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... at least for me! So, a little background. I've always been fascinated with my family history. Started in the 70's when "Roots" came out. My Dad was a student of our family history, and he drug us around that summer visiting old family gravesite where I did "grave rubbings" (p...

Here's the dowel I made for the Dragoon conversion:

https://kirstkonverter.com/ https://kirstkonverter.com/colt-walker-dragoons.html The ejection is with a dowel. Or, for some models, you can get an ejector rod kit (I ordered one for the 1860 clones). Won't work with the snubbie, but will with the other two. I'm not overly worried about the rod/dowel...

Well, I'll be...

BTW, I got an ad from Kirst via e-mail this morning reminding me of their sale on Walker and Dragoon conversion cylinders. FYI in case anyone is interested!

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JBowen wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:48 pm Now you know we are expecting a range report with all three barrels.
Thanks for sharing,
JBowen

It will make for an interesting one!

JBowen wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:08 pm Nice! Is that Kirst cylinder chambered in .45 Colt? Is it Black powder only or can you use mild smokeless loads?

JBowen

Yes sir - both counts. You can use mild/regular .45 Colt loads - just nothing hot-rodded and certainly not the heavy hunting stuff.

… out of lemons. But I didn’t know it was a lemon to start. So, short story long :wink: , after I made up my fantasy “Ysabel Kid” Dragoon with a Kirst Konverter cylinder, I wanted to do another for the 1860 Army, which, as much as I love the Dragoons, is the best balanced and best-looking Colt percu...

Very nice, Jason!

Looking forward to the range report.

Will pray for both. Thanks for letting us know, Jim.

I have a couple/few old catalogs, but unfortunately, not that one.

I guess I'm not the only one after all!

...that President Permanent Brain-Freeze dropped out of the race on "National Ice Cream Day"!

They are indeed welcome!

We are all enablers here...

... to Colonel Samuel Colt! Colonel Sam Colt was born on this day in 1814. He would go on to refine the idea of a revolver into what we know today, creating a firearms company that still bears his name (though not owned by the family). A well-known phrase concerning Sam Colt is this: " God did ...

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kaschi wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:35 pm Thank you! That's what I was hoping to hear even though the Dragoon doesn't appear to have as robust a loading lever catch compared to, say, the 1860 Army, which is totally different in design.

The 1860's is certainly better, but the Dragoon's is light years ahead of the Walker!

2ndovc wrote: ↑Thu Jul 18, 2024 4:29 am

Love the Bee!

jb

+1

And they have been in rare form all week!

Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Thu Jul 18, 2024 6:10 pm Cap and ball revolvers are also good at flame-cutting sandbags -- and staining a whole bunch of stuff black.

So true... and so worth it!

Nice Jay. I would love to get a conversion kit for my Colt Third Model Dragoon. Hi Gary. I can't recommend Kirst Konverters and their gunsmith, Bill Kelly, enough. The conversion cylinder is wonderfully made, and properly cared for, will last many lifetimes. I bought it when Kirst ran a sale (which...

For those of you shooting these Dragoons, how well does the loading lever catch prevent the lever from falling during recoil? I realize this was a problem with the Walker which preceded them. My only experience with blackpowder revolvers has been solely with 1850 Navy and 1860 Army models. This is ...

Perfect indeed!!!

Hi Bill - I picked this up specially for the conversion, and it is not only fun to shoot, but darn accurate. Now, I'm not saying modern iron sights accurate, because it has the Colt open-frame sights of the percussion era - i.e., rear sight notch on the hammer - but to me it points just naturally. I...

Here's combining both... a Uberti reproduction of the Colt 1st Model Dragoon with a Kirst Konverter and recoil shield port.

Natchez has been running specials lately where they cover the hazmat fees on purchases over $99. That's the way to go if you can't find stuff locally (which I rarely do anymore

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samsi wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 9:33 am It's more likely that the scumbag was registered R so it could vote in closed primaries. It's an old trick, mainly used to try to advance ones opponent's less desirable candidates. The practice actually made it into the news cycle briefly during the last midterms, likely to encourage it.

+1

I have a bunch of Winchester Wildcats I got on sale from K-Mart for $7.99/brick of 500. Sigh, those were the days...

I'm not sure on that Bill. If initial reports are correct and the shooter was outside the perimeter, it may be a failure on the SWAT snipers I saw, but the secret service close-in protection did exactly what they were trained to do - get the President down (he was already), dog-pile on him, and get ...

That would nix the reports from some that it was a .22 rimfire. With the counter-sniper presence, It is hard to imagine a long gun could have got that close.

I despise Alec Baldwin but….Hannah Reed is more liable as is the guy who handed the gun to Alec….Alec violated basic gun rules but did have a reasonable belief that the gun was cold, as they say. I despise Baldwin too. Typical narcissistic leftist low-talent hack actor. Like others, I do wonder how...

Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:17 pm I’m a supporter of President Trump.

This changes the dynamics of this election and the direction forward.

+1 - both counts.

GunnyMack wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 1:13 pm I was gonna say I think GK and Nath would probably be on our side!

They would!

Dang, that's a good-looking holster!

I got into reloading when I was 16. I was shooting my RSB .44 Mag and darn those rounds were expensive even back then! Plus, at 16, I couldn't buy them (some places still sold them to me :wink: ). What I discovered was the ability to customize loads to stuff that isn't offered commercially. When I w...

Watching him live right now after the NATO summit. He just called Donald Trump his Vice President. His answers are wandering all over the place. The only consistent thing is he is lying like there is no tomorrow.

Our country's enemies are watching... and laughing...

Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2024 7:20 pm It’s done. Timing is just right. And I didn’t booger up any screws.

Congrats Scott!

Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 8:06 pm Especially when they are like this one with a brass grip frame.

Very true!

And as you can see from my signature picture, I am very found of the Dragoon's!

If they would just eliminate tax withholding, and send everyone a bill once a year, both parties would be swept out of office - for good. Granted, ALL the Dem's would go, but a significant number of Republicans would go as well. Better yet, send each American an itemized bill for their taxes. Showin...

Thank you John!

Spent it with family, friends, enjoying fireworks, music, BBQ and bourbon.

Doesn't get any better!

Well said Jim, both posts.

I was out of town for Independence Day, so I did not get to use my golf ball mortar. It is a hoot!

Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 12:47 pm Keith recommended to Bill Ruger to call the Super Blackhawk a “Dragoon” and I still think that would have been fitting.

I agree 100%!

I've always thought of mine as a Dragoon. With the square-back trigger guard, it just shouts "Dragoon"!

No they cannot...

Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2024 8:20 am Nice space Jim! Elbow room and everything.
Reminds me that I haven't used my old Lyman powder measure in many years. Just got used to fiddling with the Lee scoop set.

Bill, you said "scoop set"! Does this count?

Not my bench, which is just to the left, but my attempt at organizing my reloading area.

George was a patriot, no doubt about it. He served the cause of freedom, gave his all, retired and died way too young. He set an example few of his predecessors even tried to follow.

Yeah, but Bud? Isn't that stuff poisonous?

Oh for Pete's sake!

But I am not surprised...

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