I am searching for a replica of this pistol for a Lonesome Dove Display I am putting together. Anyone beside Uberti make a (Firing or non-firing) replica of this pistol?
Of course that price is because that's all the Japanese can have is non firing models. But for that insane above price, you could get a FIRING one on Gunbroker.com firearms auctions for much less. Or as Fingers mentioned he has one for sale here at the black powder buy sell trade forum for $350.00 which is $80.00 less than the NON firing Japanese Walker model.
Would you settle for this NON firing 2nd model Dragoon for $89.00 instead of the actual Walker? Perhaps you could modify it to look like a Walker. The only basic differences are a slightly shorter cylinder and barrel (I think) and the rammer has a different catch. http://www.historicreplicaguns.com/colt-dragoon.html
I have an ASM 1847 Walker that I have been thinking about selling. I bought it about a year ago and have not fired it yet. It is in good condition. If you are interested I could send you some pictures.