re: Anyone own any old Colt pistols (pre 1900)

I've got an 1847 Walker Colt reproduction that I really like. Shoot it a lot, but it is a reproduction. If it was original, I sure wouldn't be shooting it, though. Don't have any originals at all. To me, shooting an original Colt is kind of like throwing the football: Three things can happen and two of em are bad and one of em is really bad. But I'd love to have some originals just to take em out and handle em and look at em. They are beautiful.