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Posted: 7/27/2011 8:08:10 PM EDT
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Just finished these today for a pard on the Cas city forum........
One of these two Walkers was brand new and the other probably 20 years old! Quite a bit of work including furniture but they are OUTSTANDING! 
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| Conical projectiles in the 220-230 gr range were also commonly used and by the civil war were the standard for Colt pistols. The heavier bullet gave it a bit more punch. The earliest conicals for the Walker Colt had no lube groove. The later Walker/dragoon conicals had one and then later, two lube grooves. |
You should look into the .45 BPM. 
EDIT: I just noticed that this is an older thread, but it was on page one... So whatever. I still think it's a cool thread. 
2nd EDIT: And there's a thread about this very conversion a few threads down. I'll admit I fail at posting. 
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I actually built that LONG before he did (but I used a 2nd gen Colt Dragoon with the forcing cone cut back to allow the Walker cylinder.
The guy that put that on Wikepedia had Dave Clements ream one of our cylinders with a 460 S&W reamer, then he spent months shooting it tied to a tire and slowly working up a load. Pretty funny..............I just stuffed mine full of 3f swiss and pulled the trigger, WHATEVER! Now he's famous for having someone else do something and claims he was the "inventor". Gotta Love Wikepedia 
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