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ok, i searched for an hour and went back 2 years and i didnt find a decent thread of pictures, so we need one. if i missed it, link to it and then post your pics!

i'll start with pics of guns i dont own.

these are linked because they're HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://media.benelliusa.com/Upload/Uberti/Glamour-Photos/glm-dragoon.jpg

http://media.benelliusa.com/Upload/Uberti/Glamour-Photos/glm-paterson.jpg

http://media.benelliusa.com/Upload/Uberti/Glamour-Photos/glm-army.jpg

http://media.benelliusa.com/Upload/Uberti/Glamour-Photos/glm-navy.jpg

oh, and this is mostly just encouragement for me to go get a new toy:D
 
Here's my BP/Civil War stuff!

Ok, I'll play! Everyone loves showing off their stuff right?

Here's mine. Uberti's: 2nd Model Dragoon, NMA 58 stainless Remington, 1851 Navy and an 1861 Navy from 1971 (my dad's). Pietta: 1860 Army. Colt 2nd Generation 1860 Army. Euroarms Richmond Musket .58. Pedersoli 1861 Springfield .58.

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This is my Dad's recently finished Hawken .54. Took him a long time to get around to finishing it but it's really sweet! Thought I would share a few of that as well. I think it's beautiful and he really did an amazing job on it!

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I kinda feel like I'm showing off -

...not comfortable doing that. But here goes:

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I have a CVA 12 ga SxS double that I just finished building from a kit I bought back in 1981, but I don't have pictures of it yet. It needs a little maturing before it's photogenic...
 
by not dropping them?

or are the bullets going so slow that they can be effectively dodged?


thanks for posting mykeal. i really like the looks of the 62 police.
 
Hehe,

My Dad is my BP shooting buddy. He's been trying to twist my arm into buying a Walker for some time now. It's slowly sinking in. Soon, I say, soon......

:D

I always tell him, I already have a Dragoon!! And he says, yeah, but it ain't a Walker.
 
Getting a Walker

The top two on my wish list are a Uberti Walker and Ruger Old Army - no particular order, just the first good deal I find, I buy. Then maybe get into a flinter...
 
mukluk, that's a purty Walker! The 2nd gen Dragoon is mighty fine as well. I love the Dragoons, they are just soo much fun.

mykeal, REALLY like your Rogers and Spencer and your 73 SAA WOW! Beautiful. How do you like shooting that one?! Your single shots are all really nice too especially the Hawkens. My Dad has a really nice set of dueling pistols, I should take a few pics of his stuff. He's got some fine things as well including a H. House rifle.

Your long guns are sweet! Which is your fav?

Dad's Hawken is a curly maple stock, buckhorn sights, douglas barrel!! He got the barrel some 30 years ago. He's big into the flintlocks too.
 
Warren,

One way I've heard was with a piece of leather that was strung. You just laid the leather over the capped nipple and the hammer down on top of that. Not sure how absolutely historically correct that is but it's one way i've heard.

With the flintlocks they had a leather cover that would slide over the frizzen and then carried at half cock, that way even if the hammer fell it wouldn't spark.
 
Wow, mine looks so plain and boring csmpared to the stuff you guys have....guess I'll just have get some more to redeem myself :D. (thanks for giving me an excuse guys!)
Traditions "Crockett" .32 cal.Its a hoot to fire, and I was AMAZED at how acurate it is.
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next I plan to get a nice flintlock rifle.Something about the flintlocks just looksso cool...
Also need to get a revolver so I can live out ome childhood cowby fantases...:)

and, I know this is sort of "cheating", but it WAS designed for blackpowder ammo, so, I'm gonna include it so my measly 1 bp gun post doesn't look quite so sad....:)

Iver Johnson 2nd Model top beak 1896 to 1908
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Here's mine,all long guns:Left to right,1842 Armisport[smoothbore],original M1861 Springfield,Euroarms Enfield,Navy Arms Smith Carbine.
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Phantom Captain - The '73 is a fine shooter, but a real PITA to reload (that's why I have two spare cylinders). There's no loading lever (the ejection rod is totally useless with a c&b cylinder) so the cylinder has to be removed and loaded using a loading stand. Swapping cylinders is fairly easy and quick, however.

I cannot honestly pick a favorite long gun; each has it's own good and bad points. Both shoot well, the Kentucky is more accurate, but the Mountain carries easier and points easier. I built both of them, and the single shot pistols, back in the early 80's.
 
Here are a few.

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The targets were shot using the Dragoon at 25yds.
Oneshooter
Livin in Texas
 

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BP cartridge kosher?

70gr Goex Cartridge Grade under a 530gr Postell:

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Mrs. G-98 with Sharps loaded and front trigger set, ready to launch:

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Moment of truth. "Houston, we have lift-off!":

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Followed immediately by her exclaiming:

"Ohmygawsh! Sweetie, did you hear that thing hit the berm just now?"
 
These pictures are awesome! man, so many nice fine pieces of history here.

Really want to get a walker now, not to sure if my dealer can get it in but I'm going to check.

One thing I hate about most of the colts is that ****ty blu-ing process with the frame, hammer, and loading lever. Its like it was lightly brushed on and it looks dirty. Is that how it came out of the factory back in the 1800's? WIth my current army that I'm working on i removed the bluing from the frame, hammer, trigger and loading lever. Used some oil and 600grit wet paper to sorta polish it and then steel whool to finish it off. Looks AMAZING, like as if it just came out of the factory back in the 1800's.
I plan to do this with any other colt that I buy. The 1858 remingtons have an equal amount of bluing on all the parts and I quite like that better than having a 'brushed on" look.
Anyone else agree?
 
One thing I hate about most of the colts is that ****ty blu-ing process with the frame, hammer, and loading lever. Its like it was lightly brushed on and it looks dirty.
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Bren, that's not bluing. Those parts are case-hardened, and that mottled blue-brown-gold color is what the metal turns when it's heat treated. And yes, it's traditional.

The dark modern blue that you see on the barrel and other parts isn't, by the way. The process used back in the 1800s left the steel a very bright blue... nowhere near as dark as what's put on guns these days.

As for the Remingtons... I'm not sure if their frames were ever color case hardened originally or not. I know you can get copies now that are, but that doesn't mean much. And you'll pay a bit extra for the CCH guns.

Anyway, if you bought a new Colt revolver in the 1860s, it'd look pretty close to what the better copies do nowdays. They didn't come from the factory looking worn and scruffy. Time and used did that. ;)

This is pretty close to what a new gun would look like in the 1800s: Charcoal blued, color case hardened Colt copy

Oh, and one last thing... you can order a Walker from any number of places online, and they'll ship it straight to your door. No need for any "dealer".
My 1858 copy came from HERE, and was delivered in about 3 days. They have Walkers too.

J.C.
 
Afraid mine are on the modern side....Knight MK85, first year of manufacture w/Swarovski. Second rifle is a Knight Grand American w/Ziess optics. Both are proven deer rifles.

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dude this is blackpowder, only way you should be posting that is if its using a 45/70 cartridge heh...

Anyways, yea thats what I meant by the bluing, and I don't think thats whats left from case hardening, as I used de-bluing treatment and it took it right off. I put some bluing on it after it was off, in hopes to get a 'consistant' finish. What happened was exactly as before, so I took it off again and now have a steel look.
I have a new thread going about my conversion, if you guys can answer some questions I will post some pics of my work. Nothing fancy but interesting non-the-less
 
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