Recent content by sonnymiami

hello, can anyone tell me if the original colt burgess rifles had color case hardened or blued recievers ?

i think i`m to lazy to have to do the cleanup on the gun afterwards. plus i got two genuine colts, i won`t fire those. and all the other`s are over 20 years old, so i don`t want to fire those either. HA !

i like to collect them, but never fired one. although i`ve fired alot of smokeless catridge guns.

i am a collector not a shooter, but after reading this i started watching alot of video on youtube of C&B revolvers being fired and you know, i saw only one with a cap jam. and if cap jams were a big problem i think Wild Bill Hickok would have been dead sooner. since from what i`ve read he...

you might find this interesting. http://www.thefirearmsforum.com/showthread.php?t=32803

maybe it wasn`t done as a deception, if the number`s match up. it could have come from the factory that way.

that`s true, for a time in the 19th century colts did have a factory in london, at least. according to R.L. Wilsons book.

in the book the "colt heritige" i believe it does say there were some `51 navies that could be fitted with a shoulder stock. and the `51 was manufactured beyond 1860.

i hadn`t thought of that, your probably right. but i`m not in a position to buy anymore right now anyway. in my current state of finances it would be better to conserve. uhoh ! is right.

arcticap, what i mean though is also the large diverse selection that was available, all the confederate revolvers, leech and rigdon, dance bros. , lematt, to name a few. and union revolvers. also i checked with uberti and the paterson colt is no longer produced. and the long line of rifled...

SC slowhand, those look like great first generation pieces, are you sure it`s safe to shoot the `51 navy. wouldn`t you be concerned about the cylinder strength ?

foto joe, i never planned on shooting them so i`m safe from the urge.

arcticap i have no doubt they`re still selling them but there`s not the selection there used to be and "navy arms" a big distributer does`nt even offer them anymore. or CVA.

thank`s jaymo, i did check out the page for the howdah, it look`s effective, but not really my style. i like the revolvers best. i read up on pietta and it seems like some people have problems with them after a little shooting. i don`t know personally, i don`t own any of those.

http://s144.photobucket.com/albums/r180/sonnymiami/colts/ these are some pictures, they are for collecting. i have no plans to shoot them.