Favorite BP revolver / Knife combo for woods loafing?

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The original will go for some big dollars. The Euroarms is suspicious? The price is low and the front sight is missing? I suspect there are some other problems as well. Thax for the post interesting.:)
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I have spent some fine days in the woods with a tack driving .45 Colt N Frame long nose. The super accurate revolvers are just a treat IMHO. I have been so enamored with my affordable Piettas that I'm almost reluctant to even examine a decent R&S and I'm trying hard to forget the times I looked at ROAs in gunstores before I understood what BP was all about.
Out west though that expanded cylinder in the ROA seems to make sense though.
 
I think you would appreciate an ROA with the Ballistix cylinder. It is more effective than the Ruger cylinder. Ballistix ignition technology aligning the nipples is worth while.
 
Most likely. Rugers in themselves are a whole other thread to me. Never met one I didn't like. Even their service autos. I have decided that my lack of flint lock knowledge is sufficient enough to begin addressing. For the time being I'll be working on a Pedersoli Flint lock Kentucky .45 in the white.
 
At least it's not like when I started fly fishing. This time I have a heads up. :D There was a sale over at Dixie I couldn't pass on. Have no idea why, have wanted a flint lock pistol since reading "Kidnapped" at age 8. The .45 and factory lock isn't my first choice but for a number that management didn't even blink at?
Reasoning that If I kill this one we can do what one reviewer did and fit it with a handmade lock. Apparently some are close enough.... From what I've read we can learn the basics with this one.
 
I have noticed that in the YouTubes even some 'cheap' flinters fire nicely when the operator is in gear, but many of the seasoned shooters with custom stuff seem to have negligible lock time. Then again.... no shortage of folks who explain that hang fire is inevitable then set on proving it... :/ On the "History" channel it bothers me even more now that I have a slight grip on how much I don't know about flint ignition.
Only know what we've read about Chamber's work, but there is something very clean about that frizzen spring thing of a doo hickey right there. It just looks like it works....
 
perldog007 said:
I have noticed that in the YouTubes even some 'cheap' flinters fire nicely when the operator is in gear, but many of the seasoned shooters with custom stuff seem to have negligible lock time. Then again.... no shortage of folks who explain that hang fire is inevitable then set on proving it... :/ On the "History" channel it bothers me even more now that I have a slight grip on how much I don't know about flint ignition.
Only know what we've read about Chamber's work, but there is something very clean about that frizzen spring thing of a doo hickey right there. It just looks like it works....
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Peridog Good Morning Amigo. What do you not understand about the frizzen spring "doo hickey"? Maybe I can help.:)
 
Oh! I am cryptic as usual. Everything is right about the appearance of that frizzen spring to my eye. Some designs just don't look that clean. What I don't understand is why every lock doesn't have that kind of quality ;) Life, my opinion only, is too short for misfires.

Put another way, we can look at some locks and figure out how they work. We look at that one and simply know that it works, if that makes sense. All of your guns are very nicely finished and presentable, but I enjoy your posts as much due to the apparent functional elegance of the pieces.
 
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Love that setup, that knife set especially. Can't have too many knives if you can still walk under the weight.
 
My black powder version of a revolver and knife combo for some backwoods excursions: a new Pietta Remington Model 1858 in .36 cal. and a rather vintage Russell Green River knife.

 
I have been having impure thoughts concerning the Pietta .36 NMA ever since Kaido told me about his UVB mold for the Pietta .36. That would seemingly give a range of 'whump' from your basic high speed round ball to something akin to a .38 special depending on desired effect. I've done much woods loafing with a .38 service revolver. Cooldill has corrupted me though. I'm working on a DPS Kentucky Pistol in .45 for Woods loafing. Now Dog Soldier has provided a visual presentation which would likely be much closer to an 18th Century (ETA 19th Century Kentucky Pistol according to this ( http://americansocietyofarmscollectors.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/B039_Dyke.pdf )) target pistol than the Bordello decorating factory finished version. But I'll have to get a vise and learn to take the lock down.
No rest for the wicked up in here.
BTW VERY NICE BLADE!
 
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