Army 1860 kit

[flibuste]

Hello,

I have bought 2 identical kits in a trade, leaved one untouched and finished the other

It was manufactured by Euroarms in 1976. I shorten it to 5 inches and mounted the sight and lever latch on dovetail. A piece of bone ( thanks to DGW) has been inserted in the grip.


http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=16&u=11021458

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http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=19&u=11021458

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http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=21&u=11021458

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It seems very accurate and fun to shoot........

 

[Roswell 1847]

Nice work on the one you've finished and thats a very nice piece of wood on the unfinished revolver. Looks like it will show some beautifil figure when finished.

I like the bone insert and customising touches on your finished pistol.

If you look around a bit you can find many examples of customised guns from the period. Somethimes these were the result of trimming away a damaged muzzle portion of the barrel.

I have a Brass framed .44 replica with a three inch barrel. The original barrel had been counterbored back that far and had lines of holes drilled in it.

Its a very handy pocket sized gun now. I exchanged its full sized grip for a badly undersized 1851 grip from another gun (this improved both guns), and silver soldered a hand made brass front blade sight.
I just mount the loading lever when loading and then remove it.
The snubnosed "Trapper" Colt built by Colt on the 1862 police frame used a brass ramrod with large wooden handle to reload, it just slipped though an opening in the barrel lug. No loading levers were fitted to that model.

 

[flibuste]

And now some shooting :

2 hands hold with rest at 25 metres :

On the left : 20gr BP, 25 gr cornmeal, crisco, 0.456 ball
On the right : 30gr BP, Lee 200gr bullet 0.451, crisco on top.


http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=25&u=11021458

Have fun