What was your very first percussion blackpowder revolver?

62 pocket navy I think https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1...evolver-36-caliber-65-barrel-steel-frame-blue

Yes I still have it I bought it because it looked nice at the time in CA I could buy it and walk out same day Xmas present to myself.

I was into BP muzzle loaders before but a story on FrugalSquirrel got me interested in BP revolvers and especially the 58.

Chapperal challenge was the name of the story on FS not sure if its still available or on my spelling for that matter.

Also I was complaining on GIM about its reliability and how could the west could ever have been won with this type of unreliable tool when someone there recomended I visit THR.

My first was also a Uberti Remington 1858 New Army .

Mine was also a 1858 Remington New Model Army. I got it my Freshman year in High School. It was a learning experience.

Ultimately, it wasn't a good revolver. Of its many problems, the barrel had been screwed in too far at the factory. The result of that was that there was no way of sighting it in. unfortunately, I didn't realize that was the problem until I had used it too much to make unscrewing, and shimming, the barrel impossible.

A Euroarms '51 .36 brasser for $39.95.
I bought it just because it was pretty and cheap just the way I like guns ... and women.

Pietta 1851 Navy .36, probably about 25 years ago. I bought it 'cause it was cheap. I still have it.

Only Pietta that I have, all the rest are Uberti.

Pietta 1858 "Target" model.

It has adjustable sights, and I did a veritable metric ton of research and decided that for a first percussion gun it was going to be a Remington pattern. Because Rugers are too expensive!

Yes, I still have it, although I haven't shot it as much as I would like!

I am involved with cap and ball revolvers because I got some Cabela's gift cards for Christmas 2017! I'm still brand new to black powder!

Navy Arms ‘62 pocket navy .36
Happened I was at a LGS and it caught my eye(having just watched Jose Wales), bought it and Black Powder fever just kept going from there.

When i was in high school i bought a cheap '51 navy .36 kit gun. I assembled it quickly and crudely, and promptly started shooting it. Alot.
Fast forward about 30 years, and i bought a Uberti '58, and then a Pietta sheriff's model '58.

Armi San Marco Remington 1858. It was OK. Soon after I got a ASM Colt 1860. I have neither one today. This was about 25 years ago, and ASM was trending downward in quality ... pretty soon I discovered Pietta and Uberti and have pretty much stuck with them except for Palmetto's .36 Whitney Navy and their Colt Roots. Neither is especially high quality, but they're interesting guns to own.

My first one was a Navy Arms Remington New Model Army with target sights that was made by Pietta. I bought it in 1982 and I still have it. The frame and grips on it are smaller than those on the much newer Pietta made Traditions fixed sight Remington that I picked up at Bass Pro Shops a few years ago.

My first cap and ball revolver was an 1858 Remington by Armi San Paolo, purchased in the early '80s. I still have it, but it and a Hunter holster for sale.

1860 Army cased set from Dixie Gun Works , in the mid '60s imported by Replica Arms. The gun was stolen but not the case or accessories.

I had been playing cowboy action for 5 years when a fellow competitor suggested that I swap my IAC Sharps .45-70 for his two SS fixed sight 7 1/2” ROAs. It was an equal value swap at that time. I was not shooting the Sharps so I agreed. Still got ‘em, as well as a 5 1/2” pair. My first non-ROA cap gun purchase was a Traditions 1860 Colt Army, to match one that I had won in a raffle. Those left the collection years ago.

Pitta 1862 "Metropolitan Police". 36 caliber 6 shot 5 1/2 inch barrel. May not be historically correct but great fun.

I was looking for a pistol to carry as a finisher during BP season. I found this one online for a good price. It looked like it was well balanced and would be fun to shoot. It was and still is. Plus it got me hooked on BP revolvers.

IronHand

My first black powder revolver was a Navy Arms Remington Model 1858 New Model Army. Think I paid around $79 for it new. Would have loved a replica Colt Model 1860 but at the time I think it was a lot more money than the Remington. Sold it when I needed money for school.

ClemBert

Love the color case hardened frame on your 1858 Remington!

Afternoon all!
Not that many years past, I had to switch to Black Powder due to a bad case of the 'Tin Ear'. I've not looked back since. I'm grateful that I can enjoy the 'Boom!' of my revolvers. The first of which is this Beauty, a modified Uberti Walker (sights and loading lever + 2 more BP cylinders and a Taylors cylinder). Mike from Goon Works also performed his magic on it and it is a total joy to shoot.

ClemBert said:

Here's the flip side.

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Bummer.
Despite enlarging your photo to the max, i cant see the make of the gun or the saddle.

ClemBert

Thanks for the flip side look! There's just something about a color case hardened frame that makes a gun look great!

CVA Colt 1861 Navy (fantasy model) .44 brass frame. Purchase as a kit back in the very early 1980s. Still shoots good but getting a little retarded timing, probably time for a new hand.

When I lost about everything many moons ago, I bought a CVA .44 "Reb" navy. Had a brass frame, octagonal barrel and no safety pins between the nipples. But it was new and it was cheap. Although I had my duty weapon, I wanted something for treks in the woods and fishing, but was quite broke and couldn't afford even a decent .22 handgun. It was the beginning of a love affair with BP and history. Although the CVA wasn't "historical", it led my interest into historical firearms. I carried it until the blue wore off, and got pretty good with it. I traded it to an Amish friend that makes me 19th century horse tack and belts. He still uses it to kill hogs and when he goes BP season deer hunting. That gun is about 23 years old now, with an innumerable amount of rounds shot and it should be named the Energizer Bunny because it just goes on and on. Using .30 grains 3F, the frame has not stretched.