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    Misinformation on GB

    I only started collecting Colt 2nd gen percussion revolvers in earnest back around 2010. Prior to that I had purchased one of the first C series 1851 Navies when they came out in 1971. Later on in 1975, I got a C series 3rd model Dragoon and then in 1978 or 79 got one of the first F series...
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    CVA mountain pistol kit

    Thanks, gentlemen, I had done several searches here but was using the term Mountain pistol and while I found some threads discussing them I didn't find any that had been for sale. I also looked on gunbroker.com but when I came up blank on either a pistol or a kit, I forgot to go to the...
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    CVA mountain pistol kit

    I have a vintage but still new in-box CVA mountain pistol kit. The styrofoam box is in great shape while the cardboard sleeve naturally shows a bit of shelf wear. the various components are rust-free. It still has the original assembly instruction manual along with a warranty booklet. The...
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    Please help identify this cannon

    I agree with Hawkeye2. To me. it looks like something cobbled together by some bored and crazed owner of a junkyard. A Frankencannon if you like. I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot Linstock. It would be grossly overpriced at $5.:eek: If you want something impressive and trustworthy to...
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    cannon

    Thanks all, it's just a few of the over 50 or so I have. The Dahlgren is from South Bend Replicas and I have two of them. They are a 1/8 scale model of the 9 inch Dahlgren that was used by the Union Navy on so many ships and ironclads. It also has a 1-inch seamless steel liner. which is...
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    cannon

    I have one of their catalogs from 1992 and at that time only their full-size bronze barrels could be had with a steel liner. Competition shooters did not prefer bronze barrels with a liner. Oddly, a bronze barrel with a liner was a cheaper version of barrels because they could provide the...
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    Cannon parts

    Those Traditions cannons are made in Spain. Years ago (1970s) they were imported as kits by CVA. Back then one could order a pair of the wheels for about $50. Eventually, CVA discontinued the kits and at some point factory assembled versions started showing up from several other...
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    My oldest smoothbore Warhorse

    I read somewhere that in the early 1840s, the ordnance department surveyed all the model 1816s that were still in service in armories around the country to see how many would be considered in good enough condition to be converted to percussion. About 700,000 had been produced by that time, but...
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    My oldest smoothbore Warhorse

    I guess it's time to come clean on my musket since you brought it up. When I bought it, I was told that it was "a cleaned/restored, but not a re-converted" musket. However, not too long after I got it and posted about it here, I acquired the following book from Amazon: With the data...
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    My oldest smoothbore Warhorse

    Much appreciated--and yes, I was kind of surprised when I started getting all these nice comments for a post I made that long ago. Thanks, I think the sling came from S & S firearms and was actually meant for a M1841 Mississppi rifle. However, the distance between the swivels was close enough...
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    FOR SALE Colt 1861 Musket (with all of the extras I have)

    Could you post a picture of the pitting area that you mentioned?
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    Recent acquistion

    That was my first thought when I got it. I bought this from Lodgewood who had it on consignment after they had repaired the stock broken by USPS in a shipment. To hide the repair they put that opaque surface finish on it and my first thought was a "chocolate coating" when I saw it. It has a...
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    Recent acquistion

    I've posted this on another board but thought you folks might also like to see it. It's the latest acquisition for my small but select collection of ACW small arms. I started with an M1863 Springfield a year or two ago, then got a Burnside 5th model cavalry carbine--and now to finally represent...
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    Not exactly for sale

    This was considered by many to be one of the most attractive of all the US military rifles. I won this in an auction back in 2021 in Camden, S.C. It's an original M1841 "Mississippi" rifle made by Robbins & Lawrence with lock date of 1848. This example is still in the original .54 cal and...
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    FOR SALE Wanted Scottish Murdoch

    If I'm not mistaken the Italian repros were called the "Black Watch" pistol and they have a steel barrel with an all brass frame. The only all-steel models that I've seen come out of India. There are about 4 or 5 importers of those with the best price from Military Heritage out of Canada...
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    English Light 6 Pounder & Reenacting

    To the OP You might find some use for this booklet carried by Amazon. It details operations for the gun as used by the British Army but would probably be the same for colonial use. LInk: The Light 6-Pdr. Battalion Gun of 1776 I have a nice little museum-quality 1/8th scale model of one...
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    1861 replica rifles ?

    Yes, they did. In fact they made both an 1861 and an 1863. Navy Arms imported and sold them and so did Dixie Gunworks--at least in kit form I think. However, the OP said his father's example has a ladder-style rear sight which eliminates any of the 1860's Springfields since they all had...
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    My oldest smoothbore Warhorse

    That is technically correct, but according to authors George Moller and Kent W. Johns both the M1835/1840 and the subsequent M1842 line of muskets were mostly derivative of the M1816. I probably could have stated this in my original text but did not. At one time all the later versions of the...
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    My oldest smoothbore Warhorse

    Thanks for the kind words gents. They used a wide variety of firearms in the Texas revolution including the ones you mention but I came across the info about the M1816 being used in the Texas revolution from Wikipedia of all places Here's the link : M1816 musket and here's the pertinent...
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    My oldest smoothbore Warhorse

    In my long-standing attempt to collect an example of every major longarm used by the US military, I just got this in a few weeks ago. It's a model 1816 Springfield .69 cal smoothbore flintlock manufactured in 1832. The M1816s were improved versions of the M1795, which was our very first...
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