ASM Walker questions

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Picked up the ASM Walker off Gunbroker last week, it was advertised as a Uberti in the white unfired but no box. Got it today, it's a 1979 ASM with what looks like stainless cyl and barrel. I cant imagine a handled gun lasting 40 years in the white with no corrosion or blemishes especially with how tarnished the brass is. Did they come from ASM in stainless? As for being unfired I believe that's correct no burn Mark's on the forcing cone, nipples, hammer, or crown, bore and cylenders are spotless. Any info is appreciated. Thanks
 

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Someone could have used metal polish on it in order to sell it, and polished it up bright.
If it were a stainless gun then [usually] the entire frame would also be stainless.
A magnet could be used to test the barrel & cylinder to see if it's non-magnetic stainless.
ASM did make a non-magnetic stainless steel 1860 Colt but I don't know about a Walker.
It does look like a very nice Walker and a great buy.
 
I checked the cylinder and it is not magnetic, but the barrel is. While I was in the locker I checked my stainless Savage rifle, and that barrel is magnetic also.
 
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I polished this matte blued Essex 1911 frame when it started to show signs of rust forming on it. I did this over 30 years ago and left it in the white all this time. Haven't done anything to it since then and it still looks great!

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Good to know thanks, I polished the haxagon barrel on my Traditions Deer Hunter and within a day rusty finger prints started to show up before it was blued. So I honestly didnt know how long an in the white finish would last.
 

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I checked the cylinder and it is not magnetic, but the barrel is. While I was in the locker I checked my stainless Savage rifle, and that barrel is magnetic also.

That is interesting.
That indicates with some certainty that at least the cylinder is stainless.
Can't say that the barrel is or isn't, but it could be.
It's also curious that the gun was mislabeled about being an Uberti.
Maybe it's a mix of parts, maybe not.
I found the auction and see that the serial numbers are the same on the barrel and frame.
You have some kind of a rare bird there.
Someone may have considered it to be a collectible to never have fired it.
And no one really knows which outfits that ASM could have made parts for back in those days, or who they could have obtained parts from.




Vintage 1847 Walker Colt by Uberti. Never been used, thus still un-fired. Barrel Length: 9" Caliber: 44 Cal Capacity: 6 Weight: 4.5 Lbs Overall Length: 15-3/4" --->>> https://www.gunbroker.com/item/797211383

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That's it! It does seem to be a unique weapon. Only wear on it is the blueing on the back strap is worn, rest of the gun has no indication it's been fired. The seller stated black powder isn't his thing and he acquired it 2 years ago in a trade and he was told it was a Uberti from the previous owner. I looked online but didnt find much information, other than 3 other ASM Walkers listed as being 2 "Stainless" and 1 "Stainless like". Its stamped Armi San Marco on top of the barrel in the same place the Colt address would have been, then under the loading lever is the .44 black powder only, made in Italy stamping. It still has packing grease in the loading lever and arbor.
 
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Looks cool. I have never ever seen a stainless Walker. Whether it is or it isn't, that is a unique pistol.

I have had two ASM Walkers and was very pleased with them and only moved them on for great trades. Some day I will have two Walkers with BPM conversion cylinders in pommel holsters for my saddle.
 
There are different types of stainless, it all depends on the alloy and the chromium content and or nickel being used. I have seen several types of stainless that a magnet will stick to, not very strongly but still enough to stick. That is a really cool Walker.
 
Aware of the difference grades stainless I used to work in the fabrication business, i just have no idea what alloy is used for firearms, and if this is just really well done polished bare or stainless. Previous owner said he never polished it in his 2 years of ownership. It's an interesting peice either way. That and gray case coloring, all the others I've seen have had much more robust coloring.
 
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Here's a thread from 2005 about an ASM Remington with a non-magnetic stainless steel frame that looked like it was coated with epoxy paint.
Its serial number began with the letter "E".
At first I thought the frame might be aluminum because it wasn't magnetic.
It just goes to show that there can be highly unusual Armi San Marco guns. --->>> https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/asm-remmy-with-aluminum-frame.543951/
 
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The EMF catalogs I have list Remington 1858 reproductions (ASM) in Stainless but only list Walkers in blued and nickel finishes.
 
The EMF catalogs I have list Remington 1858 reproductions (ASM) in Stainless but only list Walkers in blued and nickel finishes.

However since they used mismatched parts they didn't make it all stainless.
Maybe it was because they were on their last leg before closing down.
And not many C&B guns are made from non-magnetic stainless.
They're relatively few and far between, at least that I've ever heard about from most reports.
 
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