First BP revolver

[Erzulis boat]

Pietta .44 1860 "London" with steel frame and TG.

My first BP Revolver. Super quality arm. Fit and finish is excellent.

I shot a BP revolver many years ago, and it was a bucket.

I test fired caps only, and the 11's worked fine, just had to pinch them a tad. I ordered SS #11 nipples from TOTW along with some .454 balls.

The action is fantastic, the halfcock, the cylinder indexing/timing and the crisp pull are top notch. Definitely nothing like the revolver I shot 20 years ago.

Will get a range report posted pretty soon.

 

[Zonie]

Interesting that Pietta put a steel trigger guard on that pistol. I assume the grip strap is also steel?

Ole' Sam Colt tried to convince the British that silver plated brass trigger guards and grip straps were dandy things to have on their Colt revolvers but the British weren't buying it.

They insisted that the strap and the trigger guard must be made of steel/iron on the Colts made in the Colt factory in London.

 

[George T.]

Good looking revolver you have there!

Geo. T.

 

[Erzulis boat]

Interesting that Pietta put a steel trigger guard on that pistol. I assume the grip strap is also steel?

Ole' Sam Colt tried to convince the British that silver plated brass trigger guards and grip straps were dandy things to have on their Colt revolvers but the British weren't buying it.

They insisted that the strap and the trigger guard must be made of steel/iron on the Colts made in the Colt factory in London.

Yep. All blued steel.

I noticed these 2 relief cuts on the frame (towards the bottom of the hemisphere "lump")and about 1/2" directly up from the trigger pin screw and can't figure out the reason for them?

 

[Darto]

If you have a graphics editing software, could you draw a circle or something on the picture to show where is the cutout? I use the freeware Gimp utility.

The trouble with Colts is for some reason apparently folks in that era wanted their sights adjusted for 50 yards and I guess Colt gave them what they demanded. Today everyone it seems would prefer about 50 feet.

If you want to really get into this gun do a google on "Gatofeo".

 

[pargent]

STD. cuts for fitting a shoulder stock

 

[loco6725]

Shoulder stock was the first thing I thought of too but the explanation of the location makes me wonder too.

Tom

 

[bpd303]

I noticed these 2 relief cuts on the frame (towards the bottom of the hemisphere "lump")and about 1/2" directly up from the trigger pin screw and can't figure out the reason for them?

I would say they are there to allow fired caps to fall free of the recoil shield.

 

[Erzulis boat]

I looked at some shoulder stock pictures, and it appears that they are indeed cutouts for the shoulder stock...but they don't follow the lines of the brass "wrist" on the stock.
This revolver lacks the receptacle on the base of the grip though.

 

[jaxenro]

I has the "4th" screw for the stock

 

[bpd303]

Doing a search I came across this thread. The cutouts are definitely for a shoulder stock. http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/213652

 

[Erzulis boat]

Doing a search I came across this thread. The cutouts are definitely for a shoulder stock. http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/213652[/quote]
Thanks for the link!

 

[cynthialee]

I have a stock for my 1851 .44 and I like it. Improves my groups when I use it. Some folks don't like the hold required by the use of a shoulder stock on a BP pistol, but I like it allot.

 

[AZbpBurner]

My Uberti/Replica Arms 40+ year old 1860 with stock cutouts (and fitted stock in a walnut case) also has a steel triggerguard & backstrap.