Colt Walker help?

[Wolfsburg]

Hello gents!

I've been lurking around here for a while now and I hate that this has to be my first post. However, I figured this would be the best place to ask for help about a problem I have.

To begin with, I bought an Uberti Colt Walker last year. I found it to be a thing of beauty and I have yet to actually fire it (I know, I know). I keep it and another piece (an Uberti Schofield) in a foam-lined handgun case. Well, today I was showing both to a friend who had wanted to see them. While he was admiring the Schofield, the Walker was in the opened case and apparently it was placed more precariously than I thought. It apparently slid out of the open case (which was sitting on a slight incline), and clattered onto the concrete floor. I felt sick as my friend rushed to retrieve it. I didn't want to even look at it. The grip is dinged and it has a few little scratches on the heel of the grip strap and near the end of the barrel. Aesthetically, it could've been worse I guess, but I feel terrible about my now less-than-pristine Walker. I guess it has more "character" now...

My problem, however, is possibly more serious. I can't get the thing to cock! The hammer will pull back a little ways but it won't even half-cock! Any ideas of how I should approach this? Any suggestions? I have some thoughts but I figured I should ask before I rushed into anything.

[Abilene]

Possibly the wedge got driven in when it fell and now is too tight, binding the rear of the barrel against the cylinder.  Try tapping it back out a bit.

Yeah, those first dings bum you out, but you get used to it.  I recall back in 2000 I won a '73 carbine at a big shoot.  It was beautiful, charcoal blue with tigerstriped grain in the wood.  The first match I took it to, it was sitting in the guncart, not strapped down since it was just sitting, but the cart was on uneven ground and when I opened a drawer on it the balance shifted and as I watched it seemed like the carbine was falling out in slow motion, right into the gravel.     Dinged the wood and a couple good scratches near the end of the barrel (charcoal blue scratches easily).  But after that, I never had to worry about when it was gonna happen, just shot it and enjoyed it.   

[Flint]

Good suggestion by Abelene.  Remove the wedge or back it out to the hook to free the barrel and if the barrel will remove, try to cock it, remove the cylinder and test the hammer travel.  If the barrel is too tight, and the cylinder will now turn, place the rammer against the web between chambers and use the loading lever as a jack to start the barrel off the frame.

If just loosening the wedge a bit frees the cylinder and allows it to cock, you are OK, but it won't hurt to clean up the rough edges on the inside poarts and lubricate the action.

The Walker mainspring is tricky to remove.  Some put a thin piece of metal in the bottom of the "V" and strike it down out of the tab that holds it, some loosen the triggerguard screws and pull the triggerguard and spring off together from under the hammer.  Whatrever works without damaging the gun.  Smoothing up the rough surfaces and edges of the spring will greatly extend its life.

Beyond the mainspring itself, disassembly is the same as a SAA Peacemaker.

[Wolfsburg]

Thanks fellas! I was hoping it was something simple and it was indeed just the wedge. I guess it was hit when the gun fell to the floor. Now that the Walker is a bit dinged up, perhaps I'll be less reluctant to shoot it!