what c&b pistol to get.............
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I posted this in a different forum, but it applies here as well:
My main B&C revolver is an Uberti 1851 Navy. I purchased it because of its crossover reenactment possibilities:
Dixie Gun Works:
"The 1851 Navy was one of the most popular handguns in the Colt line and became the favorite of soldiers in the Civil War. After the war, this revolver helped tame the Western frontier in the hands of cattlemen, scouts, lawmen, and their antagonist."
Just make sure you get a steel frame and not brass, unless you want to portray a "Secesh" because the brass doesn't hold up under prolonged firing.
Now, if I get another revolver, I want to get the Remington New Army:
"The New Model Army was one of the major handguns of the Civil War and was the last of Remington's .44 caliber percussion revolvers. It's solid frame with a topstrap over the cylindr made it one of the strongest revolvers yet designed."
The Remington style cylinders are so much easier to get out then the Colt where one has to knock loose the wedge, use the rod as leverage to pull the barrel off and then slide the cylinder off. But then that becomes some of the fun of owning it and cleaning in that one really begins to understand how it is put together, how one piece interacts with another, etc. Especially when the thing jams or something goes wrong. :grin:
My main B&C revolver is an Uberti 1851 Navy. I purchased it because of its crossover reenactment possibilities:
Dixie Gun Works:
"The 1851 Navy was one of the most popular handguns in the Colt line and became the favorite of soldiers in the Civil War. After the war, this revolver helped tame the Western frontier in the hands of cattlemen, scouts, lawmen, and their antagonist."
Just make sure you get a steel frame and not brass, unless you want to portray a "Secesh" because the brass doesn't hold up under prolonged firing.
Now, if I get another revolver, I want to get the Remington New Army:
"The New Model Army was one of the major handguns of the Civil War and was the last of Remington's .44 caliber percussion revolvers. It's solid frame with a topstrap over the cylindr made it one of the strongest revolvers yet designed."
The Remington style cylinders are so much easier to get out then the Colt where one has to knock loose the wedge, use the rod as leverage to pull the barrel off and then slide the cylinder off. But then that becomes some of the fun of owning it and cleaning in that one really begins to understand how it is put together, how one piece interacts with another, etc. Especially when the thing jams or something goes wrong. :grin:
