Sunday Gunday Old School Edition - just finished antiquing a Pietta Colt 1860 Army
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I've got two of the same pistol. .
40.44 cal. Definitely a man's gun. Lots of fun to shoot!On the flip side, doesn't look fun to get shot with!
Beautiful piece of history.
You should see what it does to logs or tree stumps!
If anyone is thinking they want one, you can get them online for $200 - 300 shipped right to your house.
Because it's old enough to avoid those laws?
No, because it's black powder.
There is a C&R license available where certain firearms are eligible to be delivered to your residence. I forget the criteria but my SKS could've been shipped to my house if I had one
It's an FFL 03 - well worth it if you are into old guns
.44 or .36, no .40.
https://www.pietta.it/1860-army-eng
DERP! I'm a moron. It is .44 cal. I'm getting a .40 pistol in a couple of days and brain farted on this. Double tard because it was in a case under my ass (couch) at the very moment I wrote my herpaderp.
That's cool, as long as you load it with the right "freedom seeds"!
KEK, "freedom seeds"! Yeah, I keep a box of them inside the case with the black powder flask, caps and an extra 6 round cylinder. I only keep one at the house. The other is being heavily used by my buddy in West Virginia blasting the shit out of everything.
Replica my friend.
Smells like... Hillary.
I knew where you were going pede, but it was just set up too well. Uggh, can you imagine smelling Hillary in the morning? Woof. Bill must be a horrible demon if his punishment is already starting here on Earth.
I read that Cluster B types don't have much of a sense of smell.
Curious about loading. Is it just powder and ball, or is there wadding? Do you seal the chambers with wax, or bear grease or what? (what keeps the load in place?) Is there danger of flashover setting off all chambers if improperly loaded? (like if a chamber “leaked“ while holstered), and powder scattered all over the cylinder)
I love single action, because keeping the trigger pulled (or even removing it) allows for very quick firing, but have avoided cap and ball as potentially hazardous. It seems as though the powder smoke could provide visual cover, but with only 5 rounds, (load 1, skip 1, lload 4) you‘d need two of these at hand for effective defense.
It would be great to load crushed walnut shell instead of ball to practice quick draw shooting (balloon targets) without the issue of possibly (probably) shooting yourself in the leg.
Powder, then a felt wad (optional, but I use them) and then ball. Some people seal the ends of the chambers with grease or Crisco, but I don't bother - it makes a mess, and chainfires usually happen at the rear of the cylinder rather than the front. I cast my own ball, and I cut my own felt wads and treat them with beeswax and sheep tallow. My security is in ARs and modern pistols, but my heart is in black powder.
Black powder revolvers are traditionally loaded five in a cylinder, and carried with the hammer down on an empty chamber. As far as smoke providing cover, etc, leave that to the movies.
TY. Very informative.
And to add, the 1860 Colt had a safety to it, whereby the hammer set in the center of two of the cylinders. Loading 05 cylinders is a fairly modern idea. In 1860 there were no "Mike Avanatti's{sic} to sue you, and you WANT 06 rounds in a war zone.
I think YouTube has some videos of the rounds from this pistol being used against the "Jello" stuff that takes the place of a human body, to test its effects
Black powder is fun. Reproductions aren't legal where i live but the originals are free to own so i've got a small collection, 1 remington beals army .44, a beals navy .36, colt pocket .36 and two Starr army .44 DA. Don't shoot them as much as i used to but i take them out to breathe fire once a year or so.
Ball and cap.
Nice!
That's one of my dream weapons right there! Beautiful!!
The 1860 is my second favorite. My favorite is the 1861 Navy, although you don't see as many of them. It has the smaller frame and lighter handling of the 1851 Navy, but the beautiful lines of the 1860 Army. Best of both worlds.
I love it!!!! Civil War era vintage!!!!!!!!!!
Fucking epic dude, I love Civil War Pistols
The Pietta is arguably better than the other replicas. Finely made.
I had a Pietta Navy 36 cal that I loved. White finish at that. I traded it in and got a NAA Companion and couldn't be happier. I love Cap and Ball.
Daaaaaaaaannnngggg!!!