FIVETWOSEVEN
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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.
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.