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    Pietta Colt 1836 Texas Paterson

    I am in the middle of researching Patersons replicas for an article in a German gun journal. Regarding the Pietta ones I have two questions and I wonder if you might be able to help? 1) When did Pietta start their making? The earliest Pietta Patersons I could inspect had the AE date code for...
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    Pietta Vs Centaur

    If memory serves and as far as it concernes the eastern side of the Big Pond this little story of the "Centaures were produced on original Colt machinery" goes back to a paper published in German gun journal DWJ in 1973 by two gun scribes E. Modrau & H.S. Stavenhagen. The title was CENTAURE COLT...
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    Pietta Vs Centaur

    Make it eleven. Long Johns Wolf
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    Centaur Centennial Arms 1960 New Army Picture thread .

    Electric Miner & campfire: #4327 would be 1965 production, Ormsby style cylinder engraving applied at US distributor Centennial Arms, Corp. of Lincolnwood. She is a Regular New Model Army (RNMA) 3rd variation/2nd sub-variation. This variant was regularly available in the USA and Canada during...
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    1855 Colt Pocket Pistol

    Italy's Palmetto made these Colt 1855 Root Pockets in .31 and .36 cal., barrel lenghts was 3,5" and 5,5". The .31 cal variants were produced between 1997 and 2006. With 3,5" barrels they are nice replications of the Root No. 6. The .36 versions were likely made during the early 2000s. Palmetto...
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    Revolver photos

    Bad Karma: Yes, it is a Centaure Pocket Army Model. They were made by the Belgians during the early 1960s on special order only. Total production over three (3) variations was ca. 30 specimens only. 1st variation: 3-screw frame w/o notches in the recoil shield, silver plated grip frame, rebated...
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    Revolver photos

    A pair of CS 1862 Leech & Rigdons. They started life as Uberti made Colt 1851 Navies #8887 and #9046. Transformation projects of Austrian master gunsmith Karl Nedbal. Long Johns Wolf
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    Revolver photos

    L.E. Tucker Navy - another transformation project to replicate this rare Texan Navy of the Civil War period. Only 3 originals are documented, of which the prototype #1 had the barrel lug mounted rear sight. Donor pistols were Italian Colt 1851 Navies from three different makers. Long Johns Wolf
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    Revolver photos

    Transformation project 1862 Tucker & Sherrard Dragoon low Hammer Spur Model. Project pistols were ASM Colt 2nd Mod. Dragoons. Their frames, arbors and cylinders were cut ca. .25" to proper length, cylinder engraving removed, historical rear sights, hammer spur altered. On one the right side...
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    Revolver photos

    A pair of CS Schneider & Glassick .36 cal. percussion revolvers aka "brass framed revolvers of Colt 1851 Navy pattern". That these neo-classikers are replications of historical revolvers was discovered by famous Dr. Jim Davis of RPRCA. Jim Davis passed away too early in 2020. One is a Pietta...
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    Revolver photos

    This Uberti made LH Dance Navy #121478 was liberated in November 2022 (1). Her Italian date code reads AN for 1985. This is a one of a kind Dance Navy. It could be obtained from Aldo Uberti's personal collection. In terms of engraving #121478 is identical to the 50 cased Dance Navy commemorative...
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    Revolver photos

    Size adjustments of the C.O.M. made barrel lug was needed to properly fitting the Uberti frame! Long Johns Wolf
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    Revolver photos

    You asked for it, Rebel Jim, here it comes ... as a picture story: 1. Contouring the frame 2. some delicate touches by master gunsmith Karl Nedbal 3. Frame before bluing 4. barrel assembly used was from an old C.O.M. G&G, required some fitting 5. some cosmetic touches are needed to bring the...
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    Revolver photos

    The "Story" of my Dance Navy: Started life so to speak as a Uberti made Colt 1851 Navy from 1976 (AB) before the transformation. Shoots decently if I do my job, ha. Long Johns Wolf
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    Revolver photos

    The CS Griswold & Gunnisons has the .36 cal. and overall appearance of the Colt 1851 Navy. But instead of the Colts' octagon barrels their's are of the Dragoon silhouette. Ind addition, they are not known with engraved cylinders. Frame and grip frame are made of "gun metal". Typically, the CS...
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    Revolver photos

    Old MOFRA Colt 1836 Paterson neo-classiker with the grip contour "modified" replicating the original. Italian year code XX7 (1971) and second Ulm proof from 1973. Long Johns Wolf
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    Centaur Centennial Arms 1960 New Army Picture thread .

    S (sideways) under * was Charles Deanen. Deanen was an inspector at the Liège proof house between 1952 and 1968. Long Johns Wolf
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    Repairable?

    To provide some guidance making and fitting a newly made arbor over here in Germany for a Centaure would be approx. € 150 which equals ca. $ 145. Long Johns Wolf
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    A little quizz challenge

    Thanks, Gee Dog, Thanks for the compliment and for trying to identify these Southern pistols. But no, they are no replications of the L&R but were originally produced in Texas starting later in 1863. The lower one is a replication of the serial, the upper one is of the extended prototype...
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    A little quizz challenge

    What do we have here? Project guns were replicas of a Uberti and a Pietta Colt 1851 4th Mod. Navy. What do you think? Long Johns Wolf
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