1860 Sheriff models came in!

[rbertalotto]

Got home from work tonight just to see Big Brown leaving my driveway! I stopped him as I knew the box from EMF was coming in and it needed an adult signature.

They are little beauties! Dropped the Kirst cylinders in and they index perfectly and are smooth as silk. Extremely impressed! The wood grips are a bit proud. These will need attention, but other than that I'm loving it!

 

[72coupe]

Very nice!!! Show us some targets.

 

[messerist]

Never a more handsome brace of revolvers have I seen. Good shooting.

 

[Foto Joe]

I'm not much on conversion cylinders but....come to think of it they make a nice addition to the Sheriff Model. I hardly shoot mine any more simply because the loading lever is a pain, litterally.

Just for grins, what kind of money do they get for conversion cylinders anyway?

 

[Ultravox]

Those are very nice!

 

[junkman_01]

Foto Joe,

I put a Taylor's conversion cylinder on my Pietta Sheriff's model 1860 and it cost $200. I bought the gun from Cabela's when they were on sale for $189 with free shipping.

 

[Old Fuff]

I hardly shoot mine (sheriff model) any more simply because the loading lever is a pain, litterally.

Take off the barrel, of just the rammer assembly, and go down to your local hardware store. They should be able to find you a peice of steel tubing that will just slide over and down the lever. A piece about 10 inches long should give you plenty of leverage and far less pain.

 

[Hoof Hearted]

Man........you got some really nice figure in those grips!
Congrats on the nice setup........
HH

 

[mulh222]

These are both 45 cal upgrade I presume? Very nice indeed!

 

[rbertalotto]

Yes, they are 45LC cylinders. The cylinders were bought from Gary Barnes
[email protected]

You need to email him for the prices. I promise his prices are THE best around........And very quick shipping. (Retail is $295 each, but email Gary for the price)

 

[Jaymo]

Those are nice. You need to send them to me for extensive testing.
I never was a big fan of the 1860 army, but I really like the 1860 sheriff. Something about that shorter barrel looks really good with that grip and frame.

Ya know what would be sweet? If Pietta, Uberti, et al, would do like Mossberg does with their shotguns and sell the Colt reproductions with both a full length barrel,
AND a short barrel. That way, you could swap the barrels out at will, to suit your needs.
That's one area where the Colt design has it all over the Remington, as much as I hate to say it.

 

[rbertalotto]

So today I decided to cut out the receiver for the loading gate. With these conversions, quite a bit of material must be removed to facilitate loading cartridges like an 1873 Colt SAA.

I started with a rat tail file, progressed to grinding stones in my Dremel and finished it off with fine sanding discs. It took over three hours! The second one will go much faster as now I know how much material must be removed, and it's a lot!

BEFORE:




AFTER:

 

[Gatofeo]

Very nice. I keep wondering about getting a Kirst conversion cylinder for my Uberti-made 1861 Colt. But then, it's fairly new and I haven't given it a decent workout as a cap and ball gun.

Very nice grips. Love the wood. And you did a wonderful job on removing frame metal for the cartridge cylinder. I wouldn't trust myself to do such a job.

A very nice pair. Let us know how they shoot. Presumably, you can use smokeless powder in the cartridges? Seems to me, that would be the route to go for ease of cleaning, yet still possessing the wonderful balance of the old Colt design.

Gorgeous guns. Let us know how they shoot.

 

[MCgunner]

Oh, man, that's nice. I'd probably keep it cap and ball, but I love the short barrel.

 

[rbertalotto]

Range Report.....

Cowboy 45 Special brass
170g Big Lube 45SLIM bullet
XXg Trail Boss
XXg Blackhorn 209

Both revolvers were shooting into 4" at 25' off hand. Functioning was perfect. Empty cases simply fell from the cylinders with no need for an extractor rod.

Nothing feels better in the hand than an 1860 Army!

Very pleased!