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If you were restricted to CC a BP revolver, what would it be.....
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Jackrabbit1957
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No need, carried the Walker numerous times on a belt chasing rabbits in Nevada. It's all what you get used to.
I think there are a couple guys that go on woods walks with BPs on the forum, and pretty sure there is one or two who said they have carried BP cartridge guns. I have thought about carrying my Pietta 45 colt birdseye once or twice and may do so around the new property come spring but if going to town it’s gonna be my semi auto for me.
If I were going to carry a percussion revolver it would probably be my 1858 Remington Sherrif’s model with my 1851 .44 avenging angels as backup. Still heavy but they are pretty reliable for me with Remington caps.
If I were going to carry a percussion revolver it would probably be my 1858 Remington Sherrif’s model with my 1851 .44 avenging angels as backup. Still heavy but they are pretty reliable for me with Remington caps.
Gordon
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Nice grip treatment , Look at that Michael Tinker Pearce !
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Plus the load was lighter twenty years ago. Fourty years before that I didn’t even know a load existed.
hawg
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In MS a felon can't own any bp firearm let alone carry one.
armoredman
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Same in Arizona.
If I was restricted to BP only, I would get a shoulder rig for my 1858 stainless.
I would choose 1862 pocket police .38 which I bought specifically for this reason. After you fix cap-jams it’s allright. Colt 1851 Navy .44 is the most reliable for me , but too big for everyday carry. Blackpowder is the only gun without BIG permit here. And when you have war 200km away it’s always good to have any gun in my opinion.
Gordon
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Michael Tinker Pearce has graciously agreed to cut down to 3" and provide proper height front sight on the Fluted cylinder version of one of my two gorgeous ASM made 1860 Army .44s ! I want him to also trim down and smooth off the huge grip which will be the challenging part as I don't want to completely fabricate a Birdshead grip which would be ideal and I believe grip frame for such is unobtainium for an ASM .
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Hey Gordon,
Make sure to get a few 'before' pics to share and compare to the 'after'.
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Gordon
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I am gonna go get the before pictures now, got to send one to Tinker. The good news is only the ASM copies had steel grip frames. Those are a lot easier to modify. VTI doesn't have them anymore tho.
Also I had this brain storm to keep the long original loading lever assembly intact and use some push pins or something to slip it back on and the short barrel be damned during reloading. I actually saw it on a 2004 THR thread That I can't retrieve where someone did just that !
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I would carry a Remington 58 with 5.5" barrel. And I'd have at least one extra cylinder for a reload on me. In a simplyRugged sourdough pancake holster, it'd carry just about like my Ruger Blackhawk 44 special that I carry daily already. No reason to reinvent the wheel on holsters and method for me. I've never carried a BP revolver, but I feel well armed with a singleaction sixgun, so I'd probably be just fine with it. Throw in a spicing of Colt 1851 with 5.5 barrel and I'd be happy enough I reckon.
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DustyGmt
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I really like the Ruger Old Army SS .45
It would definitely not conceal well at all but I would feel well armed with a couple of those and a BP shotgun
It would definitely not conceal well at all but I would feel well armed with a couple of those and a BP shotgun
Gordon
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Both have steel back straps.The fully fluted cylinder model is notably lighter and has a serial # 20,000 newer and higher polished blue . The older Army model inspires heavy loads in it's unfluted cylinder and someday I hope to have a shoulder stock on it. Going forward these guns have no visible attachment for the ram rod.I guess a quick detachable version of the stock loading lever will require a drilled and chamfered hole for a pin with a ring to be inserted.
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Sawed off LeMat.
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I am thinking old army in a shoulder holster a 1858 on my hip and a 44 snubnose in my boot.
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years ago i fired a .44 colt 1860 army repo, 40 times with 41 hammer drops, one cyinder chamber failed to fire on the first try,but fired on the second try. the load was 30 grs fff with a round ball and a wonder wad over powder and crico over the balls. the .44 colt 1860 army to me is the best looking BP revolver ever made.
hawg
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Most likely the one that took two strikes the cap wasn't seated on the nipple and the first strike seated it.
Sistema1927
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If fashions changed as part of this dystopian universe of no modern weapons, then my ROA. (my image)
But, the way that I dress normally, my 1862 Pocket Police that jackrabbit worked over. (Not my image, one I snagged from the interwebs since I don't have one of mine.)
But, the way that I dress normally, my 1862 Pocket Police that jackrabbit worked over. (Not my image, one I snagged from the interwebs since I don't have one of mine.)
Blackpowderwarrior
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Hey brother I have three different new ASM grips I've been trying to sell for a while if your interested pm me
