are there da bp revolvers
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rcmodel
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Black powder can be used in any DA revolver.
BP Cowboy action loads are available in many common claibers:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...&parentType=index&indexId=cat20837&hasJS=true
Course cleaning a DA after shooting BP loads is gonna be a little bigger chore then most guns.
There are DA cap & ball revolvers if thats what you are asking about:
http://www.dixiegunworks.com/produc...=1848&osCsid=197169b507cf35a8b401703696141547
None for a $150 bucks though I betcha!
rcmodel
BP Cowboy action loads are available in many common claibers:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...&parentType=index&indexId=cat20837&hasJS=true
Course cleaning a DA after shooting BP loads is gonna be a little bigger chore then most guns.
There are DA cap & ball revolvers if thats what you are asking about:
http://www.dixiegunworks.com/produc...=1848&osCsid=197169b507cf35a8b401703696141547
None for a $150 bucks though I betcha!
rcmodel
oneshooter
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The Adams & Trantor was an English double action percussion revolver. The revolver had 2 triggers, the lower operating the cylender and hammer and the upper releasing the hammer. There were a few repops built a number of years ago, but I haven't seen for sale in a long time.
I would post a pic, but the "manage attachments" dosn't seem to be operating.
Oneshooter
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I would post a pic, but the "manage attachments" dosn't seem to be operating.
Oneshooter
Livin in Texas
rcmodel
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If you are too young to buy a Model 19, buying a BP revolver for self-defense probably isn't a very good idea either.
rcmodel
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FSCJedi
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I believe to the contrary, rcmodel. If he or she is not yet 21, buying a C&B revolver may be the only option for a self-defense pistol. If it is for home defense, though, I would recommend a shotgun since it is easily purchased, easily cleaned, and easy to learn to use accurately.
I've said this before, and sometimes it starts a CrapStorm, but just because you do not need a permit to buy or own a BP revolver, it does not mean that you are able to carry it as a concealed weapon. Maybe I'm wrong concerning your state or region but you should check it out before you get into some trouble.
Mike OTDP
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Back to the OP...there were several DA revolvers. The British-made Adams and Tranter designs were the most popular, but the Starr was also made. The only repro available is of a Starr - and they have a lot of problems.
My advice is to buy a repro Remington. Contact the North-South Skirmish Association - they are the experts with the percussion revolvers.
My advice is to buy a repro Remington. Contact the North-South Skirmish Association - they are the experts with the percussion revolvers.
Speedo66
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I believe the .38 Spl may have originally been a black powder round, so some older DA Colts and S&Ws may fit the bill.
Cartridges, but black powder rounds.
Cartridges, but black powder rounds.
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bonza
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Here's my DA C&B revolver. It's a very nicely made copy of an Adams. Five shot .34 caliber, engraved, with a lanyard ring on bottom of grip.
I think it's European, but there's not a single manufacturer's or proof mark anywhere on it, so I think that would rule out England or Beligium.
I think it's European, but there's not a single manufacturer's or proof mark anywhere on it, so I think that would rule out England or Beligium.
Smokin_Gun
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The '51 Cooper DA is resembles the 1851 Marshall or Sheriff...
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kBob
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Smokin Gun,
Thanks for this '51 Cooper. I saw one a decade or mor ago at the Air Force Armaments Museum near Ft.Walton Florida and my Google Fu was not strong enough to find out a thing about it. I seem to recall the card Identified it as a .36 cal Cooper and nothing else and no one there that day knew didly about it.
I did wonder how they could fit a DA mechanism into what appeared to be a Colt 1851 sized frame.
Were they DA Only or selectively with SA?
How many were made and through what dates?
Have there been any repros?
more! More!
BTW you seem to have triple posted, though the first post failed to show the Cooper.
-Bob Hollingsworth
Thanks for this '51 Cooper. I saw one a decade or mor ago at the Air Force Armaments Museum near Ft.Walton Florida and my Google Fu was not strong enough to find out a thing about it. I seem to recall the card Identified it as a .36 cal Cooper and nothing else and no one there that day knew didly about it.
I did wonder how they could fit a DA mechanism into what appeared to be a Colt 1851 sized frame.
Were they DA Only or selectively with SA?
How many were made and through what dates?
Have there been any repros?
more! More!
BTW you seem to have triple posted, though the first post failed to show the Cooper.
-Bob Hollingsworth
Tomahawk674
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That double action cooper is amazing, how come they weren't tremendously popular, or enter service in the civil war?
Was the DA mechanism not reliable enough?
Was the DA mechanism not reliable enough?
This is my double action/lever action Savage & North
I'd like to find one of these (any relation to the owner, Bob Hollingsworth?)
...Rare Prototype Colt Model 1860 Army Percussion Revolver with Mershon & Hollingsworth Cocking Device
Serial no. 3803, .44 caliber. Standard cylinder and 7 1/2-inch barrel with New York markings. Custom brass frame with case-hardened hammer and oil-finished walnut grips. Right side of frame with circular German silver fitting inscribed: Mershon & Hollingsworth/Sept. 8th 1863. Left side of frame fitted with wheel-shaped steel panel cocking device with folding rim. Evidently designed to create a self-cocking revolver similar to the later British Fosbery revolver. Rear of frame with fire-blued lever engaging the hammer and evidently serving as a safety. Elongated hammer.....
http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php?topic=22463.0
I'd like to find one of these (any relation to the owner, Bob Hollingsworth?)
...Rare Prototype Colt Model 1860 Army Percussion Revolver with Mershon & Hollingsworth Cocking Device
Serial no. 3803, .44 caliber. Standard cylinder and 7 1/2-inch barrel with New York markings. Custom brass frame with case-hardened hammer and oil-finished walnut grips. Right side of frame with circular German silver fitting inscribed: Mershon & Hollingsworth/Sept. 8th 1863. Left side of frame fitted with wheel-shaped steel panel cocking device with folding rim. Evidently designed to create a self-cocking revolver similar to the later British Fosbery revolver. Rear of frame with fire-blued lever engaging the hammer and evidently serving as a safety. Elongated hammer.....
http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php?topic=22463.0
Smokin_Gun
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Cooper Da 1862-1869
Here's whatI got on the Cooper...
Sorry bout the Tripple Postings ain't as good an editor as I am Shootist!
http://www.jlkstamps.com/guns/cooper.htm
http://www.cornellpubs.com/Templates/Cooper Revolver 1865.htm
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Here's whatI got on the Cooper...
Sorry bout the Tripple Postings ain't as good an editor as I am Shootist!
http://www.jlkstamps.com/guns/cooper.htm
http://www.cornellpubs.com/Templates/Cooper Revolver 1865.htm
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Loyalist Dave
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I believe the Starr was originally a double action, BUT they went quickly to making a single-action as the double had some function problems. Due to patents, it's capable of replacing a whole cylinder as with a Remington, but swiveled the barrel away from the reciever to release the cylinder, instead of removing a pin as with the Remington.
The repros are single action variety I believe.
LD
The repros are single action variety I believe.
LD
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My understanding is some replica Starr revolvers are double-action, although some single-action models are also available. I believe Pietta offers a DA Starr revolver. Some of our members may wish to check and confirm this.
As for the accuracy of a DA Starr revolver, I have no direct experience with one. Perhaps one of our members can shed some light on this subject.
Timthinker
As for the accuracy of a DA Starr revolver, I have no direct experience with one. Perhaps one of our members can shed some light on this subject.
Timthinker
kBob
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pohill,
I do not think this inventor or manufacturer is kin but this might be worth looking into.
Semi good idea with overly complex execution, obscurity and a market failure......well maybe he was kin at that.
-Bob Hollingsworth
I do not think this inventor or manufacturer is kin but this might be worth looking into.
Semi good idea with overly complex execution, obscurity and a market failure......well maybe he was kin at that.
-Bob Hollingsworth
kBob
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SMokin Gun,
Thanks again. Does look like the frame is a bit deeper in thatlinked shots. I note only one screw by the trigger where the Colt has two.
Given the number produced maybe some repro outfit SHOULD consider making a modern repro. Use as many 1849 parts as possible and just make those parts necessary to make the change over.
-Bob Hollingsworth
Thanks again. Does look like the frame is a bit deeper in thatlinked shots. I note only one screw by the trigger where the Colt has two.
Given the number produced maybe some repro outfit SHOULD consider making a modern repro. Use as many 1849 parts as possible and just make those parts necessary to make the change over.
-Bob Hollingsworth
kBob
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Loyalist Dave,
The problem with the DA Starr is that it was more expensive than a SA and delivery time was not as fast.
The Union Army asked for the change to have a cheaper and more reliable source of handguns.
-Bob Hollingsworth
The problem with the DA Starr is that it was more expensive than a SA and delivery time was not as fast.
The Union Army asked for the change to have a cheaper and more reliable source of handguns.
-Bob Hollingsworth
mainmech48
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The "trigger-cocking" mechanism on the Starr is relatively delicate, but most of the parts failures I've seen are due to folks trying to operate it incorrectly.
Generally, they've tried to operate it by thumb-cocking the hammer, something the design doesn't have any provision for. Doing so damages the action and ruins the spring that allows the sear and its releasing lever to engage the hammer.
The difference between the Starr's system and (for want of a better term) "conventional" DA mechanisms is that the hammer must be cocked via the trigger. All that little "selector" on the guard does is stop the sear release (the "real" trigger) from being tripped "automatically" at the end of the cocking stroke.
Briefly, to use the "SA" firing mode the "trigger" is drawn back until the cylinder has rotated to the next chamber and the hammer has been engaged by the sear. The trigger finger must then move to the sear lever (that little gizmo at the very rear inside the guard, the "real" trigger) and release it manually.
While you might be able to pick up a repro that somebody's broken in the $150 range, repairs aren't generally a DIY project unless you're highly skilled and intimately familiar with how the Starr system is supposed to work. Parts are expensive and hard to come by, and adding the cost of having a competent professional do the work would almost certainly erase any 'savings' over the retail cost of a new repro, and then some.
If you are prohibited from carrying a modern handgun, openly or concealed for whatever reason due to a statutory age restriction don't expect to be cut any slack whatsoever by any LEO or court for doing so with a C&B handgun. While they may not be subject to the same sales, etc. restrictions, they're still considered to be "deadly weapons" and subject to the same carry and usage rules as anyone's 1911 in most all jurisdictions.
I'd highly recommend that you choose not to open that particular can of worms.
Generally, they've tried to operate it by thumb-cocking the hammer, something the design doesn't have any provision for. Doing so damages the action and ruins the spring that allows the sear and its releasing lever to engage the hammer.
The difference between the Starr's system and (for want of a better term) "conventional" DA mechanisms is that the hammer must be cocked via the trigger. All that little "selector" on the guard does is stop the sear release (the "real" trigger) from being tripped "automatically" at the end of the cocking stroke.
Briefly, to use the "SA" firing mode the "trigger" is drawn back until the cylinder has rotated to the next chamber and the hammer has been engaged by the sear. The trigger finger must then move to the sear lever (that little gizmo at the very rear inside the guard, the "real" trigger) and release it manually.
While you might be able to pick up a repro that somebody's broken in the $150 range, repairs aren't generally a DIY project unless you're highly skilled and intimately familiar with how the Starr system is supposed to work. Parts are expensive and hard to come by, and adding the cost of having a competent professional do the work would almost certainly erase any 'savings' over the retail cost of a new repro, and then some.
If you are prohibited from carrying a modern handgun, openly or concealed for whatever reason due to a statutory age restriction don't expect to be cut any slack whatsoever by any LEO or court for doing so with a C&B handgun. While they may not be subject to the same sales, etc. restrictions, they're still considered to be "deadly weapons" and subject to the same carry and usage rules as anyone's 1911 in most all jurisdictions.
I'd highly recommend that you choose not to open that particular can of worms.
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