Tommygunn
Member
I was paging through my most recent Cabela's catalog and happened on the cap & ball revolvers. Looking at them I managed to control my drooling long enough to notice what is being marketed as a Colt 1860 London.
I know Colt made a 1851 Navy .36 caliber in their London based company -- actually I have the Uberti repro of one. But, I did not know they had a 1860 based model.
Cabela's model looks like the regular version we all know and love, but with the blued steel backstrap and trigger guard. No brass. It's an attractive looking gun.
My question to the BP gurus here, who really know the deep hidden secrets of what REALLY went on back then is, was there REALLY a London 1860 version that had the blued steel BS &TG like this, or is this some fictional thing that Pietta thought up because it looks good.
Boy ... does it ever look good ..... *drool!* .......
I know Colt made a 1851 Navy .36 caliber in their London based company -- actually I have the Uberti repro of one. But, I did not know they had a 1860 based model.
Cabela's model looks like the regular version we all know and love, but with the blued steel backstrap and trigger guard. No brass. It's an attractive looking gun.
My question to the BP gurus here, who really know the deep hidden secrets of what REALLY went on back then is, was there REALLY a London 1860 version that had the blued steel BS &TG like this, or is this some fictional thing that Pietta thought up because it looks good.
Boy ... does it ever look good ..... *drool!* .......