Skinny 1950
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Nothing to do with the Movie:
Remington Revolving Rifle
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Crawdad1
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Skinny, How do you hold that Remington?
D. Buck Stopshere
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The shouldering hand holds the wrist and pulls the trigger. The "resting" hand grabs the spur of the triggerguard, and stays back from the face of the cylinder, otherwise....ouch!
aarondhgraham
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I have one of those rifles,,,
I have one of those rifles,,,
It's the last of my black powder guns.
I had loaned it to a relative who wanted to play a bit in SASS,,,
Of course he couldn't compete in regular competition,,,
But did very well with it in some side matches.
The carbine was always surprisingly accurate for me,,,
And I did enjoy shooting it quite a lot.
I just hate the cleaning process of black powder guns,,,
So now it's a dust collector hanging on my wall.
Remember the cup & saucer handgun grip style?
That's pretty much how you hold the carbine.
Aarond
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I have one of those rifles,,,
It's the last of my black powder guns.
I had loaned it to a relative who wanted to play a bit in SASS,,,
Of course he couldn't compete in regular competition,,,
But did very well with it in some side matches.
The carbine was always surprisingly accurate for me,,,
And I did enjoy shooting it quite a lot.
I just hate the cleaning process of black powder guns,,,
So now it's a dust collector hanging on my wall.
Remember the cup & saucer handgun grip style?
That's pretty much how you hold the carbine.
Aarond
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noelf2
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I have one also. Mine has an unusual plum blue frame. Only seen a couple like that. It's amazing how steady it is when gripping the spur. Put a Howell's conversion cylinder on mine and it shoots BP cartridges like a dream. Pretty sure I could take a deer out to 50 yards or so.
noelf2
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AArand, If cleaning up BP fouling is a deterent, cartridge conversion and Trailboss are your friends (if you can find TB...).
aarondhgraham
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Hello noelf2,,,
Yeah, the mess drove me right out of BP shooting,,,
I did it for years and just got tired of it.
I did consider buying a cartridge conversion for the carbine,,,
The one I looked at was designed for the .44 Special cartridge.
But then I smacked my head against a door jamb for a while,,,
Got those expensively silly notions out of my head.
About six months ago my brother returned the rifle and two pistols to me,,,
I've since peddled the pistols and should list the carbine as well.
My tastes in shooting have changed radically since I purchased it in 1997,,,
Nowadays I'm happy taking my single-shot .22 rifles to the range.
Aarond
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Yeah, the mess drove me right out of BP shooting,,,
I did it for years and just got tired of it.
I did consider buying a cartridge conversion for the carbine,,,
The one I looked at was designed for the .44 Special cartridge.
But then I smacked my head against a door jamb for a while,,,
Got those expensively silly notions out of my head.
About six months ago my brother returned the rifle and two pistols to me,,,
I've since peddled the pistols and should list the carbine as well.
My tastes in shooting have changed radically since I purchased it in 1997,,,
Nowadays I'm happy taking my single-shot .22 rifles to the range.
Aarond
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Carl N. Brown
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That Remington carbine reminds me of two guns I have shot: AR-7 Explorer rifle and shoulder stocked C96 Mauser pistol. Either "cup and saucer" or "support hand over trigger hand" grips seem to work well.
For the stocked C96, I have seen the "support hand around the wrists of the stock and trigger hand" advocated. I wonder ihow that grip would work with the revolving carbine.
But firing a revolver with a tent of cardboard over the cylinder/barrel gap shows it is a bad idea to have the support hand infront of the cylinder.
For the stocked C96, I have seen the "support hand around the wrists of the stock and trigger hand" advocated. I wonder ihow that grip would work with the revolving carbine.
But firing a revolver with a tent of cardboard over the cylinder/barrel gap shows it is a bad idea to have the support hand infront of the cylinder.
elhombreconnonombre
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Arond
If you ever wish to sell your revolving carbine just let me know. I'm always around here somewhere, even when I take off for a few days due to a heart attack or bypass surgery, like last year about this time.
Ronnie
If you ever wish to sell your revolving carbine just let me know. I'm always around here somewhere, even when I take off for a few days due to a heart attack or bypass surgery, like last year about this time.
Ronnie
BHP FAN
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if you do a conversion, it should be to .45 not .44. while you could get a mold for special ''heeled'' bullets, or get the bore sleeved, it's easier to just go with the .45. remember that the ball you load for this ''.44'' is actually .454, and you'll see what I mean.
kBob
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I was recently looking at one of the Forgotten Weapons You Tube videos about the Root Revolving shotguns. A five shot 10 gauge and a six shot 20 BTW.
He made mention of the question, why didn't Colt come up with a guard like the modern Taurus revolving rifles and shotguns? He indicated that Colt had in the factory and then abandoned the idea as he thought it would increase the likelihood of chain fires.
The Hungarian has a vid where he compares an original Root 1855 carbine in .44 with a modern repro Remington over two or three vids actually.
I have to wonder what sort of velocity increase one might get with the carbines over the belt pistols when using the same granulation powder and when switching powder granulation.
I do dream of a day when some one makes a repro of the Colt 1855 carbine and rifle.......probably about the same chance of me seeing that repro Kerr revolver I dream of.
-kBob
He made mention of the question, why didn't Colt come up with a guard like the modern Taurus revolving rifles and shotguns? He indicated that Colt had in the factory and then abandoned the idea as he thought it would increase the likelihood of chain fires.
The Hungarian has a vid where he compares an original Root 1855 carbine in .44 with a modern repro Remington over two or three vids actually.
I have to wonder what sort of velocity increase one might get with the carbines over the belt pistols when using the same granulation powder and when switching powder granulation.
I do dream of a day when some one makes a repro of the Colt 1855 carbine and rifle.......probably about the same chance of me seeing that repro Kerr revolver I dream of.
-kBob
MagnumDweeb
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Great gun but I'd probably stick with a Remington pistol that a shoulder stock can be attached to for ease of cleaning. Still I envy the owner.
Ephraim Kibbey
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kBob - Palmetto did make Root repro's which were sold through Dixie Gun Works. You can find them on the auction site occasionally but I believe Dixie has run out of stock and Palmetto is gone!
Here are archived pages from before Dixie cut them from their product list:
http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=7856
http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=13618
Here are archived pages from before Dixie cut them from their product list:
http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=7856
http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=13618
noelf2
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I actually had one of those too. Was a pietta 1858 "buffalo" model, with 12" barrel. I picked up a shoulder stock for it. I like the Uberti carbine better, and sold the other. I found no difference in cleaning either of the guns, except one had 6 more inches of barrel length.
rcflint
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I have an Uberti RRR, and with a conversion cylinder (Taylor/Howell or Kirst) it will clang a steel silhouette at 200 yards with no problem, with either black or smokeless powder in 45Colt.
Ephraim Kibbey
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There is one on Armslist now.
elhombreconnonombre
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A Remington revolving rifle is prominently used by Kurt Russell's "The Hangman" character in Tarentino's new western "The Hateful Eight". It made a cameo in "Django".
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