My favorite pistol

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ShotgunDave

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It's a rainy day here in SoCal, so I thought I'd fool around with some photography of my favorite pistol. It's an Uberti 1860 Army, manufactured in 2010. It's had the guts slicked up and Treso nipples installed. It's also had a taller front sight installed. It shoots POI/POA @ 25 yds. It's my best shooting cap & ball gun.

I hope you enjoy the pics!

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I like all my cap and ball revolvers but the 1860 is the favorite although the 1851 is a close second. (The ROA is in its own category.) This reminds me I have a Pietta 1860 still in the box. I should degrease it and get it ready. Never know when we'll get a break in the winter weather.

Thanks for those great photos. And I like the red background. :D

Jeff
 
bannockburn said:
ShotgunDave

Excellent choice! By a strange coincidence the Colt Model 1860 is my favorite black powder pistol as well!

Colt Model 1860, 3rd. Generation:

Pietta Colt Model 1860:
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To me it is amazing how different the triggers and the trigger guards are between the two replicas.

I don't have an 1860 and would rather have a Whitneyville Hartford Dragoon if I want a .44.

Just my quirk but I gots no munny. :(

Nice pics, folks!

Jim
 
GunnyUSMC said:
The red is nice, just to bright for a background.
Here is one of my favorite.
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What just blows me away (and this pistol is an example) about many replica pistols is how all of the screw slots are pristine with the exception of the wedge retaining screw.

What makes folks want to go for this screw when it is very unnecessary to touch it, other than for a complete dismantling of the gun?

I will never understand.

Jim
 
expat_alaska said:
What just blows me away (and this pistol is an example) about many replica pistols is how all of the screw slots are pristine with the exception of the wedge retaining screw.

What makes folks want to go for this screw when it is very unnecessary to touch it, other than for a complete dismantling of the gun?

I will never understand.

Jim
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It was like that when I got it, but for $125, I didn’t complain.:)
 
expat_alaska said:
What just blows me away (and this pistol is an example) about many replica pistols is how all of the screw slots are pristine with the exception of the wedge retaining screw.

What makes folks want to go for this screw when it is very unnecessary to touch it, other than for a complete dismantling of the gun?

I will never understand.

Jim
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All of my BP revolvers get a complete tear down every time I fire them. I get all twitchy if I don't over clean them every time. Now my modern cartridge guns....thats a different story.
 
Dang. While I like the 1860, my number two is an "original" Navy Arms 1851 I got from Turner Kirkland waaaay back when he was just getting started, and number one is my stainless ROA my dad gave me in 1977. We had shot the prototype at Friendship years before, bought a half dozen (which took two years to get) and were sold on it, non traditional as they were. I still take down to the hill with my Howells cylinder installed. Trad shootin, the Navy.
 
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