THR Colt club
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Fingers McGee
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sltm1 said:
I asked that question too. He hasn't been on this thread since he posted the pictures. Sure looks like a Manhattan to me.
Fingers McGee
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No, bacon had a frame that is like an S&W with a side plate and shaped more like the 1875 Remington
Here's a link to one http://civilwarhandgun.com/obscure.htm#cofer
Here's a link to one http://civilwarhandgun.com/obscure.htm#cofer
Fingers McGee
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There are many similarities between Manhattan's and Bacon's. Bacon worked for Manhattan Firearms Co. before he started his own company. Here's a website that might be of great interest to you. It has been for me. http://baconfirearms.com/introduction.html
Then there were the .36 Cal Type IV Manhattans:
http://www.antiquearmsinc.com/manhattan-navy-revolver.htm
that looked like the 1851 Navy
Then there were the .36 Cal Type IV Manhattans:
http://www.antiquearmsinc.com/manhattan-navy-revolver.htm
that looked like the 1851 Navy
Fingers, I had a Manhattan IV, but found a Savage Navy and had to have it....there went the Manhattan. I forgot about the kinship between Manhattan and Bacon companies. I have the Manhattan Firearms Book, buy Nutter. I read it when I 1st got it, but like most info anymore, It flows in one side of the brain and out the other like water....my brain must be full LOL!!
Fingers McGee
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sltm1 - I know the feeling
Skinny 1950
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sltm1 and Fingers...it is a Manhattan Series IV Navy made 1862 it is not a Colt but a period copy with the Patented extra stops in the cylinder which makes it safer to carry with all the chambers loaded (as if I can carry a gun in Canada)
The gun is all original except the wedge screw and I shoot it on occasion, it needs a few things done to make it really tight but it works as is.
Here are a couple more pictures:
The gun is all original except the wedge screw and I shoot it on occasion, it needs a few things done to make it really tight but it works as is.
Here are a couple more pictures:
junkman_01
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VERY nice. I'm jealous!
Fingers McGee
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junkman 01ltm1 said:
As am I.
C.H. Rigdon copied the cylinder stop safety on his Augusta revolvers in 1864. Approx 900 of them were made with 12 stops instead of 6. Here's an original:
And, here's one I had made:
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junkman_01
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Fingers,
Look up one post. I posted that quote. :banghead:
Look up one post. I posted that quote. :banghead:
Fingers McGee
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OOPS
kBob
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There is a manhatten converted to .32 S&W RF in a local gun shop. There were some young Gun Shop COmmandos standing in front of the counter where it was at and I was afeared that if I asked them to move and the clerk to go to work that I might have to tell them how full of...balogne they all including the clerk were.
Decided those grapes where probably sour anyway and considered the extremely low likelihood of me purchasing it and strolled back out to the truck and home for a project without fondling the gun.
-kBob
Decided those grapes where probably sour anyway and considered the extremely low likelihood of me purchasing it and strolled back out to the truck and home for a project without fondling the gun.
-kBob
rdstrain49
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The latest addition to the horse barn (Colt Stable) is a Uberti '51 Navy. After fitting the arbor, wedge, adjusting sights, etc.,etc.,etc., it exceeds all expectations. Shoots nearly as well as my beloved Remingtons.
Not bad for old eyes and 25 yards.
One peculiar thing about this Navy, it seems to like Pyrodex P better than either Swiss or Goex. Guess I don't care as long it shoots like this.
And yes I know, I should hang a new target, just too cheap.
Not bad for old eyes and 25 yards.
One peculiar thing about this Navy, it seems to like Pyrodex P better than either Swiss or Goex. Guess I don't care as long it shoots like this.
And yes I know, I should hang a new target, just too cheap.
SleazyRider
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Late to the party ...
Did the Wild West ever see guns this garish, or has Pietta taken artistic license with American firearms once again? Here's my recently acquired 1851 Sheriff's model, shortly after shooting it for the first time today. For a .36 caliber, with 20 grains of Goex FFF onboard, it sure makes one heck of a BOOOOM! I read somewhere that the .36 caliber Colts are the equivalent of a modern .380, and assuming that is true, this gun has a much bigger bark than a bite.
Does this make me an official member of the club?
Did the Wild West ever see guns this garish, or has Pietta taken artistic license with American firearms once again? Here's my recently acquired 1851 Sheriff's model, shortly after shooting it for the first time today. For a .36 caliber, with 20 grains of Goex FFF onboard, it sure makes one heck of a BOOOOM! I read somewhere that the .36 caliber Colts are the equivalent of a modern .380, and assuming that is true, this gun has a much bigger bark than a bite.
Does this make me an official member of the club?
By garish are you referring to the nickle finish? If so, yes there were nickle plated revolvers made during the C&B period. Also silver plating and engraving. What was not very common was factory altering of barrel lengths. Some of it was done and usually cost extra. Mostly, folks used the revovlers as they came from the factory, long barrels and all. The half flutes were not found on many C&B cylinders. The Pocket Police had them. I do not know of others. The barrel on your revolver is styled after the 1861 model or improved Navy. The length would have been 7 1/2" as it came from the factory. The cylinder was normally round and engraved witht he Naval scene but at one point was offered with flutes running the full length of the cylinder.
Here is a photo of my Pocket Police with the half fluted cylinder.
Berkley
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If you're talking about grips made of laminated wood composites, the answers are "no" and "yes".
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