ASM Walker - used and a bit buggered

[M. De Land]

Took a look at a ASM Walker today that is non functioning with a broken pawl nose and in need of timing. The barrel and chamber interiors were pristine but the nipple ports were hogged out some from turning into the hammer nose before it completely clears.
They wanted a 175.00 and I offered 100.00 but they wouldn't talk. Think I'll sit on it a few days and see if they get any interest and then try again. I'm sure I can make a good shooter out of it with some parts and repairs. Kinda like to try one out. Mike D.

 

[necchi]

Good luck,
I've had an eye out for a Walker for awhile now, the do seem to demand a little higher price.
FWIW, VTI stocks parts for ASM and Dixie stocks generic "Colt Reproduction" parts that will fit most with minor adjustment.

 

[curator]

The ASM Walker may be the least desirable of the Walker clones. I bought one several years ago at a gun show for $100 and later found that it had a .468 groove diameter bore with a 1 in 66" twist as well as .447 chambers. It would not hit the side of a barn from the inside. Not only are the internal parts soft and easily broken, the metallurgy leaves a lot to be desired. Can you make a shooter out of it? I did, but after a lot of work and extra expense. In retrospect, I would have saved money buying the Uberti.

 

[M. De Land]

Thanks for the information. I kind of like buying these wrecks and seeing if I can make a silk purse out of a sows ear. I learn all sorts of new things about how to work on them.
I actually like the small chamber diameters so they can be reamed out and made all the same size. Kind of hard for me to believe this guy wouldn't budge on a non-operating buggered up horse pistol.
This same fella would not budge on the model 62 police I bought earlier this year so the next time I went in I talked to a different sales person and he said sure, let me call the consignee on your counter offer. I got it for what I counter offered.
Actually after talking to you I think I was being generous offering a "C" note for the wreck! :grin: Mike D.

 

[Wes/Tex]

Unless "the nipple ports were hogged out" means something seriously mangled, the $100 price is fine. I always described the Walker as a 'horse anchor'...when I get a dumb look, I tell them tie it to the reins and drop it anywhere! :wink:

 

[M. De Land]

Yeah, no kidding they are "BIG", figured it would use up most of a Angus bull or moose hide to make a holster for the lum-ox!
I guess that sales person must be figuring the dead weight in scrap iron for the price he wants.

 

[Wes/Tex]

After dragging a couple around through the years, I smiled at your comments when the mental image of a walker in a shoulder holster gave me the image of walking John Wayne style! :haha:

 

[M. De Land]

Yeah, if you carried in a belt holster you'd need a little caster wheel on the muzzle to keep it out of the dirt as it drags along in trail along with a web harness to keep your pants up! :rotf:

 

[Heelerau]

I often carry a 3rd mod dragoon on the hip, but I do wear substantial braces !! and ride a big horse !!!!

Good luck with the Walker, post a picture when you get a chance

Cheers

heelerau

 

[M. De Land]

Well, finally got a new sales person to call the owner and he would not budge off the price.
I told the sales guy it was at best a parts gun and is simply not worth 175.00 dollars as a non-functioning gun.
I'll let the owner chew on it a bit and will try again in a few weeks if it is still there.
Don't really need or particularly want another project gun but will go a 100.00 to make a shooter out of it and get a chance to try one out. Mike D.

 

[zimmerstutzen]

The cost of an orphan brand gun of well known questionable quality, proves rather expensive against the improved metallurgy and quality control of current offerings.
If your goal is the "project" by all means have at it. To me it is like restoring a Yugo so you have a car to drive