Walsh navy revolver

[the Black Spot]

Be interesting if a reproduction of the walsh twelve shot navy could be manufactured.

[rodwhaincamo]

Watched Forgotten Weapon's video for it and the .31 cal version. Interesting!

However the hungry Civil War soldier who couldn't kill a pig with the .36 cal despite several attempts at point blank sounds rather worthless.

[Model12Win]

No.

It's Colts and Remingtons for you.

Get used to it.

[Hawg]

Be interesting if a reproduction of the walsh twelve shot navy could be manufactured.

Not going to happen.

[the Black Spot]

Yep, highly doubt it.....be kinda cool though

[rodwhaincamo]

Quite pricey to make no doubt. And not so easy to clean those further ignition channels.

Something I considered was the talk about chainfires. As I'm not so sure anything would have been placed under the ball back then it begs the question of it occurring.

I've only been around one chainfire and it was with my father. He used a felt wad.

The flip side is how difficult it seems for a flame from one chamber to twist around and flow down another's nipple hole, especially if it's capped loose or not.

[Model12Win]

There will never be a "new" designed reproduction revolver. Just not profitable.

The market is saturated with Remington and Colts, and that is because it is what the people (mainly cowboy shooters and civil war reenactors) want. There won't ever be repro Walshes, Adams, Beaumont, etc. etc. because they're just too obscure. Pale Rider and John Wayne didn't carry Walshes. These guns aren't on anyone's radar, and no company will make repros of long forgotten guns when famous ones like the Colt, Remys, LeMats, are to be had.

[noelf2]

There will never be a "new" designed reproduction revolver. Just not profitable.

Never say never... Every now and then, the Italians make a new and different replica(ish) gun, just to see what happens.

[Model12Win]

Originally Posted by noelf2

Never say never... Every now and then, the Italians make a new and different replica(ish) gun, just to see what happens.

What, another Colt with a slightly different cosmetic feature to mimic one of the small production Confederate contract guns? (Dance Bros., etc.)?

[noelf2]

Pietta did an 1858 Starr revolver. Didn't take off well, but they did it, probably because it was in Unforgiven. All it takes is a popular movie to get the ball rolling. Other popular "never will" type statements usually come back to haunt the stater. Just sayin, nothing is that definitive. An Allen and Thurber pepperbox (better than the CMC ones) is not a far fetch. It wouldn't sell like the Colts and Remmys, but there would be some interest IMHO.

[Trum4n1208]

I don't think we'll see a repro of the Walch Navy revolver. It looks like it would be a complicated revolver to produce, and probably wouldn't make enough money to justify all the work required to get it into production. I wish that weren't the case, but I'd be willing to bet money on it.

[4V50 Gary]

Can a larger frame revolver be adapted with a new,cylinder and bolt? Not cost effective tbough.

[Hawg]

Can a larger frame revolver be adapted with a new,cylinder and bolt? Not cost effective tbough.

Not likely. The Walsh used superposed loads and had two hammers and two triggers.

[rodwhaincamo]

And those crazy additional ignition channels.

[James K]

I can't see any big demand for a repro of the Walch (not Walsh) revolver; it would be expensive to make and worse can easily be loaded incorrectly, making it both dangerous and unreliable.

Of course, I am on record as once saying that repros of the LeMat would be too expensive and have no sale, so I was wrong there.

Jim

[noelf2]

Of course, I am on record as once saying that repros of the LeMat would be too expensive and have no sale, so I was wrong there.

Well the LeMat was present in several movies over the last 20 years or so, so interest was peaked. I swear, if Pietta, Uberti, and Pedersoli invested in a refreshed spaghetti western genre, they could sell a lot more, and different guns...