My wish list(s)

[tom in nc]

I've been enjoying the catalogs & manuals that I found a couple of days ago. I've found some pistols in the Pietta and the Pedersoli catalogs that I hope to find. They are the Colt Patterson, LeMat, and Roger & Spencer.
This is NOT a want to buy ad, just sharing my dreams.

 

[nick_1]

stay away from those two brassers on the bottom. the top two paterson and le mat look pretty cool.
My dream is a pedersoli le page .44 with the browned barrel. can't afford it at the moment...

 

[Sam squanch]

Roger and Spencer’s are good pistols. The other 2 are royal pains ….

 

[nick_1]

if you plan on shooting them a lot the brassers won't hold up.

 

[krshade]

In the picture of the two brass framed revolvers, what is the top one?

thanks

 

[tom in nc]

In the picture of the two brass framed revolvers, what is the top

thanks

This is the Roger & Spencer.
I would love to have any or all of the Confederate revolvers.

I have a brass framed 1860 Colt replica that I bought new in 1973. I shoot it using light loads, usually about 18g and it is not my only BP pistol so I hope it will last as long as I do.

 

[nick_1]

I complt shot out a brass 1851 and a Spillier and burr. now my brass 1858 is looking like its stretched somehow... still shoots fine but dosent look fine...

 

[M. De Land]

I complt shot out a brass 1851 and a Spillier and burr. now my brass 1858 is looking like its stretched somehow... still shoots fine but dosent look fine...

The trouble is how V threads load stress, mostly on the first three threads which carry 70 percent of the load. This I believe is why brass frames loosen up either on arbor or barrel threads ( open top or solid frame guns).
Probably brass frames would hold up better if the threads were ramp cut which loads radially and distributes more of the load over a longer thread length. I think even square threads would hold up better than V threads do in brass seats (frame).

 

[nick_1]

the 1858 has a visible imprint of the back of the cylinder in the frame. brass is just not the right material for revolver frames.

 

[Sam squanch]

Brass is ok for a .31 revolver. Anything bigger I prefer steel