Repro's I'd like to see...

[himem777]

I looked up the root and that is what I want!! Dixie has them. The current price is 1 arm 1 leg, and I think 2 toes. SOOO none for me. :cursing:

 

[Greg Hardy]

Thanks for the clarification, Zonie. I belive 'bore' relates to how many lead round balls it takes to make a pound, at least that's what I read somewhere.

 

[Cleburne]

Lizardo, I second your nomination of the Savage revolver. Love 'em, and would enjoy the opportunity to purchase and shoot an affordable, quality made reproduction.

Cleburne

 

[zimmerstutzen]

re tranter and his revolvers:
After 1856 he began production of his third model double trigger revolver, with a more streamlined frame and screw-secured rammer. At the same time he developed his fourth model, a single trigger, double-action revolver based on the same frame.

At the time the size of revolvers was typically described by the bore instead of the term calibre which is used today. The bore size equates to the number of lead balls of a particular diameter that can be cast from one pound (454 g) of lead. Tranter's most common bores were:

Bore Calibre (in) Calibre (mm)
120 0.320 9.13
80 0.380 9.65
54 0.442 11.2
38 0.500 12.7
24 0.577 14.7

 

[Greg Hardy]

There's a Civil War museum near me that has a Savage in excellent shape along with an Adams and several other originals. Drooled the first time I saw the Savage, though.

 

[Greg Hardy]

Missed a chance at a pair of single trigger Tranters when I was in Palma, Spain twenty-five years ago. They wanted, with exchange rate, about two-hundred dollars for them. Unfortunately, the Navy vessel I was on left port the following day and I couldn't get the permission I needed to bring them on board.

 

[Cleburne]

There's a local re-enactor that has a Savage revolver. Doesn't shoot it but does display it along with other CW pistols, long guns and militaria.