More toys - Uberti Walker and Navy Arms SS Remington 1858 NMA

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If you're interested, I'll drop back by the shop tomorrow and see if I can get some pics for you of that Spiller & Burr. The $145 rack rate is already pretty low on that one, but I imagine it can be gotten for $120 or so.

Let me know.
 
It's no virgin, Hellgate. It's definitely been fired before. The previous owner apparently took reasonably good care of it.

BTW, the bluing on that Walker is almost the color of a niter blued screw. I'm not certain what that type of bluing is called, but when this gun was new, it was certainly a looker.
 
If you can talk 'em down to $120,I'll take it!Hell,I'll go the whole $150,if he won't come down,let me know,and thanks either way.Nice of you to keep an eye out.
 
Alrighty, I'll swing by tomorrow, grab some pics and do some haggling. :D

I really think I can get it down from the list price. But I also think you need to see pics of it too, so you can be sure it's what you want. As I said, I didn't look very closely at it, and when I look a gun over for purchase, I REALLY look it over. In fact, I keep a bore light in my car just for the odd gun exam that I might find myself performing.
 
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And just where's the cost of the new shooting glove(s) in that total price? :D

Good to see that your little mishap didn't put you off shooting these oldie style guns. And you're also giving me Walker envy.
 
Gin that 58 looks like the twin to mine. I havent fired it yet but I really want to. I am gonna take it out next weekend and finally get a chance to fire that bad boy a few times. Here is my 58 remmie SS by ASM.
 

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Whoa, twin sons of different mothers!!

Cool bigbadgun. :) I've bought every gun I own, whether centerfire, BP, potato, etc., with the intention that they will be used. A lot!
 
Trying to capture the match between the original bluing on the Walker and the blue in the case hardened frame. Not as clear as I had hoped, but when new, the match would have been uncanny!

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Love the 1858 in stainless! Oddly, all my revolvers were stainless up until the purchase of that 1858 Remmie I posted pics of on the other forum. The grips on that Walker are a beauty.

Make sure those cap fit well on your new toys! ;)
 
You are going to enjoy shooting the Pietta Remington 1858 - I know I love mine.

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It is a great, high quality reproduction shooter. I've been playing with the idea of getting the .45 long colt cylinder for it - does any body have any experience with those?
 
Good to see your hand is healing up! ...and i'd like to hear how wearing gloves effects your shooting, if you're going that route these days. Best, dd
 
BHP Fan,

By the time I got the gunshop this afternoon, they were closed. Seems they close at 1pm on Saturdays, and are closed Sunday and Monday as well. I'll definitely get by there when they open on Tues to get those pics and see what kind of money that Spiller & Burr can be had for.

Sorry about that. :eek:
 
GINORMOUS you have got to be rich, single, retired or all three to walk out of a gun shop with those great toys and still be allowed to talk to your friends.
But my question is a friend of mine (we're poor, married and working) just bought a Colt 1860 44 Cal. after he saw my 1858 Remington but his shoots really high. He has to aim about 10" low at 25 yrd's to be near the bull. He said Colts are sighted in for 75 to 100 yrd's. Unfortunately we can't even see 100 yrd's. Do you or anyone else see this with Colts?
 
Baneck, I am none of the above. I've been blessed with a god job, 2 wonderful kids, an ill tempered ex-wife, and have 17 years to go before I can even consider retiring.

As far Colt replica pistols shooting high, my Dragoon certainly does, that's a fact. And if the weather ever breaks here, I'll find out about the Walker ASAP. I fully expect it to shoot high as well. With that said, I am not bothered by having to hold high or low on a pistol with fixed sights. It's part of the charm/challenge of shooting these replicas. I have several centerfire pistols with adjustable sights to play with if I really get the urge for a pistol that hits POA.

Right now for me, shooting pistols where point of impact meets point of aim is just so blasé :)
 
Banek,
I have had the high shooting Colt's several times. You've got a couple of options besides a 6 o'clock hold:
1) "Lower" the rear sight by grinding some of the top of the hammer down and/or deepen the notch with a Dremel cutting disc or a fine file. You will likely ruin the file on the case hardening. This can only be done if there is enough clearance over the top of the barrel to give a view of the front sight.
2) Remove and install a higher front sight. I wish I were camera trained so I could show you what I have done to several Colts. For one of my 1860 Armies I cut and shaped a piece of brass house key and epoxied it into the front sight slot to get a nice, taller sight. It was the only brass I had that was wide enough to fit snugly in the groove.

I have over 15 C&Bs and use them in SASS CAS matches and I don't care for the "charm" of each having a different POI. I used to mark the open chambers with red for the guns that shot high and white for those that shot POA but have either sold or "sighted in" everything I still have so I don't need to do more than aim the things and pray they go off.
 
Hearing about the "shooting high" is the reason I bought a Uberti Remmy so that if (when) I have to file the front sight I can replace it pretty easy (hope).
I can't even remember if my 1860 shoots high or not, been too long since I fired it (25 yrs)

Mark
 
There are lots of fix ideas from various members for the too short front sight on many Colts. I believe it was madcratebuilder who suggested a period correct fix of a silver dime soldered into place as a replacement.

Bronze, brass, pewter, or German silver stock of appropriate thickness and height can be soldered, epoxied, JB Welded, or staked into place if you're so inclined as well.
 
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