I'm new to BP but have been avidly teaching myself with all the online resource that are available to me.
(I'd bet it amounts to 20 hr.s plus of reading in the past week)
My interest was piqued when I came across an old kit gun that my Dad put together 40? years ago but never shot.
All though it is a brass 1851 .36, I still feel that I will get away with using this gun because I have inspected it pretty close and I think it really is fairly high quality for a reproduction kit gun. I found the manufacturer mark A.S.M hidden under the loading lever. It was marketed by CVA during the 70's.
While checking local stores for supplies and accessories (damn tuff on BP handguns) I found one that has an 1860? Sheriff? Traditions open top .36 that he offered to me at a reasonable? price.
I asked, and he told me that it is a steel frame. This gun is nickled finish and he tells me the previous owner only fired (2) chambers from new using the Hodgdon 777 that sat in the case beside it. I suspect that this gun wasn't cleaned afterward, but I read here and at another BP friendly forum that the substitutes don't wreck a gun with lax post-operative clean up like authentic BP will.
The revolver really didn't look bad from my cursory inspection, I honestly really didn't expect that I would consider buying because I wasn't carrying any funds to speak of, but now that I have been thinking about it, I'm willing to call him back and tell him I'm interested.
(Is this BP revolver bug contagious? I'm afraid that I might have something that is virulent if not overwhelmingly dangerous to marriages or relationships, -whew- glad I don't have that to worry about. My case of Beretta Cougar fever took care of that for me. heh-heh . )
Who among you would venture a guess as to the true manufacture of the gun with just the little info I have been able to provide?
I know - I know , NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION, but, can we take a stab at it when considering a gun that looked to be VERY recently manufactured?
Why? do I say that? Well for one, the barrel has the tell-tale dictionary of stamped info ( -Traditions- yadayada), and two, the nickel finish isn't chipped -or- worn -or- discolored *AT ALL*.
Yeah, coulda been a safe queen ,but, I'm willing to bet that this thing never had as many as 5 birthdays.
I wish I would have paid closer attention while I was there.
Is anyone willing to be adamantly insistant that this series of BP revolvers is not worth the trouble?
I'm asking because I would like to go back later this week with the money and a magnet, maybe enough stuff to pull the wedge and eyeball the thing a bit better , and I would likely avoid if I experience a lot of "caution" from the likes of "expert" advice that I may get via this and (Firing Line) other BP forums.
Sorry about the long winded / somewhat fractious thread , I hope to carry it much further and draw some knowledge from the members here.
If the revolver purchase pans out I would expect that it will be USED to lessen wear and tear on the aforementioned brass framed 1851 and hopefully, gut my 16 year old intererested enough that he will pick it up and learn the art and good times associated with BP firearms ownership.
Thanks in advance,
unknwn
(I'd bet it amounts to 20 hr.s plus of reading in the past week)
My interest was piqued when I came across an old kit gun that my Dad put together 40? years ago but never shot.
All though it is a brass 1851 .36, I still feel that I will get away with using this gun because I have inspected it pretty close and I think it really is fairly high quality for a reproduction kit gun. I found the manufacturer mark A.S.M hidden under the loading lever. It was marketed by CVA during the 70's.
While checking local stores for supplies and accessories (damn tuff on BP handguns) I found one that has an 1860? Sheriff? Traditions open top .36 that he offered to me at a reasonable? price.
I asked, and he told me that it is a steel frame. This gun is nickled finish and he tells me the previous owner only fired (2) chambers from new using the Hodgdon 777 that sat in the case beside it. I suspect that this gun wasn't cleaned afterward, but I read here and at another BP friendly forum that the substitutes don't wreck a gun with lax post-operative clean up like authentic BP will.
The revolver really didn't look bad from my cursory inspection, I honestly really didn't expect that I would consider buying because I wasn't carrying any funds to speak of, but now that I have been thinking about it, I'm willing to call him back and tell him I'm interested.
(Is this BP revolver bug contagious? I'm afraid that I might have something that is virulent if not overwhelmingly dangerous to marriages or relationships, -whew- glad I don't have that to worry about. My case of Beretta Cougar fever took care of that for me. heh-heh . )
Who among you would venture a guess as to the true manufacture of the gun with just the little info I have been able to provide?
I know - I know , NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION, but, can we take a stab at it when considering a gun that looked to be VERY recently manufactured?
Why? do I say that? Well for one, the barrel has the tell-tale dictionary of stamped info ( -Traditions- yadayada), and two, the nickel finish isn't chipped -or- worn -or- discolored *AT ALL*.
Yeah, coulda been a safe queen ,but, I'm willing to bet that this thing never had as many as 5 birthdays.
I wish I would have paid closer attention while I was there.
Is anyone willing to be adamantly insistant that this series of BP revolvers is not worth the trouble?
I'm asking because I would like to go back later this week with the money and a magnet, maybe enough stuff to pull the wedge and eyeball the thing a bit better , and I would likely avoid if I experience a lot of "caution" from the likes of "expert" advice that I may get via this and (Firing Line) other BP forums.
Sorry about the long winded / somewhat fractious thread , I hope to carry it much further and draw some knowledge from the members here.
If the revolver purchase pans out I would expect that it will be USED to lessen wear and tear on the aforementioned brass framed 1851 and hopefully, gut my 16 year old intererested enough that he will pick it up and learn the art and good times associated with BP firearms ownership.
Thanks in advance,
unknwn
