engraved guns

[Battis]

No sense having them if I don't show them once in awhile...
The top one is an original factory engraved Remington-Beals .36.
The bottom one is a Colt 1861 .36 Navy Signature Series Custer Commemorative.
I've fired the bottom one but not the top one.

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/pohill/Picture026_zps582857b8.jpg

[roots911]

The Remington is a work of art. The time, patience and talent to produce that type of work is just amazing! Is the Colt also all hand engraved?

[Battis]

Yeah, the Colt was hand engraved.
The Remington-Beals functions perfectly but I can't bring myself to shoot it.

[smokeywolf]

What, no butt stocks?

[Anonym]

:shock: Wow, those are b-e-a-utiful!

[Fly]

You lucky dam basturd, (WINK), Bud I LOVE THOSE GUNS.

Fly

[45 Bravo]

Yes they are pretty,
I subscribe to the feather theory..

If I had them, and you had a feather, we would both be tickled..

[Battis]

I was offered XXX dollars for the bottom one when it was unfired. I put 18 rounds through it and the offer dropped by $200+. Collectors like them unfired. I like to shoot them.
Like I said, I just can't bring myself to shoot the Remington-Beals. I shoot my other originals.
Colt 1851 .36 Navy (made in 1862) in action.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/pohill/Picture105_zpsec96945d.png

[enfield]

Remember you can always clean it after you shoot it.

[Battis]

I shoot and clean several other old guns. The problem is that I had it appraised by James Julia in Maine, and it's worth a lot more than what I paid for it. With my luck...

[Fly]

Well you enjoy them as you see fit.I can't say I could not fire them, but I,m not faced with that.

Fly

[Battis]

The way I see it, that Remington-Beals is kinda rare, especially engraved. I'm just the caretaker. If I ever damaged it in any way, I'd kick myself (and probably break a hip).
Here's two more shooters. The top one is a Spiller & Burr .36 repro that has fooled a lot of people into thinking it's an original -someone spent some time making it authentic.
The bottom one is an original Whitney .36 that was sold to me as a "pre-Italian repro". Well, Palmetto made a Whitney repro and before that, only Whitney. It has military markings and the Whitney Eagle under the trigger guard.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m217/pohill/Picture013_zpsf7607a61.jpg

[pietro]

The bottom one is an original Whitney .36 that was sold to me as a "pre-Italian repro".

Well, Palmetto made a Whitney repro and before that, only Whitney. It has military markings and the Whitney Eagle under the trigger guard.





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[williamwaco]

WOW,

Those are incredible.