Dilemma: Aesthetics or Utility?
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DustyBottoms
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Thanks for the replies, gang!
You've definitely helped with my decision.
You're right - I don't think I'll be happy unless I get the gun I'm truly in love with: the 1860 Colt Army .44
My 10 second/10 minute comparison was just a guess - I've never fiddled with a black powder revolver before. I'm sure that once I have one and have loaded/reloaded it a few times I'll become more comfortable with it and get better at it.
As far as maximizing reload speed on the Colt goes, I suppose I could make my own paper cartridges. That ought to speed things up a bit.
About the Remmie being ugly - I don't really think it's that ugly. It's actually a pretty handsome gun.
Just not as sexy as a Colt
And Flathead:
GOOD LORD, MAN!
That is a beautiful collection of pistols!
(especially that little upside-down '61 with the ivory grips! Ooo, baby!)
You've definitely helped with my decision.
You're right - I don't think I'll be happy unless I get the gun I'm truly in love with: the 1860 Colt Army .44
My 10 second/10 minute comparison was just a guess - I've never fiddled with a black powder revolver before. I'm sure that once I have one and have loaded/reloaded it a few times I'll become more comfortable with it and get better at it.
As far as maximizing reload speed on the Colt goes, I suppose I could make my own paper cartridges. That ought to speed things up a bit.
About the Remmie being ugly - I don't really think it's that ugly. It's actually a pretty handsome gun.
Just not as sexy as a Colt
And Flathead:
GOOD LORD, MAN!
That is a beautiful collection of pistols!
(especially that little upside-down '61 with the ivory grips! Ooo, baby!)
flatheadsal
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thanks Dusty, most have been sold to finance my new obsession, old model Ruger Blackhawks, flathead
CajunPowder
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This is a great thread. Flatheadsal could have opened a museum with that collection or maybe just charged $100 for the chance to fire all of those at a range. I'm just wondering where the man's wife sleeps?
Get that colt and post some pictures of your grin if you can fit it on the screen!
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This is a great thread. Flatheadsal could have opened a museum with that collection or maybe just charged $100 for the chance to fire all of those at a range. I'm just wondering where the man's wife sleeps?
Get that colt and post some pictures of your grin if you can fit it on the screen!
madcratebuilder
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Did someone mention Colt?
Fingers McGee
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Here, try these on for size:
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DustyBottoms
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This is getting pornographic!...
Fingers McGee
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remtim said:
It's an F series 2nd Generation Colt Percussion made somewherre between 1980 and 1982. 1st, 3rd and 4th pictures are all 2nd Generation Colts. 2nd picture is mix of 2nd Gen, Uberti and Piettas.
CajunPowder
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Awesome Pictures
Great pictures, thanks for sharing them!
Great pictures, thanks for sharing them!
DustyBottoms
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Fingers, I am absolutely in love with those bottom 2 in your second picture - Ivory grips, half-fluted cylinders...
That's how I want to do mine, except I'm gonna nickel-plate the frame, strap, and guard - or silver-plate, I'm still undecided. Weighing pros and cons...
Where did you find the half-fluted cylinders?
I've googled for hours and hours and haven't found one.
Finally turned up this, though:
http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_434_435_441&products_id=13046
Plain cylinder, no etching.
That's how I want to do mine, except I'm gonna nickel-plate the frame, strap, and guard - or silver-plate, I'm still undecided. Weighing pros and cons...
Where did you find the half-fluted cylinders?
I've googled for hours and hours and haven't found one.
Finally turned up this, though:
http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_434_435_441&products_id=13046
Plain cylinder, no etching.
Fingers McGee
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Dusty, They came just the way you see them. They're Colt 1860 Lawman revolvers by Pietta. One of the pair is almost 20 years old and came from Cabelas as a cased set, the other is only about 10. Pietta still makes the Lawman with faux ivory grips; but it doesn't have the half fluted cylinder any longer. Dixie has the Pietta with the half fluted cylinder; but without the faux ivory grips. Dixie has some faux ivory 1 piece grips that look like they fit the 1860; but I'm not sure. A quick call to them might get you what you want.
VTI has the half fluted cylinder; but their prices are a little spendy now days.
Pietta also makes a nickel plated 1860 with half fluted gold plated cylinder that has white 2 piece grips that are prifliled like the trumpet bell Navy grips - I personally don't care for the extreme flare on most Pietta grips.
FM
VTI has the half fluted cylinder; but their prices are a little spendy now days.
Pietta also makes a nickel plated 1860 with half fluted gold plated cylinder that has white 2 piece grips that are prifliled like the trumpet bell Navy grips - I personally don't care for the extreme flare on most Pietta grips.
FM
DustyBottoms
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Found the half-fluted '60 at Dixie.
Definitely an option.
It would cost less than buying a '60 and the smooth cylinder,
but I'm kind of diggin' that smoothie.
VTI is out of the question. I'm not shelling out 95 clams for a cylinder.
I've seen that nickel-and-gold, but that's just a little too flashy for me.
And costly. As it is, I'm gonna end up spending over $400 on a $200 gun (yah, I'm going full custom - don't try to talk me out of it!)
I've got a real good idea of what I want, and have done probably a dozen or more mock-ups in Photoshop to help me figure it out.
I'll post pics of what I'm leaning towards - give me a minute...
The one on top represents silver-plate, the bottom nickel.
Can't show different cylinder styles - just gotta use your imagination.
This custom job basically entails a set of faux ivory grips, electroplating the frame, strap, guard, and possibly the trigger and hammer (still not sure about that) and bluing the charger (or rammer, or whatever).
Not sure about electroplating the cylinder - it looks pretty, but I think the blued might look more agressive. Plus, I've no idea the implications/ramifications of a 'plated cylinder. Although they come from the factory that way, so why not?
Definitely an option.
It would cost less than buying a '60 and the smooth cylinder,
but I'm kind of diggin' that smoothie.
VTI is out of the question. I'm not shelling out 95 clams for a cylinder.
I've seen that nickel-and-gold, but that's just a little too flashy for me.
And costly. As it is, I'm gonna end up spending over $400 on a $200 gun (yah, I'm going full custom - don't try to talk me out of it!)
I've got a real good idea of what I want, and have done probably a dozen or more mock-ups in Photoshop to help me figure it out.
I'll post pics of what I'm leaning towards - give me a minute...
The one on top represents silver-plate, the bottom nickel.
Can't show different cylinder styles - just gotta use your imagination.
This custom job basically entails a set of faux ivory grips, electroplating the frame, strap, guard, and possibly the trigger and hammer (still not sure about that) and bluing the charger (or rammer, or whatever).
Not sure about electroplating the cylinder - it looks pretty, but I think the blued might look more agressive. Plus, I've no idea the implications/ramifications of a 'plated cylinder. Although they come from the factory that way, so why not?
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flatheadsal
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hey RemTim thats a stainless 58 imported by a company in Florida, don't remember the co, don't have it anymore so I can't check, but I do remember it was stainless