Recent content by makos_goods

Fingers, You are right of course, in my haste to list them I put them in the wrong material column. I also left out the Whitney copies since we were discussing "Colt's" pattern revolvers. I think I made this comment here once before when people start talking about modern brass frame...

Clembert, Don't lose sight of the fact the authors of that book make no claim that there was ever a completed iron frame Griswold & Gunnison, in fact they specifically say they make no claim that there was any successful attempt to make a completed iron framed pistol. The one thing that...

Thanks Berkley, Yep, there it is on page 37, well the part about the parts found at the site. The claim I was the most curious about was this from the auction verbiage, "This is one of two Known Iron Frame Griswold & Gunnison Revolvers." There is no other G&G revolver that I am aware of. Do...

Clembert, I have serious reservations...First of all if it was really a G&G iron frame it would be for sale at an auction hose like this: http://rockislandauction.com/ Second there are no letters of authenticity from recognized experts. Brass frame G&Gs go for $25K plus and they would have...

Clembert, I kind of suspected you had gotten your information from a source like that. There is no historical record or physical evidence that The Griswold and Gunnison was ever produced of anything other that Bronze, Brass, or various copper based alloys that were the result of smelting...

Clembert, I know you saw the original portions of the post concerning the guns of Hell on Wheels on CAS City, what you may have missed was were I later posted pictures of actual Griswold and Ginnison and Leech and Rigdon revolvers as the discussion evolved. Look here...

I posted about this on the CAS City DarkSider’s Den. I don’t post images here anymore so if you want to see a series explaining the “Griswold” you can go look over there: http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php/topic,40582.msg512929.html#msg512929 I always watch any Western with an...

Kwhi43, I have cylinder loader that I set up that way. I posted pictures of it here a while back. The rams are brass and I have several versions, I have one for .36 caliber and for .44 caliber that has a step that stops against the face of the cylinder to assure consistent ball depth. That...

Swampmouse, I left a message on CAS City showing you how you can make an alignment gage. I won't post illustrations over here anymore. http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php/topic,40365.msg510627.html#msg510627 Pettifogger's button will work, you might want to experiment with a split...

An easy mistake to make. Thanks, I was wondering if there was something I was missing. ~Mako

Cult of 1858, bprevolver is correct, that isn't a Richland Arms logo, it is a "Replica Arms" logo. That's the logo Val Vorgett used for years. BHP_Fan and Mykeal: I don't think Richland Arms ever had a logo. They "mainly" imported Armi San Paolo revolvers. They may have done others, the...

I'll say it again since you missed it last time... darkerx, After you blow up your first revolver you'll know what me mean by not enough smoke for a double or incorrect charge... Double charges (not just double the powder) almost always show an explosion bursting the cylinder or barrel and...

Highly improbable...once the barrel began splitting there would not be anything to separate the powder in the 2nd load (if there was one, I doubt there was based on the amount of smoke). The burning gases from the charge in the rear would engulf the forward charge and it would burn as well. As...

Busyhands, The reason the barrel fails in that fashion is due to the hoop strength of a cylinder and also because there are inscribed lines (rifling) in the barrel. However that being said a shotgun barrel actually fails in a similar way because of the hoop strength. The difference being there...

arcticap, I've been shooting BP for over 45 years and that is not a TON of smoke. Especially not for a medium bore rifle. I did stop the playback and worked it through step by step trying to get a better understanding of what happened. There is wind from the front which helps dissipate the...