Ever Seen Anything Like This?

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butchered 1858

kind of looks too small though hard to tell from the pic but definitely butchered
 
In Europe, where getting government approval to own metallic cartridge handguns is almost impossible, target shooting with C&B revolvers is both legal and popular.

I suspect the pictured revolver is far from butchered, and it and it's owner could probably shoot circles around most of us. It as been modified for one single purpose - putting all of its shots in a single ragged hole at 50 meters, by a shooter using one hand. :what:

Feel free to see if you can do it. :D
 
Would be interesting to see that Remington go up against a Hege tuned or a Pedersoli match grade Remington. Would be a great battle.
 
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The guy has good taste!!
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More then that, the revolver is less likely to pivot upward (that is typical with saw handle stocks) and leave a vertical string of shots on the target.

I also just noticed that a Bo-Mar adjustable sight (or clone thereof) has been mounted on the topstrap. It's one of the best of it's kind, and heavily used by bullseye target shooters.
 
And it has a beaver tail on it to keep the hand in a consistent position. It clearly has an aftermarket barrel. Overall, a nice home brew target rig.
 
I wonder why the grip area looks so cobbled together I mean the panels don't even fit the home brewed grip frame they are quite literally just haphazardly bolted on off of another gun, yet the rear sight is perfectly blended in and the target barrel is expertly fit, sized and refinished to match
 
I wonder why the grip area looks so cobbled together I mean the panels don't even fit the home brewed grip frame they are quite literally just haphazardly bolted on off of another gun, yet the rear sight is perfectly blended in and the target barrel is expertly fit, sized and refinished to match
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Nothing on that revolver is cobbled up or haphazard. The owner/user doesn't care what it looks like, just that it will consistently deliver shot-after-shot to the exact point of aim, while being held in one hand.

The stocks, originally fitted to a S&W model 41, .22 target pistol, will prevent the revolver from shifting slightly and rolling upward when fired, which the regular plow handle design it came with is well known for doing. While it may look awful it gives this shooting match competitor a clear advantage over others shooting with a traditional gun. He or she is out to win, and anything that will accomplish this is good, so long as it doesn't violate the rules.
 
Old Fuff, what category would that revolver be in or shoot in?
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I suspect that it would be in a 25 to 50 yard (or meters) slow fire match, with a requirement the shooter use only one hand. Clearly it would have to be in some sort of unlimited class that wasn't limited to stock-patterned revolvers.

In this country it might be in tournaments sponsored by the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association (NMLRA) or Muzzle Loaders Associations International Committee (MLAIC).

But the greater probability is some country in Europe or the U.K.
 
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About 20 years ago there was a guy who was building flintlock pistols for competition. They had a 1911(ish) style frame and the lock was mounted so that the pan faced aft. Having the hammer fall that direction was supposed to be a benefit. There was an article in an issue of Muzzle blasts about them.
 
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Nothing on that revolver is cobbled up or haphazard. The owner/user doesn't care what it looks like, just that it will consistently deliver shot-after-shot to the exact point of aim, while being held in one hand.

The stocks, originally fitted to a S&W model 41, .22 target pistol, will prevent the revolver from shifting slightly and rolling upward when fired, which the regular plow handle design it came with is well known for doing. While it may look awful it gives this shooting match competitor a clear advantage over others shooting with a traditional gun. He or she is out to win, and anything that will accomplish this is good, so long as it doesn't violate the rules.
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I understand that but I'm trying to figure out why go through the trouble to blend the sight to the frame and refinish the revolver only to slap a set of il fitting s&w grips on it, it's alot easier to make a set of grips fit with out all the overhang and gaps than the work that would have went into that sight setup
 
Old Fuff said:
Nothing on that revolver is cobbled up or haphazard. The owner/user doesn't care what it looks like, just that it will consistently deliver shot-after-shot to the exact point of aim, while being held in one hand.

The stocks, originally fitted to a S&W model 41, .22 target pistol, will prevent the revolver from shifting slightly and rolling upward when fired, which the regular plow handle design it came with is well known for doing. While it may look awful it gives this shooting match competitor a clear advantage over others shooting with a traditional gun. He or she is out to win, and anything that will accomplish this is good, so long as it doesn't violate the rules.
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well its just my opinion but it still looks ugly and I consider it a shame to do that to any
BP revolver no matter what the reason.

but to each his own and for what its worth I think the same thing when some members here chop the ends of their revolvers and make snubbies no matter how good the workmanship YUC.
 
well its just my opinion but it still looks ugly and I consider it a shame to do that to any
BP revolver no matter what the reason.

but to each his own and for what its worth I think the same thing when some members here chop the ends of their revolvers and make snubbies no matter how good the workmanship YUC.
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you must not do much competitive shooting......you should see the stuff us target guys do to our guns....ive seen guns with more Epoxy and JB weld on them than steel...

they dont do it because its "cool" or good looking......they do it because it makes the guns shoot damn good....we dont care how nice a gun looks, if it doesnt shoot, its of no value.
 
"last year "as is". It was commissioned in the mid 70's to early 80's - hence the ring on the cylinder. It's been shot a good bit.

The gun started as a pietta in .44. It was rebarreled with an Uzi 9mm barrel blank that was cut and turned down (at least that's what the maker told me when I tracked him down).

Chambers were welded up and re drilled for appropriate size. The gun shoots .360 round ball.

Flutes in the cylinder were added.

A completely different loading tool was made to mount to the gun and seat the bullets at the Same depth every time but I took it off and load the cylinder on a press designed for precise seating instead. Just easier for me that way.

The trigger guard was cut that way because the trigger was cut twice and welded back together so that it set back further - closer to the grip. Could not do this without cutting the trigger guard.

The rear sight is the uper half of a bomar fitting into a new housing that was welded up onto the top of the gun. The front sight was machined and dovetailed into place.

The grip frame was completely cut off and refabricated to hold S&W 41 grips but yes the right grip panel is cut a little low because that same set of grip panels go on a Yazel Flintlock pistol. The lock got in the way of the grip pannel so the pannel got trimmed to fit. The grip frame on the revolver is some welding and some Allen head screws.

The steal block with holes hanging off the back gives be a stop for the web of my hand so the gun doesn't swivel from recoil in my hand. The holes simply reduced weight in that area. They serve no other purpose."


"These guns are only designed to win matches, not win beauty contests"

That's it in a nutshell.
 
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you must not do much competitive shooting......you should see the stuff us target guys do to our guns....ive seen guns with more Epoxy and JB weld on them than steel...

they dont do it because its "cool" or good looking......they do it because it makes the guns shoot damn good....we dont care how nice a gun looks, if it doesnt shoot, its of no value.
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no I don't do any competitive shooting I just like the oldness of the BP guns and the boom factor of a cloud of smoke.

I hope nobody here has taken offense at any comments by me about modding youre BP
guns I don't like it but like I said to each his own.
 
I've seen things come out of my....never mind. What's up with that trigger guard? If it is a target pistol, why the thinned down barrel? I DO compliment his workmanship. I think the guy just wanted something different.

He got it!
 
I like it; fairly retro yet modern looking at the same time. More like something a Time Traveler would have had built and later modified and updated over several different time periods while visiting our planet.
 
I went to the Western National Shoot at the Ben Avery Range in Phoenix last month. I saw a few of those. The pistol shooters were very serious about their shooting. Most guys on the rifle line were out there to have fun. I did.
 
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