Brutuskend
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Very interesting. Like a removable top strap/ site.
I like it!!
Buddy brought his 36 cal 1861... This is cool
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I like it!!
Brutuskend
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Speaking of odd balls. I was watching a rock island auction video online last night and they had a heavily engraved 1860 that was cut for a stock but only had 3 screws instead of the " normal" 4 you see on those . Is that as rare as I assume?
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Top strap isn’t removable to the best of my knowledge. It’s integral to the barrel forging.
Brutuskend
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Why the screws then I wonder?
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Huh! I’ve looked at those pictures a few hundred times and never even noticed the screws! Hah!
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No, it's not that rare and quite common. Colt never threw anything away. At some point they after they had stopped marketing shoulder stocks for their revolvers they were evidently left with a large inventory of frames that already had the milled cut-outs in the recoil shield but that had not been drilled for the fourth screw hole yet. Most of the revolvers made for the shoulder stocks were for military contracts anyway and they were simply not that well-liked or successful. Consequently, rather than to scrap those frames they just used them up in the three screw models so the mixed configuration shows up quite a bit.
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Brutuskend
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Thanks.
I needed that!
I needed that!
Tony50ae
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I just bought A Pietta 1862 Dance .44 engraved revolver from EMF. I won't get to see it for awhile as I am currently deployed lol! I saw a review on youtube about it. The black powder editor of the magazine guns of the old west did the review. Gun looked great and functioned well! Apparently the Dance is really based on a real gun made during the Civil War on the Confederate side. Though most were made in 36 caliber, there is a surviving example of one made in 44.
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Stay safe Tony. The knowledge that there are goodies waiting back home make it bearable... the guns help too. Semper Fi.
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Thanks and yes!
Brutuskend
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Nice pistol I bet. And semper fi from a old nam era jarhead.
Finally got my 1911 A1 today. Been wanting one since I first fired one back in ITR in '71!
Tony50ae
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Thanks for your service! My Dad was a Vietnam vet. Army. I was Army and now in the Guard. 29 total years of service. I bet that is a nice pistol! I have a soft spot for the 1911 myself. This revolver I bought will be my first black powder revolver, though I do own a Hawken rifle and also a single shot black powder derringer. I am excited about this revolver! Only have to wait several months to see and shoot it lol. It's a very early birthday present to myself lol! As much as I like modern guns, I have found myself gravitating to black powder.
Brutuskend
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Yea, I started off about 6 months ago with bp guns. Something else I had wanted since my days in the Corps, and now I have 8 revolvers, 1, early 1800's 12 bore SxS shotgun, 2, .50 cal. Hawkins, a .45 kentucy long rifle and I have a 1863 pattern remington rifle on the way.
Once you get started, you CAN'T STOP!!!
Once you get started, you CAN'T STOP!!!
Tony,
I bought a C&B revolver from EMF about a year ago. Just an FYI with EMF and online orders. EMF has a policy where they are required to call whoever placed the order online before shipping. I think one of the reasons they do this is to make certain the customer is an adult.
If you placed your order online with them and are overseas, I'd recommend you give them a call sometime and confirm your order over the phone with them.
Thanks for your service. Cap & ball revolvers are a ton of fun. What sunny hot place are you deployed at?
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Brother you have time on your hands! Haha!
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HI Tony!
I, too, am a huge fan 1862 J.H. (James Henry) Dance And Brothers revolvers and replicas of such. They did business at two locations in Texas until late 1863. Dance produced the .36 version based upon the 1851 Navy frame with a smooth cylinder and a part round/part octagon barrel, and the .36 was manufactured in far small numbers. The .44 version was based upon a frame that was larger than the Navy yet smaller than the Dragoon, in much greater numbers. I have five books totally about the Dance or have chapters designated about them. There are at least two more out there that I want.
I hope you are happy with your engraved Pietta Dance .44, but it is no where near historical. Pietta's Dance .44 uses a Navy frame that has had the entire water table cut down in order to fit the non-rebated .44 cylinder to the revolver. Here is a cylinder comparison:
.44 L, .36 R
That said, there is a long story about both the Pietta and Uberti Dance revolvers insofar as how they came to be, and your revolver was one of many to be the end product of this experiment.
My Pietta Dance .36 (BH/1995) SN C00013, 1 of only 35 produced marked 'Angleton Texas".
I won't delve into it here, but if you are interested I wrote a thread about them on a another forum about a year ago.
Replica 1862 J.H. Dance And Brothers .36 and .44 Revolver (Pietta and Uberti) (blackpowdersmoke.com)
If you have more questions, either start a thread about them or PM me.
Regards,
Jim
Tony50ae
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Yes I read that and found a solution to that problem. It should be shipping this week
Im currently in Kuwait and it's not hot yet, but it will be! Lol
I haven't been there yet. I spent 6 years (8 w/ IRR) in the Army Reserves back in the 1990's. I contracted for KBR in Iraq for 5 years and then Djibouti for 3 years.
I too read a bunch of Mike Beliveau's articles and watched a bunch of his youtube videos. He got me interested in Pietta Colt Revolvers.
My 1st C&B revolvers was a Pietta 1851 Remington NMA. I bought it and conversion cylinder in 2001. I shot it a few times, didn't really care for it and shelved it. Before heading to Djibouti in 2014, I decided I was going to shoot it with real blackpowder. Did a whole bunch of research, shot it, and was hooked!!!
Blackpowder is a ton of fun. For me it's a blend of history, shooting, and 4th of July fireworks. I think you'll get a kick out of it.
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