WOW! they both have a set of COULIONS!! TESTES! and the beast lost his!That's awesome, thank you very much for the data. View attachment 110279
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that is why that they are called BELLY GUNS!!
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Since for "social" affairs my choice is a 100+ year old invention designed by a guy in Utah my fun guns are snubbies.
The brass rod loading thing supplied by Pietta is for the Colt style snubby is worthless for loading but makes a dandy hammer for removing and replacing the barrel wedge, pushing a patch through the chambers, cleaning the arbor hole in the barrel, cleaning the arbor hole in the cylinder, an all around handy tool.
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The brass rod loading thing supplied by Pietta is for the Colt style snubby is worthless for loading but makes a dandy hammer for removing and replacing the barrel wedge, pushing a patch through the chambers, cleaning the arbor hole in the barrel, cleaning the arbor hole in the cylinder, an all around handy tool.
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Masai rite of passage.
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Relive me you would NOT want to be 25 yards from me with my Avenging Angel Pietta snubby 1860 Aarmy in a confrontation. At 50 yards perhaps if you were unlucky and i was no my game.
But I shoot a lot at least every other day with something..
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I agree it would make him a man!! did they eat the lions after killing them?
I don't think so.
Yes. Likely easier than the rite for girls.
Even worse than that; they are forced to read through one of the many COVID threads on this forum.
Nope. The girls’ rite is female circumcision. NOT in a medical setting.
(facepalm icon goes here). Did you really need to take it there?
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Those shortened Barrels look really nice, I like the Rounded Grip Styling. I would like to build one with a Birds Head Style Grip, I really like that style.
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The gambler that shoots an assailant across the table from him better hope he doesn't drag out a Dragoon or Walker and put a ball through him and the next fella behind as well. Those short barreled guns where really feared though as they had just enough power to get a dirty ball inside of the intestines then the poor guy died in agony of sepsis three days later.
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Even a .31 ball placed carefully in the tear duct will usually pretty well end an argument.
My "Avenging Angel " .44 Colt Army does pretty well at 25 yards, but it gets shot a lot and I know the sight picture.
Mine now has the Army style grip because I did not like the original bird head grip. It would not index for me.
That style grip was like trying to index a mop handle. But now it is great fun to shoot.
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My "Avenging Angel " .44 Colt Army does pretty well at 25 yards, but it gets shot a lot and I know the sight picture.
Mine now has the Army style grip because I did not like the original bird head grip. It would not index for me.
That style grip was like trying to index a mop handle. But now it is great fun to shoot.
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Bunk
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Hi B P
Your snubby 1858 looks fantastic. You've given me some inspiration to similarly modify an Old Pietta 1858 that I have. I'm curious. How is the cylinder pin retained in the frame without it dropping out?
In one of my past lives I lived on a remote island in Southeast Alaska that reportedly had quite a few felons per square mile. Nothing like Chicago or LA but still quite a few. Some of them were pretty good fellows and became good friends. Most of them carried weapons like those in this thread because they aren't regulated like modern firearms. Whether they were correct in their thinking or not was never proven in court but at least they felt more secure.
There are a few ways it can be done.
The easiest way is what the OP in this thread did; just tighten down the loading lever retaining screw tight enough to hold the lever in place with friction.
What I did with my first conversion was to drill and tap for a set screw (#6 or 8 x 32 IIRC) in the bottom of the cylinder pin and make a corresponding small dimple with a drill bit in the underside of the gun. Tighten the screw to hold the cylinder pin in place. Loosen the screw for re-loading. I might still have pictures if you need them. Cost was almost free.
The last way is the best, but of course costs the most. You can buy this spring loaded cylinder pin latch from Midway (and others I'm sure):
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1973292517This came on the snubby that I bought last summer from Taylors.
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Lonewalker
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I been eyeing one for next victim
