Two new lovelies

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olyinaz

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Hope you don't mind if I show off my two new cappers!

The first is a Pietta 1851 Colt that I got in a Traditions starter kit. I'm sure that Pietta is capable of fine finishing but in this guise the pistol left a lot to be desired. While the grips looked to be saw mill rough cut at least they also looked to be finished in late 20th century dog poop - so I had that going for me. Add a brass frame milled with such sharp edges on exposed areas that I cut myself while cleaning the thing after our first outing and I was in hog leg heaven. Yippee.

I refinished the grips (as best I could - that dog poop wasn't giving up easy...) with Tru-Oil, worked some sharp edges here and there and removed a few burrs, then finished the brass areas with Brass Black because there's only so much bling I can stand on my firearms. I'll strip it back to brass and polish it when I get a front tooth capped in gold - that way it'll match. :D

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The second is an Uberti 1858 Remington that I just got yesterday. Man is she a looker! Charcoal blue barrel, case hardened frame and those tacky candy apple orange grips that the Italians seem to so love on these repro hogs. I wish the blue of the charcoal finish came through better in a photo because it's really lovely. The only mod I've made thus far is blacking the brass trigger guard and I think it fits in a bit better that way.

Thanks for looking!

Keep it safe.

Cheers,
Oly
 
Those are some really nice guns! The case hardening on that Remington is beautiful, kind of gray- brownish in the tone. Really great. I envy you :D

Daniel.
 
You know, I typically like Peitta's case hardening so much more than Uberti's. Just a lot more color.

But damn if that isn't a good looking gun. The nonbusy frame is just gorgeous. By the way when did Uberti start making shorty Remingtons. I nned to get a look at those.
 
>>>But damn if that isn't a good looking gun. The nonbusy frame is just gorgeous. By the way when did Uberti start making shorty Remingtons. I nned to get a look at those.<<<

It's not a current catalog item as far as I can tell. I got this one off of Gunbroker and it was the combination of color and the short barrel that grabbed me.

Edit: I've noticed that it was originally a Taylor's & Co. item but I don't see it in their catalog either.

Best,
Oly
 
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good lookin revs....I like how you blacked out the brass too, and charcoal bluing is a beautiful thing to do to a pistol, nice with the case hardend frame
 
Thanks y'all!

Shootin' report:

Remmie shoots where it's pointed which is nice. Hammer spring is heavy and the hammer top is rough, however, so it's hard on my thumb! The last surprised me because I've been shooting revolvers for better'n 25 years but by golly it's a tough bugger.

The '51 brasser shoots just fine but it doesn't shoot where it's aimed! By not where it's aimed I mean something like 10" high at 15 yards and that's with brass-friendly 25 gr. loads, so I'm not too happy about that.

All in all they're great to look at but not so great to shoot and that's a doggone shame! Hmmmm....

Suggestions/ideas gladly accepted.

Cheers,
Oly
 
I think the term is "poor craftsman". I'm not poor nor am I a poor man. At any rate, I was asked to report and that's what I did.

The Remington shoots to point of aim but it's not terribly pleasant to shoot given the very heavy spring - something I hope to rectify with high quality nipples and a more reasonable spring tension. I'll knock the sharp points off the stippling on top of the hammer as well - easy fix.

The Navy handles lovely but it's shooting so far from point of aim I may send it back to Traditions before I spend any more time on it.

Them's the facts.

Oly
 
The term is not poor craftsman, The term is a poor
workman, and i did not say YOU was poor nor did
i say YOU was a poor man, YOU said that not me.
 
The '51 brasser shoots just fine but it doesn't shoot where it's aimed! By not where it's aimed I mean something like 10" high at 15 yards and that's with brass-friendly 25 gr. loads, so I'm not too happy about that.
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That's always a potential problem with guns that don't have adjustable sights.
And the Colt sights are designed to be much like long range combat sights and shoot high to hit more distant man size targets.
Isn't the fix to either raise the front sight or to lower the back sight (file down the hammer notch)?
Perhaps a gunsmith can help out with those options?
 
Opening the sight notch in the hammer is a good way to bring the POI down. slight windage adjustment can also be made by filing one side or the other depending on which way the POI needs to go. I've also seen where a taller front sight post has been added to by silver soldering an extension to it.
 
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