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    Uberti 1860 hand replacement (broken spring)

    I like that even better than the bobby pin trick!
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    Uberti 1860 hand replacement (broken spring)

    I've done the bobby pin trick several times with 100% success. The trick is, once you have it installed, instead of trying to re-crimp the hand slot, simply secure it with a drop of fluxed plumber's or silver solder, then file the solder to suit the profile. And if your bobby pin ever breaks...
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    1851 Navy

    Nice shootin', Tex!
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    Spiller & Burr

    Are you looking for one? Be aware they are quite small compared to a brass NMA. I wanted one until my friend let me handle his. After getting my trigger finger unstuck I handed it back to him with a thanks and a note to self I no longer wanted one.
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    Goex buy online auction

    This is a zombie thread, and supply and demand has gotten a lot better since initial posting. You are correct in stating that nobody is forced to buy from these guys, any more than one is forced to buy a used car from Lucky Joe's Auto Sales...at 3 times KBB pricing. Only desperate people would...
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    The Sherriff got it done!

    Hmmm. IBTL
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    The Sherriff got it done!

    Nice! That, sir, is "gettin' R dun".
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    Pietta .44 navy?

    They won't fall apart if you keep charges under 25gr for a .44 and 20gr for a .36 and correct short arbor issues and excess cylinder gaps before they become an issue.
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    Brasser Durability

    What is not speculative is the fact that the end shake gap is uneven. Either the face of the forcing cone is not straight or the cylinder is sitting cocked in the frame, whether it be from improperly align-bored frame or a stretched top strap. Either way the fix is the same.
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    Brasser Durability

    You may have your doubts, but I've seen it happen on the NMA brassers more than once. I've also seen plenty of the Colt repro brassers shoot the arbor loose by stretching the brass threads in the recoil shield. If it were me, I'd be watching the auction sites for a steel frame and shoot with...
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    Brasser Durability

    It's a brasser. A steady diet of 25+ will imprint the recoil shield more than it already is and open that gap up even wider. They can be loads of fun and shiny to boot if they don't get overloaded. 18-20 grains is probably a more accurate target load anyway, in my experience. Enjoy it...you have...
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    Help Identifying Reproduction 1851 Navy (FrankenClone!)

    I've seen a lot of repros in my day but this is a new one on me. Does not look Italian whatsoever. Grip frame backstrap has the Pietta 'Bell-Bottom' look...sorta. The grips with Remington-style through screw is totally wrong, as are the lead-ins on the cylinder (1873 style). Screw threads on the...
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    Brasser Durability

    Uneven gap is an indication your top strap is stretching. 25gr of T7 would be over my considered maximum and surely not a 'daily work load' on a .44 brasser. The damage may have already been done.
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    Pietta .44 navy?

    Ask and ye shall receive: Before: After:
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    Pietta .44 navy?

    If anyone appreciates 'authentic', it would be me...however, I happened into a Pietta .44 'Navy' brasser recently. Very well made with super nice action. Being a brasser, I chose to purchase a new, unfired CCH steel frame to play Adult Legos with and ended up with one of the sweetest little guns...
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    Favorite Fiction?

    Crow Killer, by Raymond W. Thorpe Mountain Man, by Vardis Fisher Both novels were used as the basis of the movie Jeremiah Johnson. I had read both before the movie was ever released so I was really able to identify with Redford's character when I did see the movie (and the literal hundreds of...
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    SOLD RARE SANTA BARBARA 1858 REMINGTON New old stock "1970" Reduced

    Yup
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    SOLD RARE SANTA BARBARA 1858 REMINGTON New old stock "1970" Reduced

    No luck about it. I also have a NIB unfired Pietta Starr and Rogers & Spencer. ;)
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    SOLD RARE SANTA BARBARA 1858 REMINGTON New old stock "1970" Reduced

    I would, but I already have one.
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    New member from Illinois

    Another welcome, and from another long timer from the Land of Drinkin'. Welcome! What area are you near?
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