If you were restricted to CC a BP revolver, what would it be.....

[DustyGmt]

........and how would you carry it?

Just curious, I imagine some of our THR members carry BP pistols. I know some of the guys here are big into CAS and prefer to mingle in the mid to late 19th century, just wondering what is the most practical way to carry and conceal a BP pistol.... I don't have any BP pistols anymore. Had a couple nice ones, let them go to a "friend" who was supposed to pay me for them and ended up skipping town with a couple nice .45cal six guns. Would like to get into BP and have a couple big irons but am also entertaining the idea of a smaller, .32cal perhaps, BP revolver...

Edit to add: I suppose I should have included in the thread title "If you were restricted to conceal carry a BP or choose to conceal carry a black powder pistol, etc"

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Double-action Adams.

 

[GRIZ22]

This seems like an old Saturday Night Live question on the "What If" segment. What if Spartacus had a Piper Cub.

 

[troy fairweather]

Ruger old army or 58 rem.

 

[TTv2]

Are we limiting this discussion to percussion guns or are cartridges included?

If it's a black powder cartridge gun, H&R American in .44 Webley with the H&R .32 5 shot top break as my backup.

If cartridges are excluded, it would be, if Pietta would get off their butts and make a replica .36 New Model Police, that would be it, but since they don't and I'm not interested in spending $1500 for an antique, my choice would be 1862 Police.

As much of a .32 guy I am, I don't care for the Remington Pocket .31, I can shoot a spur trigger, but the 1862's aren't much bigger and with a conical bullet will have much better penetration, which is why I went with the .44 Webley H&R over a .38. Not a fast reload, but those 5 shots will have a big chunk of lead coming out of a gun that is still not difficult to carry and conceal.

 

[Blackpowderwarrior]

Pocket police from uberti at the moment.

I had a holster made for mine and just let the barrel hang into my front right pocket.
It's a sweet little get-up!

 

[Shortgrub]

It would be my 1860 Avenging Angel snubbie with or without the 45LC conversion

 

[44 Dave]

In it's day the Colt "Pocket" size out sold every other Colt.

 

[entropy]

This seems like an old Saturday Night Live question on the "What If" segment. What if Spartacus had a Piper Cub.

Vesuvius might have enough space for STOL operations with a stock Cub; I'm sure Mike Patey would have no problems landing and taking off in Scrappy, but otherwise, not sure of the utility of a Cub for Spartacus.
My favorite of the skits was "What if Napoleon had had a B-52 at the the Battle of Waterloo?"

Oh, and I vote for the 1849 Pocket.

 

[hso]

I imagine some of our THR members carry BP pistols.

I think that's highly improbable except for felons not allowed to possess modern cartridge firearms. CAS or range use, sure, but EDC?

 

[DustyGmt]

I think that's highly improbable except for felons not allowed to possess modern cartridge firearms. CAS or range use, sure, but EDC?

I knew a guy that did, he had all kinds of other guns but he carried a BP. I think it was sentimental to him because he shot a charging bear with it in the woods but he often hunted with a ML during rifle and carried a BP pistol, he was a real back woods off the grid guy.

But yeah, I realize it's not going to be that common but I know some guys here must.... just figured in this sub there would be some BP EDC'ers....

 

[hawg]

There was a guy on the Remington forum that open carried a pair of 58 Remingtons.

 

[Miguel Loco]

I'd carry my 3.5" '73 Colt Birdshead. It shoots BP just fine. With all the new taxes and restrictions on ammo and powder, it may come to that. Pretty easy to make BP, cast balls and make caps.

 

[hso]

just figured in this sub there would be some BP EDC'ers....

I agree that it is your best bet to find someone that carries cap and ball.

 

[shafter]

1858 Army with 5.5 barrel.

 

[Gordon]

A Pietta 1860 Army .44 Birdshead snubbie

 

[Gordon]

I have two beautiful ASM made Colt 1860s , one has fluted cylinder but both have 8" barrels. I am looking for someone to turn the fluted on into a 3" snub with good high brass front sight fabricated . Gonna ask Tinker Pierce , he will do so with a good touch up of metal areas affected , I don't want to reblue the gorgeous thing.

 

[Dark Skies]

My Bulldogged Pietta New Model Army would fit neatly into a coat pocket.

 

[hawg]

.36 navy in a shoulder holster.

 

[1KPerDay]

Probably the pocket police with 777 and conicals. Maybe an avenging angel

 

[starnbar]

Well it would have to be a Walker why because it was the most powerful pistol until the 357 came along and it hits hard.

 

[1KPerDay]

Well it would have to be a Walker why because it was the most powerful pistol until the 357 came along and it hits hard.

You gonna conceal carry it in your backpack or under your trenchcoat?

 

[Jackrabbit1957]

I just got a shoulder holster rig that will carry a Walker, gotta try it soon as the weather breaks here.

 

[21H40]

A couple of these in 20 gauge will do. Maybe get them cut down to 3" barrels and pocket carry? Or just always wear a trench coat.

 

[Jim Watson]

There was a series of mystery novels about a Scottish gunsmith who did a lot of crime detecting and sometimes felt the need to go armed in spite of British restrictions. So he carried a flintlock.

Got to be careful about getting expertise from fiction, though. There was another similar set of mysteries with an antique dealer doing the detecting. His Lordship's dueling pistols figuring in to the investigation, and he wisely pronounced that "Case hardening is the appearance you get when something is left closed up in a case for a long time."