This single cavity iron bullet mold for the Colt Walker revolver is a rarity in Colt collecting with no more than 150 produced. One single cavity conical mold for every ten revolvers was called out in the original U.S. government Walker contract. As with this example, these molds featured a sprue cutter in the shape of a "tiller," a large flat, slightly domed hinge pin securing the right and left blocks, the right block hinged over the left block, and sprue cutter stamped "COLTS/PATENT" in an oval as well as with a small "P." These molds were blued. Per Robin J. Rapley in "Colt Percussion Accoutrements, 1834-1873" none of the limited number of surviving examples had "WAT" stamps as is true with this example. See pages 116-117 in the aforementioned book by Rapley to compare this bullet mold to the known Walker bullet mold pictured and discussed. The story of how the Walker single cavity bullet mold was discovered is discussed in James Serven's "Colt Firearms, 1836-1958," on page 83. For years the identify of the Walker bullet mold remained in obscurity until Serven obtained an original example that came with a Walker revolver from Aaron Pulhamus, who worked for Samuel Colt at Paterson and Whitneyville. A few years later Serven received a Walker gang mold from a Texas collector. These two molds matched exactly with the descriptions featured in the Colt-Walker contract and correspondence. The question to the existence of the Walker single cavity bullet mold had finally been answered, and now it is your chance to acquire this very rare Colt accoutrement.

Good as one of a limited number of surviving Walker bullet molds with a dark patina and moderate pitting. This is a rare opportunity to acquire an elusive Walker accoutrement.