Ironically enough, when Colt went into bankruptcy in 1844, a Texas Ranger named Walker met with Samuel Colt and helped him redesign the Texas Paterson as a heavier model called the Colt Walker.
Aimee Locke, a top Texas fundraiser for Walker, said she got no advance notice from the campaign, but said people in her network began to worry as CNN's new poll results showed Walker with less than 1% support nationally.