What IS it with these caplock pistols?

[123.DieselBenz]

I shoot into a boolit trap . . . re-melting my lead . . .

 

[CaptainKirk]

Capper, I can just tell, you're a closet Pyrodex fan.
This is good, 'cuz I was planning on buying you some for Xmas...
I also planned on getting you some Hodgdon stock certificates for your birthday....
I guess we would have fun at the range together! :wink:

 

[CaptainKirk]

I like the smell and the roar. I also like the fact that I can spend all day at the range and it only costs me for the powder and the caps or flint. I cast my own ball so I count those as free. Where else can you have so much enjoyment for $10.

Many Klatch

Yeah, geez..nowadays the range fee costs more than the shootin'...
Go figure. :idunno:

 

[Pete Gaimari]

Capper, I can just tell, you're a closet Pyrodex fan.
This is good, 'cuz I was planning on buying you some for Xmas...
I also planned on getting you some Hodgdon stock certificates for your birthday....
I guess we would have fun at the range together! :wink:

I'll have fun, because my gun will be going BOOM!

While yours will be going...Pffittt... snort...

 

[Greenmtnboy]

I like my Remmy . . . took it out this afternoon to play!

At first I thought you were protecting our border.
:rotf:

 

[Greenmtnboy]

What IS it with these caplock pistols?

I've got 3 now...1858 Remmy in stainless, 1851 Navy n .36 and a 1860 Army in .44. And I find myself hankering after still more. (Good thing for me, I guess, that I don't have any spare money.)
But...just what is the lure of these things, anyway?
For me, I believe it relates back to books I read as a kid...photos or paintings of soldiers of days gone by; Union cavalry with their Remmies, early scouts fending off Indians with their Walkers and Navy Colts....
It brings back an era, that though I missed, it seems like I knew it well.
When I hold them, they are familiar, as if they belong there. (That is, I suppose, part of the brilliance of Sam Colt's legacy.)
So, what is it that "does it" for you?

well outlaw joesy wales diden't help our fettish fer new guns.
I got two 1860s short and long barrelrevolvers, a cut down remington I carried for years, a 31 pocket for sm game and my trap line and a new 36 police yet to shoot in

 

[123.DieselBenz]

At first I thought you were protecting our border.
:rotf:

We all gotta do our part!

I just hope they only come six at a time!

 

[D Sanders]

You could use bacon grease over the balls...

I dreamed of wheeling and dealing for a C&B Dragoon and a cartridge conversion just last night... how weird is that? :youcrazy:

No! Not a cartridge conversion! Get the real thing. :nono:

HH 60

 

[nilo52]

Naw, he aint shooten east ! :rotf: :rotf:

 

[Greenmtnboy]

At first I thought you were protecting our border.
:rotf:

We all gotta do our part!

I just hope they only come six at a time!

bummer it's more like 6 million at a time.
:shake:

 

[123.DieselBenz]

The last two days I was on Fed Jury Trial, and because of a stupid loop-hole in the law we (I was foreman) had to give the re-entry alien a "Not Guilty" verdict . . . I fought with the rest of the jury for awhile, but the law says what it says . . . and we have to follow it.

I always carry more than one gun when out in the bush anyways, (You can see the cartridge belt that goes with the gun on my far hip) usually one has some range . . . but there not BP powered, so I'll not bother mentioning them . . . But I did send off a MO on Mon for a Seneca! (My 1st BP rifle!) and 25# of fffg KIK should be here tomorrow! Yesterday after I got out of court I stopped and picked up 1000 #11 caps . . . The gun is coming with 300+ RB, and 200+ conicals, plus a rb mold . . .

 

[newtothis]

i have two, and love em. one is the modernized buffalo or bison or whatever you call it, not as traditional, but from fifteen yards i can shoot a 9mm shell off a rock without touching the rock.

 

[David Teague]

You could use bacon grease over the balls...

I dreamed of wheeling and dealing for a C&B Dragoon and a cartridge conversion just last night... how weird is that? :youcrazy:

No! Not a cartridge conversion! Get the real thing. :nono:

HH 60

Hey it was just a dream... :hmm: Anyhow I already own 5 C&B revolvers and only one cartridge conversion in real life. :wink:

 

[CaptainKirk]

My first BP pistol (gun, for that matter!) was my stainless '58 Remmy in .44-I love that gun. For years, it was my favorite.

Then I was given a kit, in the white, of an 1860 Army, also in .44. I spent a whole winter sanding, polishing, smoothing, and then had the white metal professionally blued by a gunsmith.

Then, to fill a void, I got my 1851 Colt Navy in .36. This gun had absolutely the worst action of any gun I'd ever fired; rough as a cob with trigger pull a mile long. The brass work was rough and poorly finished, although it was nice to look at...from a distance. Because of that, I never shot it a whole lot.
Last winter, I disassembled it completely, stoned and polished the sear and hammer, smoothed and polished all the workings and knocked off the sharp edges, and smoothed and polished the rough castings in the brass. It's like new gun now!

One thing I've noticed...the Navy points and handles better than both of the others. The balance is just perfect, and the grips are wide enough to wrap my paws around it, but short enough to curl my pinky underneath, which, for some strange reason, seems to add a grain of directional control (?).
My point?
Even a bad gun can be turned with enough TLC. :wink:

So, which is my fave now?
Well, I still have a soft spot in my heart for my Remmy...always will. The SS is a breeze to clean, but looks a little less authentic, I suppose.
Out of the three, the '60 Army has the best action & trigger pull...like a hot knife through butter. Sneeze and it goes off. I spent a lot of time on that trigger. But the grip is quite large, and while many will disagree, I don't find the sculptured looks as appealing as the older Colts.
The Navy is just a little sweetheart! For a gun that did so much sitting early in its career, I just love to shoot and handle the thing now that it's had it's "total makeover". You can view a distant object with this gun at your side, close your eyes, then raise the gun, thumb back the hammer and open your eyes....most of the time DEAD NUTS on target. Downright scary, even. I've read where Bill Hickock preferred his Navys to any other gun, and for point-and-shoot, I can see why!
The one thing the Remmy has hand-over-fist on the open-top Colts is the way the cylinder drops out in your hand with simply flipping down the loading lever and sliding the barrel pin forward; drop, pop, and it's out! I could see where a horse-bound cavalry officer with two extra cylinders could pop off eighteen shots quicker'n greased lightning...try doing that with an open-top!
Just a few observations for the curious! :thumbsup:

 

[CaptainKirk]

You could use bacon grease over the balls...

I dreamed of wheeling and dealing for a C&B Dragoon and a cartridge conversion just last night... how weird is that? :youcrazy:

No! Not a cartridge conversion! Get the real thing. :nono:

HH 60

Hey it was just a dream... :hmm: Anyhow I already own 5 C&B revolvers and only one cartridge conversion in real life. :wink:

Can you post some pix?