1858 'Bisley' cartridge conversion

[Michael Tinker Pearce]

Ran across a good deal on a Euroarms 1858 Remington cap-and-ball revolver. Did a bit of welding and reshaping on the grip-frame to make a grip similar to a Colt Bisley, made some Curly Maple grips and modified the hammer-spur to lower it. Then I fitted a home-made cartridge-conversion chambered for .450 Adams and cut a loading port in the recoil shield.

The result hangs from the hand nicely, and is quite pleasant to shoot.

 

[troy fairweather]

looks good , have u shoot from a rest to see what it will do.

 

[Michael Tinker Pearce]

looks good , have u shoot from a rest to see what it will do.

Just off-hand. I was testing it so I wasn't really pushing the limits on accuracy. I'll try for serious accuracy next time.

 

[troy fairweather]

i did a dixie gun works kit for the gun shop i do some work for, this looks very close to it.

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

Very nice.

I see your old EuroArms Remmie still has the very short front sight that they were putting on them back in the 1970s when I bought mine.

Before I bought a conversion cylinder for mine I was concerned because with the short front sight it always shot high.

I had a gunsmith cut a new dovetail and mount a taller Uberti front sight on it before investing in the conversion cylinder.

Have always been glad I did. It does not shoot high anymore.






The smith had to cut a new dovetail because the original dovetail was not big enough for the Uberti front sight.

With your smithing skills I'm sure you could cut a new dovetail yourself if you wanted to.

 

[Michael Tinker Pearce]

Howdy

Very nice.

I see your old EuroArms Remmie still has the very short front sight that they were putting on them back in the 1970s when I bought mine.

Before I bought a conversion cylinder for mine I was concerned because with the short front sight it always shot high.

I had a gunsmith cut a new dovetail and mount a taller Uberti front sight on it before investing in the conversion cylinder.

Have always been glad I did. It does not shoot high anymore.

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The smith had to cut a new dovetail because the original dovetail was not big enough for the Uberti front sight.

With your smithing skills I'm sure you could cut a new dovetail yourself if you wanted to.

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The gun shot to point of aim with .44 Colt, so I didn't see a need to change the sight. It will probably shoot the same with .450 Adams. We'll just have to see...

 

[Michael Tinker Pearce]

Wow- the long barrel really brings out the best in this cartridge! The gun still needs a bit of fine-tuning, but accuracy is quite good and the gun is a pleasure to shoot! Fired at 7 yards:

 

[Michael Tinker Pearce]

Re-lined and re-partitioned the gun's case. Came out rather nice!

 

[bannockburn]

Tinker

Nice conversion! Also like the new grip shape and of course the new grips to go with it!