1863 Pocket Remington

I feel sorry for people that can't just go outside and start shootin.
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I plan to do just that this morning after breakfast...
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Easy…. I’m green with envy here guys!:D

There are people not far from me that do shoot on their property, but I think they have 80+ acres. I’m on one acre and have neighbors too close for me to be shooting.

We’re starting to get serious about where we’ll live in retirement. I’m insisting that we live some place where I can walk out back and shoot. Mrs. Grymster may have other ideas.:eek:

Meanwhile, I added the 1863 to my Christmas list. If Santa don’t bring it, I’ll probably buy one in January. Hopefully, I’ll have the conversion cylinder I ordered by then.
 
And so it begins

I see a thread about some gun I don't have.

I come back to it from time to time to see what is new in the thread.

I get to thinking about that gun.

I start to check to see if I can afford one or if I can find it on sale somewhere.

I don't think about whether I NEED it or not.

Remington .31 clone. Hmmmmm. Smaller than my .31 Colt replica. Hmmmmm.

Looks like a neat little gun...

And so it begins. :rolleyes:

The Doc is out now. :cool:
 
Well Doc - It's just like the rest of us - we don't "need" most of the stuff we have - but it sure is FUN! I do feel a bit sorry for Grym though as I would hate to have to shoot at a place with "r.o's"....
 
I do feel a bit sorry for Grym
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Thanks... but it's OK, I was born rich!... no... good looking? no... slender? no...:confused: hmmm.... it's OK I was born... well.... I'm gonna retire soon. Yeah that's it! And I plan to be able to walk out back and shoot, or fish, or....:)
 
Well bud for the time being you could join a local chapter of the Izaak Walton League like I did so that I would have a great place to shoot my Black Powder & what not, till I get the chance to clear a tract of my property for a decent shooting lane...
 
Kits and $ on the Remmie

The Possible Shop has the CVA kit listed at a good price, and Dixie now has the Brass and Nickle frames at $25.00 less than normal prices.

The Doc is out now. :cool:
 
outdoor range

Hi Grymster.

Are you aware of the outdoor range outside of Petaluma. TakeTomales-Petaluma Rd. past the Coastguard academy to Alexander Rd ,Turn right about 1/4 mile on left. Very hidden, No signs, You would never know it was there if someone didn't tell you.It goes out to about 300-500 yards I believe. Samco from Brentwood
 
samco,

I was not aware of that one. It's about an hour from me, same as the other outdoor range I frequent. But nice to know of.

Thanks!:)
 
I had been putting off ordering this gun until I got the conversion cylinder I ordered from Taylor's about a year ago. I contacted them a couple times and (when they bothered replying) they said they expected R&D to ship them soon. I got to thinking lately that I'd enjoy the gun with or without the conversion cylinder, so I finally ordered it yesterday (steel frame version) from Cabela's. Should be here on Monday. :)

Today I did a search and found a thread on THR dated 10/04/08 that indicates the cylinders may be available soon.

1863 Remington Pocket Conversion Cylinder

Either way, I'm looking forward to shooting this little puppy! :D

Did someone here say to use some sort of shotgun pellets for round ball?
 
grym, Not sure a cylinder conversion to 32s&w would be worth the price. 32s&w, if you can find them, are expensive and very anemic. I think you'd have more fun and less cost using bp and 0 buckshot. Probably more powerful than a 32s&w anyway, cuz you can fit more bp in the cylinder than can fit in the 32 case (32s&w was originally a bp cartridge). I have a 32s&w long revolver and it's nothing to brag about on the power side, and 32s&w is even weaker. Besides, bp rules!
 
I don't care about the price of the conversion cylinder, but would like to be able to shoot at one of the indoor ranges near me every now and then. The outdoor ones I know of are all at least an hour away. I have a box of 32S&W and I'll buy a few more plus the materials for reloading them.

I do plan to shoot mostly BP and ball.... because that's more fun! :)

I found a couple of posts on other forums stating 9 - 12.5 grains BP and #10 caps. Sound about right?

So will this buckshot work? Says it's hardened with antimony.

0 Buckshot
 
grym, softer lead is best. I would try the hardened buckshot, but wouldn't buy a lot of them at first. See how they work for you.
 
So it arrived from Cabelas yesterday. Took it down to the garage and unwrapped it. My first impression was that it was tiny…. and really cute! I checked out the action and found that cocking seemed to be a little rough, but the trigger felt pretty good and I figured the rest of the action would smooth out with some use. The cylinder timing at least appeared to be correct and the grips looked nice. The blueing was also well done and the barrel appeared to be threaded in such that the flat with the front sight on it was squarely on top.

Then my eye caught something that bothered me. It appeared the barrel was not parallel to the frame/cylinder. Holding it to the light I could see that the barrel canted off to the right by what appeared to be a couple of degrees. I pulled out a straight edge, laid it first on the left side of the frame, noted the gap at the end of the barrel, then checked the right side to confirm that the gap was much smaller.

I’m pretty disappointed in this and don’t look forward to the hassle of shipping it back and waiting for a new one. I run a manufacturing operation and understand well that QC is not perfect, but I really can’t imagine how an item with a defect so glaringly obvious to a cursory visual inspection, by even the least discriminating eye, could be shipped to a customer. I don’t get it! :confused::mad:
 
Do you mean that when you look at the pistol from the top, the barrels muzzle is pointing slightly to the right or that the flats of the octagon barrel isn't 100% square with the flat sides of the frame?

If it is just the flats of the barrel slightly off to the flats of the frame then there isn't anything wrong because I have both a Uberti & a Pietta '58's that have the anomaly & they both shoot wonderfully, but if the barrel is pointing to the right then there is definitely something wrong & Cabelas will gladly swap it out for you.
 
As Raider2000 suggests, you really should check the bore centerline alignment rather than the flats on the outside of the barrel.

The barrel is manufactured from round bar stock; the bore is drilled, reamed and rifled and then the exterior flats machined in place. It's entirely possible the error is in machining those flats, and you may not ever get a barrel that's perfect.

Machining the flats is the easiest step in the process, and it's also the easiest to screw up. It's also the least critical and as such may have large error tolerances, while the bore centerline is the most critical and would have the smallest tolerance.
 
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