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17 yards is pretty close, but I couldn't do that with any hand gun.

It looks likes some of the "Dixie" Piettas have slightly different features than a standard Pietta. Like the aged looking Army Model. Same basic guns though.

Did the U.S. Gov't buy Colt company after Sam died?

But not brilliant enough to keep Colt from dropping it to go to a solid frame.

He means the force on the barrel in relation to the frame. There is no force pushing them together, just apart.

I am interested for sure, I think we are supposed to do that through the for sale section anyway. Those holes don't go all the way through, do they? I don't suppose they do, but I thought I should ask.

Gosh Mike, it sure seems like the slot in the arbor positions the wedge, not the end of it. If you take the wedge out, the barrel just slides forwards don't it?

What is that clamp thingy on the front sight of the revolver?

What French Colonial says sure sounds right to me. The arbor can't control forward movement of the barrel, only the wedge can do that. I think an engineer would say the whole idea of making the gun in two pieces was not so good anyway.

Is it possible to buy a new Uberti 1851 or 1860, take it out of the box, clean the grease off, load it correctly and have it shoot reliably and accurately without any concern about how long the arbor is? They were made with a loading ram so that you didn't have to take it apart to reload it. If...

No more quick draw though!

Thanks for the pictures, looks good to me so far.

Wiscoaster had a lot of trouble building that rifle, but he ended up with a shootable gun that looks decent and learned stuff along the way. Nothing wrong with that!

Sure, send me some pictures, or post them on here anyway.

If you decide to sell it, I would be interested

oh-oh, now you did it!

According to the Donald Wares book, it looks like #57425 was made in February of 1864

A lot of people wouldn't like the fact that it has been refinished, (that "patina" stuff). Whoever did it did a really nice job - it looks great to me! Old Mr. Remington would be proud of it. I have two books on these revolvers, and will try to find something about that serial number.

I'd want one for sure - 36 caliber with a good quality fast twist barrel. Oh, and a nice adjustable rear sight. For about $300. I think I'm just dreamin.

There's a difference between what is legal and what the usps uses for it's regulations. The usps doesn't arrest people, they just refuse to ship certain things. Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness isn't in the constitution, it's in the declaration of independence. The constitution is...