How did I do for $60?

[FIVETWOSEVEN]

Picked these three up yesterday after a friend picked a 1851 Colt up for $20 at the same place in good condition. I decided to take advantage of it and pick up the last three.


The Colt's was tight from neglect that you couldn't cock the hammer to half cock. When it barrel was taken off, the cylinder wouldn't lock when the hammer was cocked but it was because of weak spring tension. It's now functional it needs a really good cleaning as it is still difficult to cock.

The Brass frame Remington 1858 is the best one by being fully functional after the loading rod was knocked loose from the rust seizing it up.

The Steel frame Remington is good other then missing the cylinder hand which is why it's in pieces.

Who ever owned these guns took horrible care of them as the bottom 1858 was put back together wrong and was missing a piece and all suffered from bad rust. Overall I'm happy as I bought them with the intent of restoring them to shoot as a fun project. It's hard to see but all of them have speckle rust on them.

I'm not new to BP shooting as I have done it before but these three are my first BP guns. Anyone have any tips on cleaning them up? I can learn all I need to know about shooting them from my friend that told me about these guns. They are Italian but who made them? Does Uberti mark them as Uberti? The gunshop I bought them from said they were Uberti.

 

[Busyhands94]

Oh man you did great! What a steal!

 

[Texan Scott]

stop cleaning. break off the firing pins, plug the barrels with lead, and sell 'em to your regional Cracker Barrel decorator/ buyer (yeah, they have people who get paid for that). Tell 'em they're vintage antique reproductions, which is why they're old looking; let them talk you down to $460 dollars on the lot.

Seriously, what a find! I ALMOST feel bad for the guy that got ripped off- except apparently, he's a gun abuser.

 

[towboat_er]

WOW!!!!!!!! Awesome deal...Congrats!!

 

[BHP FAN]

more of a ''rescue'' than a purchase, really.

 

[junkman_01]

stop cleaning. break off the firing pins, plug the barrels with lead, and sell 'em to your regional Cracker Barrel decorator/ buyer (yeah, they have people who get paid for that). Tell 'em they're vintage antique reproductions, which is why they're old looking; let them talk you down to $460 dollars on the lot.

Seriously, what a find! I ALMOST feel bad for the guy that got ripped off- except apparently, he's a gun abuser.

C&B revolvers don't have firing pins.:banghead:

 

[Texan Scott]

Junkman, i did not know that! learn something new every day....
also, i noticed your sig line... how long have you been working for my mother-in-law? usually, i know most of her minions...

 

[Ryanxia]

Looks like an awesome find. I'd have fun cleaning them up and getting them back to good shooting order.

 

[Dave Markowitz]

For $60 you got a great deal. They'll make excellent guns for learning BP gunsmithing.

Ubertis will be marked somewhere on the gun with a "U" inside of an octagon, it's their proof mark.

 

[Fingers McGee]

Ya dun gud. Real gud.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Without being a brigand, you did very well.

 

[D Crockett]

you have done well on those 3 wish I could find deals like that D Crockett

 

[BADUNAME30]

FIVETWOSEVEN !!! FIVETWOSEVEN !!!! FIVETWOSEVEN !!!!
Wake up. Yer dreamin yer dreamin !!!
Oh man , what great save !!!!!!
Good fer you.

 

[loose noose]

At least you got them away from that dirty gun abuser, so now they have a happy home to reside in.

 

[FIVETWOSEVEN]

I'm yet to have time to clean them but the Colt appears to have a lot of rust on the inside of barrel so I'm thinking about ordering a new one and cutting down the one on it now for a nice conversational piece. Anyone have any tips on how to cut it down and re sight it?

 

[Jaymo]

"Junkman, i did not know that! learn something new every day....
also, i noticed your sig line... how long have you been working for my mother-in-law? usually, i know most of her minions..."


I don't care who you are. That's funny

 

[kBob]

Well you did well enough that I have violated a commandment reguarding coveting though I am not sure if coveting someone elses luck and good fortune is a full blown item for confession.

If you feel you got too good a deal just send me one and feel better about it all.

-kBob

 

[mattmann]

I will take them for $70???
You did awesome Congrats!

Sent from my DROID RAZR

 

[Deltaboy1984]

Good deal!

 

[crazyjennyblack]

It's amazing to me how some people treat their guns.

I knew a guy a few years ago who would regularly buy guns and garage sales, and butcher them. When he found out that he didn't work, he sold the poor things to me at maybe a quarter of what he had paid for them. I got three cap and ball guns from him, and all were in terrible shape.

What really broke my heart was a nice Iver Johnson single shot 12 gauge that he had mangled. In the course of his "gunsmithing" he had ruined the main spring, damaged the stock, and lopped the barrel down to 19 inches with a bandsaw, and hadn't bothered to get it square. Picked it up for $25. The gun would have been worth $200 - $300 if it had been left alone. :banghead:

Thank you, fivetwoseven, for taking the time to restore and repair a few pieces that others in their foolishness refused to care for.

 

[RaceM]

Unless the inside of the barrel has flaking rust or really bad pitting just clean her up and shoot it first. Given the condition of these pieces it may not be rust, but lead buildup from not being cleaned.

 

[hang fire]

Say they are Kevin Costner's pistols he used in the making of HF & MC series, ask, oh say, 500 bucks each.

 

[FIVETWOSEVEN]

I was finally able to fire the brass framed revolvers and it was a lot of fun! Been a few years since I last shot a BP revolver. A problem was found and I'm concerned about it. The Colt is now loose. The rod that holds the cylinder and barrel is no longer tight and the whole thing wobbles that I doubt it's safe to shoot. I'll make a video soon if no one can help me with that description.

I got the cylinder hand in the steel 1858 but it won't cock with the cylinder in. It's more complicated to explain but it is put together correctly but I think that rust and out of spec parts are to blame.

The brass 1858 still is in good condition and shooting it didn't shake it lose or whatever. It's the only functioning gun now.

 

[kBob]

Personally I think you got a great deal at $60 for the one working brass Remington!

If the cylinder arbor on the COlt is truely loose I'll bet any number of guys around here would make you an offer on it for parts. Me for instance.

If that steel frame Remmie is a Pietta you might take note that Cabela's sells a Repair kit of sorts having the inner workings and hidden mechanisms for around $50. Again if you don't care to bother with it let folks( and me) know and it won't last long.

Please feel free to PM me if you have an idea of what you might want to part with either of the "problem" guns.

-kBob

 

[FIVETWOSEVEN]

Loose cylinder arbor means I'm SoL on a working Colt? It appears as though the steel 1858 is a Lyman. Can anyone tell me about that brand?