Please understand that I am not downing YOUR choices of firearms.
I would very much like to know the manufacturer and manufacture date of both guns.
Those are nice BBQ closet bling queens, but are not anywhere near historical insofar as repros go, and I am disregarding the laser engraving.
Your first one is an 1851 Navy brass framed .44 with what I perceive to be a 9"-10" barrel with a very long load lever. It never happened.
Your second one is an 1851 Navy .44 semi-fluted cylinder with a 4" barrel and short load lever. It never happened.
Any info you can supply will be very much appreciated, sir!
Regards,
Jim
Those are some fine looking shootin irons! I particularly like the grips.
Yes, the wood is very nice, much better than the quarter-sawn stuff that passes for wood these days. I like figure, probably from my days in the 60's as a kid looking at Fajen and Bishop catalogs.
Both are massaged Piettas.
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Regards,
Jim
Please understand that I am not downing YOUR choices of firearms.
I would very much like to know the manufacturer and manufacture date of both guns.
Those are nice BBQ closet bling queens, but are not anywhere near historical insofar as repros go, and I am disregarding the laser engraving.
Your first one is an 1851 Navy brass framed .44 with what I perceive to be a 9"-10" barrel with a very long load lever. It never happened.
Your second one is an 1851 Navy .44 semi-fluted cylinder with a 4" barrel and short load lever. It never happened.
Any info you can supply will be very much appreciated, sir!
Regards,
Jim
That’s some craftsmanship there. I’ve thought of making custom grips for my 1858 pietta. Something a little beefier would make it a little easier for me to grip I think.
Not intended to be historically accurate, but have you thought of checkering your new custom grip?
Is the silver one a nickle plate or stainless, there's one on Gunbroker claiming it's stainless?I'm gonna guess both are Piettas. I have the bottom one ... the silver one, and THAT one is Pietta. It is a "fantasy gun." The brass frame might be, most likely, a Confederate revolver of some type.
Thanks, momma's not going to be happy!!Stainless steel.
I like figure, probably from my days in the 60's as a kid looking at Fajen and Bishop catalogs.
Regards,
Jim
I'd bet you also remember the Montgomery Ward's of the North, Herter's?