Remington Before & After

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Just came from the Gunsmith. He cut the barrel back to 6 1/2 inches.
Re-crowned and cut dovetail and installed sight. Cost 40.00 I re-did the grips.
They have a oil finish now. Ordered a set of aged Ivory grips from "Tombstone" It's getting better. Feels a lot better.

 

[Texoma]

Looks good I like it.

 

[Busyhands94]

I like it! Looks good Phil!

 

[ZVP]

Great looking revolver and the price for the work was GREAT!
Lucky dog you have a one of a kind!
ZVP

 

[Jaymo]

The 6-1/2" barrel looks RIGHT. It just looks like the perfect barrel length.

 

[sltm1]

I've got yhe same Ub4rti with the full bbl length...why did you chop it? BTY, if you find it slams your 2nd finger when you shoot it, as it did mine, here's the fix.

 

[Fingers McGee]

Sweet

 

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The gun has never been fired yet. I have only had it about a week. We have a
3-day shoot to go to this weekend, then leaving for Friendship. When we get
Back I will shoot it. Have lots of ammo. Been thinking just how to go about
Getting a cylinder to shoot cap&ball. Will just wait and see if Taylor's will get
Any in. It ought to shoot real well. The twist is 6groove 1-18 twist. With that
It ought to be a tack driver. With the forged bigger frame and heat treated like
Their Cattleman series it should handle regular 45 SAMMIE specs ammo OK.
I had the barrel cut off because I just like the looks of shorter barrels. Will give
A shooting report later.

 

[Jaymo]

Do all the Uberti Remington NMA revolvers have forged frames?

 

[arcticap]

Do all the Uberti Remington NMA revolvers have forged frames?

No, I believe that Uberti began forging their Remington C&B revolver frames sometime within the last 5 years or so.
Apparently the conversion model that kwhi43 purchased isn't the exact same as the standard Uberti Remington cap & ball model but rather has a special conversion frame that's slightly beefier and forged as well.

 

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Yep, That's correct. The downside is that the cap & ball cylinders won't fit.
Only their special ones made for this frame.

 

[BADUNAME30]

WOW !! what a transformation !!!
That looks great !! Your oil finish on the stocks,~very sweet clean work Phil,~ really made a huge difference in appearance and the length jist says..."im cool"
Can we see the crown job up close ?

 

[CraigC]

Turned out great!

 

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Well you ask so I took a couple of pictures of the crown. Why is it important
to you?

 

[Jaymo]

Nice crown. I don't think my Piettas have any crown.

 

[Dave Markowitz]

Nice crown. I don't think my Piettas have any crown.

Same here, and neither do either of my Ubertis (1851 Navy and 1862 Pocket Police).

 

[junkman_01]

You guys don't know squat. Of course your Piettas and Ubertis have crowns. It's simply the muzzle end of the barrel where the rifling ends. You probably mean you have flat crowns. Phil showed a chamfered crown.

Definition: The crown of a gun barrel is the front, or muzzle, end of the rifling. Naturally, it only refers to rifled barrels, as are found in most rifles, pistols, and revolvers. Any deformation of the rifling at the end of the bore can result in poor accuracy, so the muzzle of the gun may be shaped in a variety of ways to protect that vital area known as the crown.

http://hunting.about.com/od/guns/g/barrel-crown-definition.htm

BTW, you can easily put a chamfered crown on the on the muzzle of your own revolvers, I do. :banghead:

 

[CraigC]

Even though an 11° crown is preferred, a flat crown is still a crown. Or even just a bevel.

 

[Jaymo]

Yes, junkman, that's what I meant. mine have flat crowns. It's just that I'd prefer an 11 degree crown. It's more visually appealing.
I've crowned barrels before, but I can't use my preferred method, since I can't run the barrel through the headstock spindle. I prefer to crown the muzzle in a lathe, but I'll have to try an alternate method for my BP revolvers.

 

[CraigC]

I agree, I really like how the gun above was done. A nice 11° crown with the outside edges beveled. Looks good! Although the rounded Colt-style crown is nice too.

 

[junkman_01]

I agree. An 11º crown, or a flat crown, or recessed crown, is about all you can do on an octagonal barrel.

 

[junkman_01]

Yes, junkman, that's what I meant. mine have flat crowns. It's just that I'd prefer an 11 degree crown. It's more visually appealing.
I've crowned barrels before, but I can't use my preferred method, since I can't run the barrel through the headstock spindle. I prefer to crown the muzzle in a lathe, but I'll have to try an alternate method for my BP revolvers.

Is the spindle in your headstock too small? If that is not the reason, remove the barrel and then put it on the lathe.

 

[Jaymo]

Nope, not too small. I just don't want to remove the barrel.

 

[junkman_01]

Wuss.

 

[scrat]

my before and after. I call it my Gunfighter


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I didnt want a purty gun. i wanted something that would look like it was used a hundred years ago out in the old west. Maybe with a black holster some 45 loops in around it. nothing to fancy. Something you would love to find in an old wooden box rolled up in the holster still.
Rust black finish with some parts worn down to the metal like the arbor shaft pull area. The back strap i have worn down to metal too. Just want that old gunfighter look. The grips are chained up. put some nutts and bolts in a coffe can and rattled them with the grips in them hard. Then took them to the stove to give them that dark almost burnt look.