled horse). 357 Magnum, it was the most powerful handgun in the world and had an effective range of around 100 yards. In fact, prior to the introduction of the. Reapers dual-wield these as their weapon of choice in Persona 5.ĭeveloped jointly between Samuel Colt and Captain Samuel Walker, the Colt Walker (also known as the Walker Colt) was intended to be a sidearm that was extremely powerful at close range and capable of killing horses as well as men.He uses specialised subsonic ammo to silence it. In the Desperados series, Doc McCoy carries one that functions as a Sniper Pistol.Used in Who Framed Roger Rabbit by Judge Doom to kill R.K.There's also an 18 inch one briefly shown in his saddlebags along with various other rifles. Colonel Mortimer uses a 10 inch Buntline as his Weapon of Choice, even attaching a stock to it. Wyatt Earp wields one during the gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone.Wynonna Earp has the titular character carry Wyatt Earp's Buntline as an Ancestral Weapon known as " Peacemaker".
Thanks in part to the series The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp, when Colt reintroduced the Single Action Army, there was a demand for Buntline Specials, so it was effectively defictionalised.
However, the concept of a Single Action Army as a Sniper Pistol was too awesome to pass up and in popular culture, it tends to be Earp's Weapon of Choice especially during the gunfight at the OK Corral. Historical records find no evidence that Earp received such a weapon or ever even met Buntline. Originally described by author Sam Lake as having a twelve inch barrel in his fictionalised biographical novel, Wyatt Earp: Frontier Lawman, five of these weapons were apparently commissioned by dime novelist Ned Buntline as thanks for giving him material for his works, with one apparently going to Earp.
Basically a long barreled Single Action Army with a detachable stock, this one is unique among the examples listed in that its origins are largely apocryphal, although longer barreled Single Action Armies could be custom ordered from Colt at the time.