expat_alaska
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I'm a noob and most of you guys know a heckuva lot more than I do.
I have a 3-different grip-style/triggerguard project in mind for my Pietta 1851 Navy .36: squareback TG w/Pietta "tail" grips (which I have now); modified gripframe/grips w/round/oval TG to more simulate the original colt design; and an 1860 gripframe/TG/grip to fit the 1851.
I ordered the Pietta1851 squareback TG and a Pietta 1851 gripframe from Taylor's. The TG was just as imagined, but the gripframe is not for an 1851 Navy. As Taylor's was so good in procuring the squareback TG for me, I don't want send the gripframe back, and would ask assistance from you folks as to what I have before I proceed further, considering my project.
The first pic is the naked gripframe.
The second pic is the gripframe as it mates to the original grip on my 2014 Pietta 1851 Navy.
I am thinking the gripframe is a Colt 1860 Army, but I need confirmation.
I am hoping it is not a Dragoon gripframe as I don't see Pietta manufacturing a Dragoon revolver.
Any help you folks can offer will be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Jim
I have a 3-different grip-style/triggerguard project in mind for my Pietta 1851 Navy .36: squareback TG w/Pietta "tail" grips (which I have now); modified gripframe/grips w/round/oval TG to more simulate the original colt design; and an 1860 gripframe/TG/grip to fit the 1851.
I ordered the Pietta1851 squareback TG and a Pietta 1851 gripframe from Taylor's. The TG was just as imagined, but the gripframe is not for an 1851 Navy. As Taylor's was so good in procuring the squareback TG for me, I don't want send the gripframe back, and would ask assistance from you folks as to what I have before I proceed further, considering my project.
The first pic is the naked gripframe.
The second pic is the gripframe as it mates to the original grip on my 2014 Pietta 1851 Navy.
I am thinking the gripframe is a Colt 1860 Army, but I need confirmation.
I am hoping it is not a Dragoon gripframe as I don't see Pietta manufacturing a Dragoon revolver.
Any help you folks can offer will be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Jim