E.M.F. 1860 Snub Nose revolver

[duelist1954]

E.M.F. just sent me this neat 1860 Army snub nose cap & ball revolver for my black powder column in Guns of the Old West. It is sort of an Avenging Angel gun.


I can't wait to see how it does at the range next week. I'll keep you all informed.

 

[Tater John]

I'm interested! Looks like a handy little rascal

 

[hawkeye2]

I had a chance to hold one at Dixie's booth at the Spring Nationals. I certainly feels and points exceptionally well but is it ever expensive!

 

[Paul_R]

Eagerly awaiting the video! :thumbsup:

 

[F.G. Ford]

Hello Hawkeye2,
How much is expensive???
We all want to know!
Fred

 

[Don]

I'd love to get my hands on the birds head grips for my other Colt Piettas.

Don

 

[nkbj]

Makes me think about the role that Billy Williams played in The Wind And The Lion.

 

[hawkeye2]

$375.00

 

[Stophel]

That's "expensive"???

Even I can afford that easily. And I'm pretty poor. :wink:

I've thought about cutting mine down like this, but I could definitely never go for the round butt or the saw-handle extension at the web of the thumb.

 

[hawkeye2]

I'm glad you can afford it however Cabela's regular price for a Pietta 1860 Army is $269.99 and right now they are on sale for $249.99 plus a free starter kit. You are paying $105.01 more for the grip and a shorter barrel. I bought a Pietta snubbie '60 Army a number of years ago and it was the same price as the standard model(actually at the time it was on sale for less). It did have the standard Army grip though rather than the Thunderer style grip. That gun has one advantage in that it could have existed simply by cutting an Army down while the one in the photo above could not have been assembled using factory Colt parts. It certainly has a cool factor though.

I should add the price I quoted above was from Dixie Gun Works and not EMF as EMF hasn't listed the gun on their site yet.

 

[Adui]

That's "expensive"???

Even I can afford that easily. And I'm pretty poor. :wink:

:shocked2: Wishing i was poor like you.. $20 is expensive to this poor boy..

 

[Stophel]

How do you afford internet service?

Everybody's trying to "out-poor" one another. :shocked2: I am certainly among the poorest participants of this board, and while I can't buy a gun every week, or even every month, by any means, if I were wanting to buy a new pistol, I would not find $375 to be "ever expensive". Frankly, I think these things are CHEAP, given the cost of everything else these days. I think the makers of percussion pistols are offering pretty fantastic deals. :wink:

Yes, that grip shape and cut down barrel is costing you another hundred bucks, but if you want that grip shape and cut down barrel, you gotta pay for it one way or another. It is "non-standard". Anything different throws a kink in production. That means cost. If they sell enough of them, eventually they will probably bring the prices down similar to their standard models.

 

[cynthialee]

that grip has no rightful place on that gun!

(besides I hate the look of that grip)

Loading is a PITA with a cut down like this. If you don't have a loading station it is a big pita.
If you want a short gun like this, a simple .38 special would work better.

 

[nkbj]

Loading a "sheriff" model is difficult enough for me but I like shorties... I like them all.
Anybody have an extra barrel for a Walker that could be cut in half?

 

[Bon Sauvage]

I don't like the looks of that grip either but I sure like the looks of the rest of it!

 

[Stophel]

These guns were done in the late 19th century (well, other than the DA grip frame), and are usually referred to today as "Avenging Angels" (not sure of the origin of that term. Apparently comes from their use by Mormon enforcers and bodyguards). Usually "belly guns". This was your hideout or backup gun.

I made myself one out of an old CVA/ASM brass frame 51 navy that I bought from a friend. It needed a LOT of work done to it to straighten it out. Another one I still haven't shot... don't have nipples for it yet! I believe it has the smoothest action of any pistol I own! Probably because all the parts are riding on that butter soft brass! :haha:

Loading would be done in a semi-normal manner, through the hole where the rammer would normally go, but you use a separate rod, which is what the brass rod in the picture is for.

 

[Stophel]

This one's kinda ugly, I think...
http://www.rockislandauction.com/photos/54/p_standard/XRF6-T-F2-H.jpg

apparently cannot post photos from an auction site. :hmm:


This one I think is neat as can be. Nickel plating and all.

 

[hawkeye2]

"$20 is expensive to this poor boy." Same here! I still maintain that revolver is expensive. I paid 29.95 + shipping for my first C&B revolver NIB.

I didn't run into any loading problems with my snubbie, I just substituted one of those unmentionable cylinders for the original.

 

[Stophel]

And gas used to be 75 cents a gallon.

 

[M. De Land]

Boy I hate to see a gun cut up like that! Makes a useful gun into a novelty that will see very little shooting use. MD