[Marshal Kane]

Aside from being a bit lighter than the Walker, the Dragoon has a more reliable loading lever catch. It gets quite annoying to have the Walker loading lever come undone after firing a shot. Comparing the two, the Walker is a huge gun which it needed to be in the early days of revolver manufacture. Both guns, incidently, were originally carried in saddle holsters as carrying them on the hip tends to get heavy. I think you made the right choice and paid a fair price.