Got it today at a pawnshop. It's an Italian replica 1858 New Army, 8" octagonal barrel, blued steel, brass frame, tight cylinder lockup, very good timing, sharp rifling, strong lands and grooves, only slight rust on the outer frame.
I'd like to find whoever owned it before me and sold it, because that son of a bitch didn't do too good of a job cleaning it. Powder fouling in the chambers and such, took me 36 patches to clean out propertly, but no sign of rust.
Overall it seems to be very good condition, no barbs or rough spots from the manufacturing process that I can find. Other than the corrosion spots on the outside everythign seems good. The best part of all it only cost me $50.
I'd like to find whoever owned it before me and sold it, because that son of a bitch didn't do too good of a job cleaning it. Powder fouling in the chambers and such, took me 36 patches to clean out propertly, but no sign of rust.
Overall it seems to be very good condition, no barbs or rough spots from the manufacturing process that I can find. Other than the corrosion spots on the outside everythign seems good. The best part of all it only cost me $50.