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I know the Walkers and Dragoons were designed to disable horses but I'm not sure it was a requirement for the 1860 or 73.
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Again, I'd sure like to see a citation for that.
I've been researching this since I got my Walker at Christmas.
I am taking back The History of Colt Firearms to the library today and will pick up another inter library loan book on the subject while there.
I have gone over all the surviving correspondence between Walker and Colt and have seen nothing of design requirements from Walker concerning firepower requirements. In fact, Walker's input into the design seems minimal.
I still have to read through the patents.
Steve