Pietta 1860 Army Snub Nose
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Carl N. Brown
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I suspect the Tennessee "going armed" statute pretty much covers carrying anything in public for offense or defense as carrying a weapon (intent defines whether it's being used as a weapon). If I carried one of my cap'n'ball revolvers outside the home as weapon of defense, I had better be carrying my handgun carry permit on me too.
The law does not treat cap'n'ball as modern firearms likely to be used as weapons, but as replicas of antiques, likely to be kept as collectibles or used at reenactments or target ranges. But carry of a cap'n'ball as a weapon of defense would probably meet the same legal restrictions as carrying a modern firearm.
Check with someone knowledgable about your local arms laws.
kBob
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Dickydalton,
Thanks for that photo. It is almost exactly what I was considering last night for a NMA.
I had stepped on the little two legged spring that used to close the door on a 3.5 inch floppy last night and it occurred to me that it might serve to "power" such a device. I had thought maybe a grooved front on the hook rather than the tail to pry it loose though. But yeah, just turn out the screw and remove the catch and drop the loading lever and plunger back in.
Looks like it would work well.
If I was going to do a NMA I would look for a brasser just for cheap and ease of modifying the frame and pistol grip.
You know since getting the Avenging Angle Virus from the folks here on THR several years ago I have not seen even ONE Colt 51 or 60 at a shop or gun show with a broken or missing loading lever? Not one. Seems that before hand there were such guns everywhere. Makes me wonder if the hordes of lurkers are stalking about buying them up! If so, sign up and post pictures!
-kBob
Thanks for that photo. It is almost exactly what I was considering last night for a NMA.
I had stepped on the little two legged spring that used to close the door on a 3.5 inch floppy last night and it occurred to me that it might serve to "power" such a device. I had thought maybe a grooved front on the hook rather than the tail to pry it loose though. But yeah, just turn out the screw and remove the catch and drop the loading lever and plunger back in.
Looks like it would work well.
If I was going to do a NMA I would look for a brasser just for cheap and ease of modifying the frame and pistol grip.
You know since getting the Avenging Angle Virus from the folks here on THR several years ago I have not seen even ONE Colt 51 or 60 at a shop or gun show with a broken or missing loading lever? Not one. Seems that before hand there were such guns everywhere. Makes me wonder if the hordes of lurkers are stalking about buying them up! If so, sign up and post pictures!
-kBob
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And certainly not for $25.00.
I'm in the do it yourself camp. $150 Brasser, shoots good with 19 grains (by volume) of triple 7 (.40 Cal S&W brass as a measure).
I just bought some wax bullets and plan on playing with these in my snubnose
From what I have read the cap only is not really enough, but if you add 3 to 5 grains of 777 that should work. I am going try cap only, then work up to 5 (.22 LR brass as a measure = 5 grains by volume)
I just bought some wax bullets and plan on playing with these in my snubnose
From what I have read the cap only is not really enough, but if you add 3 to 5 grains of 777 that should work. I am going try cap only, then work up to 5 (.22 LR brass as a measure = 5 grains by volume)
One of the very early ones from Pietta. Seems to me it was well under $200. Things to remember, firearms costs in general have skyrocketed.
And as more states begin to regulate the sale and transfer of BP revolvers the prices will continue to climb.
You could make your own, but most of the homemade bob jobs I've seen left much to be desired. Now you could pay a smith to do it, but then you'll likely be money ahead to just by a factory version.
midway currently has the 1860 snubnose for $399,
old south firearms has them for $335 for an 1851 and $360 for an 1860
I actually looked at those and decided to buy my 1851 Brass fantasy gun from Cabelas (it was on sale for around $150 at the time).
FYI - Cabelas has both the 7.5 and 4.75 brass 1851 piettas on sale right now for $150.
You could buy 2 or 3 brassies for $399 if you watch the sales.
I had an all steel 1851 Pietta already so figured what the heck, if I screwed it up then I had spare parts......
I actually left the screw in for the loading lever so if I wanted to I could screw it back in and load on the gun, I usually pull the cylinder and load off the gun, but this gave me options. You could file it down and make it look slick if you wanted too.
Also, I found a brass hinge pin at my local tru-value which can be used to load like the "factory models" if you wanted to.
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old south firearms has them for $335 for an 1851 and $360 for an 1860
I actually looked at those and decided to buy my 1851 Brass fantasy gun from Cabelas (it was on sale for around $150 at the time).
FYI - Cabelas has both the 7.5 and 4.75 brass 1851 piettas on sale right now for $150.
You could buy 2 or 3 brassies for $399 if you watch the sales.
I had an all steel 1851 Pietta already so figured what the heck, if I screwed it up then I had spare parts......
I actually left the screw in for the loading lever so if I wanted to I could screw it back in and load on the gun, I usually pull the cylinder and load off the gun, but this gave me options. You could file it down and make it look slick if you wanted too.
Also, I found a brass hinge pin at my local tru-value which can be used to load like the "factory models" if you wanted to.
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