| 159 BREVETE”. Spring-loaded loading lever. Six-shot cylinder with moderate tendril engravings, the front marked “NG” and “N GILON”. Unmarked frame. Good timing and mechanics. Trigger guard and front strap brass. Serial number on the underside of the barrel extension, frame and trigger guard as well as on the bottom strap of the frame. Moderately reworked walnut grips. The entire surface reworked, while maintaining all original markings. Partly some minor pitting and bumping. Overall length 39.5 cm. In “Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms” (8th edition) the author calls the Colt Walker on page 72 “...the greatest prize of any Colt collection”, referring to the fact that hardly 10% of all Walkers ever made have survived to this day. This gun is an as-rare Walker built under license in Belgium. In their reference book “Colt Brevete Revolvers”, Tucson, AZ, the authors Marcot and Paxton mention only three Walkers built under license known to exist , one of which also made by Gilon in Liège. See pages 40, 66ff., 147 and 334). Thus it appears justified to say that this revolver is the fourth known such licensed make worldwide - they don’t come any rarer than that! Marcot/Paxton’s book is included. Erlaubnispflichtig. 306123 II - € 12.000
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