bigbadgun
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I just got the deal of a lifetime at the gun show I bought a 1858 Remmington New Army Police .36 cal Pietta for $100 brand new unfired cherry gun what a deal now I gotta find time to go to the range and hide it from the wife LOL
Got that beat, my two best revolvers were given to me, one in exchange for cleaning up another C&B revolver both of which had been given to the fellow who gave me one for the half hour of work it took to put his in shooting condition. The other was a Brass framed .44 junker the owner gave me just to get rid of it when I told him it was only good as a parts gun. That one I repaired and customized by making a new cylinder arbor with a locking shoulder and turned a matching shoulder inside the rear openng in the Cylinder, rethreaded the frame which hadn't cracked just pulled through and made it more solid by silver soldering the threads. That one had failed because the original cylinder pin had been poorly threaded, undersized and rounded threads, Since the barrel was a mess I cut it down to three inches and I've found it suprizingly accurate for a belly gun.I just got the deal of a lifetime
Photos showing the differences are found here.The 1858 Remington-Beals, the predecessor to the "1858 New Model" Army, which began production in 1861
"The first large-framed revolvers made by E. Remington & sons were based on "Beals" 1858 patent, collectors call these first revolvers "Beals" models. About 2,000 were made in the army model, and slightly more in the "Navy" model. The army was .44 cal, with an 8" barrel while the navy model was in .36 cal with a 7 3/8" barrel. They differed quite a bit from the "New model 1858" Remington repros we commonly see today.
First of all the loading lever was more squared off, and the round part longer. The "web" portion being shorter. The hammers had higher "spurs", and the metal on top of the frame just behind the hammer was about a quarter inch longer. The frame came all the way back to the end of the barrel, so no barrel thread were showing. They all also had German silver cone-shaped, dovetailed front sights. They did not have "safety notches" in the cylinder, otherwise, looked very similar to the modern reproductions."
Tom Ball
Very nice. I can see that its shorter and handier than the Remington navy .36. Good belt pistol and deserves a nice period western holster.And here is the pic