I think I’m going to try and find one of Piettas 1851 Navies (44) with the color case hardened frame and a standard 7.5 barrel. New if I can find...
I’m hoping to just take the steel frame with internals and mount the grip frame from this carbine on it, slip the cylinder and barrel on [ATTACH]...
I do, been married to her 58 years tomorrow. I cook she does the clean up. I take care of the yard, automobiles and house repairs. She does...
How interchangeable are parts on the Pietta revolvers. Could one expect the frame from an 1851 Navy in 44 steel be swapped out with a brass...
Somebody woke up cranky this morning. Heck guns are like women and Like Confederate Railroad sings in “Trashy Women” some of us like them a...
I’ve looked for a longer barrel, so far haven’t found any. Pietta doesn’t make one I don’t think. I’m wondering why there aren’t more of this...
So basically a 1800 hundreds gun or …….. ??
So is the general consensus here that the serial numbers are wrong also. It does list them in manufactured time frame. A parts gun from original...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Picked this up a few days ago in a LGS. Essentially a Pietta 1851 Navy fantasy gun in 44 caliber with a 12...
I’ve noticed on several of those sites no mention of HAZMAT Fees. What online dealer has one dealt with that didn’t carefully outline hazmat...
Just to play the devils advocate here, there was a reason the armies of the world move up from match to flint to percussion to self contained...
So are they still 45/70 or now 45/65. ;)
Dang. Just drove thru your area on my way to New England and home. A few weeks too early. Would love to attend one some day.
YouTube. Tons of how to videos. A video is worth a thousand words. ;)
No real info to back it up but looking at my 27’s 29’s and 25’s I don’t see any appreciable difference in appearance. Wouldn’t the steels used be...
It’s suggested by ATF and others that black powder be stored in cabinets or storage units, preferably wooden, that will easily destruct, in the...
Reminds me, for some reason or another, of Hopalong Cassidy, the 40/50’s tv series.
There’s a quote for that sort of reasoning, something about nose and face. Personal choice however. I use them for hearing aids and eyeglasses....
A 200 or 250 grain RNFP bullet over 28 grains of Goex 3f powder. The 250 has a slight edge in accuracy. Most fire these days from one of several...
Got two of those. Next to the ROA they are probably among the best percussion revolvers ever made. Sadly never issued during the ASW, from what I...
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