hope this helps.
Regards,
Jim
http://guntoters.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Percussion-Caps-and-Nipples2.pdf
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
hope this helps.
Regards,
Jim
http://guntoters.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Percussion-Caps-and-Nipples2.pdf
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Thank you for that photo!
Brass frames do not stretch, no matter if it is a repro Colt, Remington, Spiller & Burr, Schneider & Glassick, Griswold & Gunnison, et al. The cylinders are steel and the...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
OC is offering 10% off any remaining items in Dr. Davis' collection. I don't think they have sold anything there in months.
https://www.octobercountry.com/
Regards,
Jim
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I own several Pietta 1851 Navy .36 "type" revolvers. Pietta 1851 Navies (since ~2001) are CNC-machined (as are the Ubertis) but Pietta has a few more different barrel/cylinder combinations available...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Oh, but I do have one! It is a Replica Arms El Paso Texas 1848 Pocket .31 5-shot 6" barrel manufactured by Armi San Marco (date code XIX/1963). ASM made some fairly historically correct revolvers...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
It is a Pietta 1851 2nd Model Belt Dragoon .36 fantasy revolver.
I have an affliction known as "parts-changer syndrome".
It started out as a Pietta 1851 Navy (CM/2014). I replaced the octagon...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
You are correct insofar as the V-shaped mainspring (secured to the trigger guard with a pin) is the same as the Walker. The "flat" curved mainspring of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Model Dragoons, secured...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
The Pietta LeMat weighs about 4lbs. 2 oz., the same as any Model Dragoon. Heavy and bulky is the Walker at 4lbs. 9 oz. with a 9" barrel.
This biggest problem with the LeMat is that it is fairly...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
If you live near a Cabela's store, you might give them a call to see if they have one. It is listed on their site, but Cabela's does not sell them online these days.
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Forum: Muzzleloading.
New member here. Sorry to be late responding to your thread.
Your revolver is an Armi San Marco 1849 Pocket .31 with a fairly scarce part round/part octagonal barrel 6" (nearly all were produced...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
My first thread on this forum.
Reaching out to any Dance .36 revolver aficionados for additional information. About 6 months ago I acquired a Pietta Dance Firearms Co. Revolver .36 caliber BH/1996...
Forum: Our Town
As requested, I am a new member, just logged on today, I can read it, added my avatar, and made my first post.
Regards,
Jim
Forum: Muzzleloading.
New to the forum and my first post here.
That faux striping looks pretty good! It is supposed to imitate tiger stripe/shell flame maple.
Here is my cased Armi San Marco 1860 Army shoulder stock...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |