He obtained two examples for himself and is the primary source for information about their performance during the war and afterward. Medical officer John "Rip" Ford took a special interest in the Walkers when they arrived at Veracruz. The Colt Walker was used in the Mexican–American War and on the Texas frontier. 44–.45 caliber revolver would be carried in saddle mounted holsters.
He approached Colt, requesting a large revolver to replace the single-shot Model 1842 Percussion Pistols then in use. In 1847, Walker was engaged in the Mexican–American War as a captain in the United States Mounted Rifles. 36 revolver, and Samuel Walker became familiar with it during his service as a Texas Ranger. The Republic of Texas had been the major purchaser of the early Paterson Holster Pistol (No. 5 model), a five shot cal. This makes this the most expensive single firearm ever sold at auction. As reported in America's 1st Freedom magazine in July 2018, a Model 1847 Colt Walker pistol – the only known surviving example complete with its original case – was sold by Rock Island Auction for a record price of $1.84 million. On October 9, 2008, one specimen that had been handed down from a Mexican War veteran was sold at auction for US$920,000. Only 1,100 of these guns were originally made, 1,000 as part of a military contract and an additional 100 for the civilian market, making original Colt Walker revolvers extremely rare and expensive to acquire. He was killed in battle the same year his famous handgun was invented, 1847, shortly after he had received them. Samuel Walker carried two of his namesake revolvers in the Mexican–American War. Walker wanted a handgun that was extremely powerful at close range. The Colt Walker was created in the mid-1840s in a collaboration between Texas Ranger Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker (1817–1847) and American firearms inventor Samuel Colt (1814–1862), building upon the earlier Colt Paterson design.
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