Big Iron done right?

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Loyalist Dave said:
wonder if that's some sort of 1950's TV or Movie prop-gun???
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It seems pretty elaborate for a prop gun. And, who would chop a Colt revolving rifle?
Even back in the 1950s I would think that it would be too valuable.
Although, I recall several 1950s Gunsmoke episodes where such a rifle is carried by actors portraying hill folk or homesteaders.
Makes you wonder what the Blue Book value on these was back then.

I do recall seeing pictures of an original .45-70 Remington rolling block round barrel rifle though, that had been chopped down into a nice horse pistol. (circa early 1960s)
The gunsmith had bent the upper tang at 90 degrees and curved the lower tang. The bent upper tang was inletted and embedded inside the grip, while the bottom tang was inletted into and screwed to the front of the grip. It had a shortened fore end and pistol sights.
 
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Saw that one today in an email! Thought at first it was a Remington-Beals or a Whitney Navy revolver on steroids!

Then I saw the sidehammer and realized it was a Colt of some sort or another! I believe Forgotten Weapons had something similar to this by way of a Colt Root Sidehammer Dragoon prototype.
 
It only goes to reason that there were at least as many folks customizing and tinkering with their guns back then as there are today (percentage wise) back when most folks actually had to know how to work with their hands or starve.
 
That is quite the revolver! I am surprised Morphy even offers that. I saved all of the photos to a folder. Very interesting!

Jim
 
That is quite the revolver! I am surprised Morphy even offers that. I saved all of the photos to a folder. Very interesting!

Jim
 
Old Stumpy said:
It seems pretty elaborate for a prop gun. And, who would chop a Colt revolving rifle?
Even back in the 1950s I would think that it would be too valuable.
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Hollywood, Italian Hollywood, etc
Ever see a Bannerman's catalog? Boatloads of old guns that would be worth quite a pretty penny today.
Gimmick guns were the rage back in the 1950's and 1960-'s....the Mare's Leg, the Rifleman had a special Winchester, the sawed off shotgun, the revolving rifle, and the special Winchester in El Dorado, the sawed off shotgun in The Rebel, the shoulder stocked revolver in For a Few Dollars More, the four barreled derringer on Yancy Derringer, the 6+1 LeMatt revolver used in Johnny Ringo (LeMatts were 9+1)...., etc.
Not saying that it was, but it just looks like it might've been, because that's a pretty hefty load to be launching from one's hand in a revolver.

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Loyalist Dave said:
Not saying that it was, but it just looks like it might've been, because that's a pretty hefty load to be launching from one's hand in a revolver.
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Could be, but it looks pretty old to me. But who knows when it was actually done.

This conversion actually seems to work so well that I was thinking that it would have made an interesting weapon for Dragoons.
They could have produced it in a rifled .69 caliber version with a removable stock with a saddle ring, and it would have been an effective Cavalry carbine.
Or a buffalo gun. :D
 
I think it is fantasic, i doubt it was converted during the civil war. It just looks off in the grips and trigger . If it's the real deal (made in the mis/ late 1800's) i think its worth the $3700 the bid is at easily and much more. If its a mid 20th century creation $3700 is too much. Either way, if it functions its one awesome revolver.
 
Ironhand54 said:
Ain't nothing civil or servile about that hunk of iron.

IronHand
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Quite right. It puts to shame the silly civil servant named guns bandied about today by Taurus and S&W with their .410 bores.

What a devastating weapon it must have been in a cavalry engagement! A brace of those could have broken a charge by a superior force and made a significant hole in a line. Think of the impact that a squadron of cavalry so equipped might have had in an infantry square. Except for their weight, and no doubt considerable recoil for men of the stature of the mid 19th Century, it seems a wonder that more of these didn't see service.

Maybe the Italians could be convinced to reproduce one in 20 gauge...
 
Good morning,
Looking at this revolver, I admire the stoutness of the build and the factory appearance of the Gunsmiths work and modifications. I'm a fan of bigger revolvers up to a point ( those 45.70 SAs come to mind as the breaking point of what works and what is ludicrous ) As always, to each their own. I would rather have a brace of LeMats or Walkers if I were engaged in riding down into a well formed Infantry Square with the thought in mind of disorganizing it somewhat. There is just that point of useful in revolver size as opposed to "I should have just brought a rifle."
regards all! ;o)
 
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