Replica arms walker

[walruskid1]

I bought a package deal of five black powder revolvers today and one is a walker Dragoon made by replica arms Marietta Ohio. It looks to be in fairly good shape, needs a little bit of lock work but the barrel appears to be a Smooth Bore. Could somebody have bored the barrel out or did they ever make a Smooth Bore?

 

[Wes/Tex]

Never heard of a smooth bore variations from Replica Arms I had a Walker and an 1860 back in the day were good shooters though they were all tighter bored than modern copies now. Most did well with .451" or .452" balls. Navy Arms absorbed them in 1973.

 

[walruskid1]

After a good scrubbing, I have determined that is a Smooth Bore. There's not a sign of rifling in that Barrel.

 

[Grenadier1758]

I too would have expected to see rifling.

Can you measure the bore diameter and tell us the size? It may help to figure out if it was bored out smooth or never rifled during production. Measure the diameter of the chambers in the cylinder.

 

[rodwha]

I'm a bit curious about this also. I've wondered if such a critter would work well for small game but also wondered how the ATF would view a pistol bored smooth like that. Certainly none came that way so I'm not sure on whether or not it's legal.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Unlikely it was made by Replica Arms in Ohio. More likely imported from Italy or Spain by them. Smooth or rifled, these old style guns are, legally, non-firearms. The ATF doesn't worry about them.

 

[walruskid1]

I know they were just an importer. Uberti and armi San Marco were the manufacturers.

 

[robinsroost]

Rifleman is correct, the federal government and three of the states where I worked as a LEO, (Indiana, Florida and Tennessee), Designate any gun using black powder, or a BP substitute, Incapable of being loaded from the breach, and manufactured at around 1800, or earlier, or a copy thereof, as an antique weapon. They are not considered a firearm unless used in the commission of a crime. Curiously, some states allow a convicted felon to hunt with a BP gun because of this definition. Keep yer powder dry..........robin :hmm:

 

[wulf]

I had a Walker and it was rifled !

Wulf

 

[bob308]

another way is could have been made for the European market. I have seen a few enfield repros with smoothbore because they are not allowed rifling.

 

[walruskid1]

Tomorrow is going to be a trip to the log cabin and see if they can possibly hook me up with a barrel. I have no use for it as a Smooth Bore.

 

[m-g willy]

POWDER,,WAD, BIRDSHOT seal it in with wax,, and go do some wing shooting....Or get a barrel liner and glue it in.The good thing about a barrel liner is you can measure the cylinder mouths and get the perfect size liner.

 

[99whip]

Did you drive a slug down the bore and see if any rifling marks showed up on the slug? Although the ASM and Uberti guns I have tend to have very deep rifling.

 

[bob308]

you could get the barrel relined.

 

[TFoley]

'not allowed rifling'?

What are the nineteen rifles in my gun safes doing there, then?

tac

 

[hawkeye2]

If you are interested in relining the barrel contact Gary Barnes (HoofHearted). He does fantastic work on revolvers.
http://www.cartridgeconversion.com/Home_Page.php

 

[AZbpBurner]

Unlikely it was made by Replica Arms in Ohio. More likely imported from Italy or Spain by them. Smooth or rifled, these old style guns are, legally, non-firearms. The ATF doesn't worry about them.

Replica Arms was an importer & not a manufacturer. My Replica Arms / Marietta, OH- marked 1860 & 1861 colts were both made by Uberti in the late 60's. Replica Arms later became Navy Arms.

 

[walruskid1]

It ended up at the log cabin, Mr Kendig said it was going to end up in a shadow box as a display. It was a Smooth Bore and the chambers were actually cone-shaped.