Rare cap and ball revolvers, please show and do tell! Here’s mine

[holl]

Well, I was kind of joking. Although I don't think that many people have two of them from Goon though. I don't know if he fixed the lever drop it was 8 years ago that he did the work. I still haven't shot them. Maybe that's the rare part, not firing them after having them Goonerized!

 

[hawg]

Well, I was kind of joking. Although I don't think that many people have two of them from Goon though. I don't know if he fixed the lever drop it was 8 years ago that he did the work. I still haven't shot them. Maybe that's the rare part, not firing them after having them Goonerized!

Sacrilege!!!

 

[Blackpowderwarrior]

@holl those look like some sweet shooters there brother!

I haven’t got to shoot my stainless 1860 either.
I had the cylinder reamed to .456 and just now found a suitable .464 round ball mold that should be here Friday. @woodnbow give me the scoop on where I could buy some round balls of correct size but I’ve hoarded so much soft lead sheet I figured it’d be best for me to find a mold. It took me quite a few months!

 

[woodnbow]

Love my R&S!

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You squeezed the blue right off the barrel!!

 

[woodnbow]

@holl those look like some sweet shooters there brother!

I haven’t got to shoot my stainless 1860 either.
I had the cylinder reamed to .456 and just now found a suitable .464 round ball mold that should be here Friday. @woodnbow give me the scoop on where I could buy some round balls of correct size but I’ve hoarded so much soft lead sheet I figured it’d be best for me to find a mold. It took me quite a few months!

Izzat a Lyman mold?

 

[.38 Special]

What do you mean "coil springs " ? I'd like to see someone else's. It's how folks learn !! Lol !!
I knew Longhunter's added the "spring and plunger" hand spring but unaware of any others.

Thanks,
Mike

I have overplayed my hand. I should have said "coil spring", as the plunger spring is the only coil spring in the gun.

 

[Blackpowderwarrior]

Izzat a Lyman mold?

yes a Lyman a le Pedersoli

whoever produces Lyman’s molds for them also does pedersolis

I know where there are still a few double cavity .464’s are

 

[woodnbow]

yes a Lyman a le Pedersoli

whoever produces Lyman’s molds for them also does pedersolis

I know where there are still a few double cavity .464’s are

Hmmm… I might be interested in one of those…

 

[Blackpowderwarrior]

Hmmm… I might be interested in one of those…

pm sent your way brother

 

[hrt4me]

my original vintage Hopkins & Allen 3rd Model Bacon .31 caliber

 

[hrt4me]

my original 1845 vintage Allen & Thurber .31 caliber pepperbox, which I fire with light loads...

 

[hrt4me]

my 3 original Colt 1849 Pocket .31 caliber revolvers, along with a handmade contemporary .36 caliber stainless steel facsimile thereof...

 

[hrt4me]

my original Colt 1851 Navy converted to .38 Colt using a modern Kirst conversion cylinder and a barrel liner

 

[hrt4me]

handmade contemporary stainless Colt facsimiles

 

[hrt4me]

more stainless modern Colt copies...

 

[hrt4me]

even more stainless Colts...

 

[hrt4me]

some of my original Colt black powder cap-and-ball percussion revolvers... I fire them all with light loads, even the .22 rimfire

 

[hrt4me]

1970s Santa Barbara New Model Army

neither will remain unfired unless I get some sort of offer I can’t refuse

@Blackpowderwarrior, I would like to make you an offer...

 

[hrt4me]

Rare? At least odd and seldom seen in public. Roger and Spencer. Imported by Dixie Gun Works.
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I have 5 or 6 or 7 of these Rogers & Spencer revolvers, so I would say it is far from rare nor odd nor seldom seen in public

 

[hrt4me]

I also have 5 or 6 Belgian Centaur facsimiles of the Colt 1860 Army... I will take and post some photos this coming weekend...

 

[hrt4me]

Bob Tingle's black powder revolver is rare and unique... I only have a few of his black powder single-shot target pistols though

 

[hrt4me]

here is an internet photo

 

[Starter52]

Has anyone ever seen a stainless steel Walker? Are they rare?

I passed one up at a gun show pre-pandemic.

 

[Mark_Mark]

Has anyone ever seen a stainless steel Walker? Are they rare?

I passed one up at a gun show pre-pandemic.

original one sold for $1,000,000 at auction! WOW

 

[Jim Watson]

handmade contemporary stainless Colt facsimiles

Handmade by you? Lots of work there.

handmade contemporary .36 caliber stainless steel facsimile thereof.

Some divarication there, looks sort of like a Belgian Colt Brevette.
Others look like real Colts "in the white." Demo cutaway, wow.
Got ammo for the Thuer?