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Pitchy wrote:Thanks buddy

No prob.

Who is the guy leaned up smoking the cigar? I have seen him a few times before but cant remember his name.

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theres a review of this gun in "Guns of the old West" magazine.... Pretty nice rifle.... Was reading over my copy of this magazine last night and seen that. Didnt get to read it yet but it looks interesting as always. Cant wait to read it. What a beautiful gun it is and without all of tho...

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How about George Maddox. Quantrill's Chief Scout http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/jwheeler331/Cowboy%20Stuff/GeorgeMaddox.jpg You know you wouldn't want to meet that dude in a dark alley. If you look close, you can see he has a total of 4 revolvers on him. Twenty four shots of 44 caliber i...

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Welcome to the site.

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in the 1860s the .45 Colt was not around therefore they would have used one of the calibers of the day that fit. I think if you try to convert the .44 round ball cap and ball revolver to .45 Cold now days....you only get a 5 shot cylinder due to the size of the ammo. If you convert a .36 caliber rou...

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Obviously this is fantasy and not meant to be picked apart. I think it would be an adjustment. As much as I think I would be ready the times were harsh and I would have a learning curve. I think I could manage if I didnt get some sickness and die...which is a real possibility. Yeah, we know a lot mo...

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Come on Joe...lets hear your take on it.

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Any of the Conversion cylinders are sort of pricey compared to the regular black powder pistol. The R&D cylinder is not a bad choice.

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Inital thought for me would be 1873 Winchester in 44-40 Replica and Colt chambered in the same caliber. Working on it would be no problem should a problem arise and can ditch it for a new Winchester of the day when I get there. A Coach gun would prob. be up there on my list also.

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Ok, so let me get this right. We have to take a gun from today back then or can we get our guns when we get back in time?

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OK, I'm going to stray a wee bit off course and ask a question or three: Does anybody remember the Open Top Colt with the white grips Tom Selleck used in "LAST STAND AT SABER RIVER" ? I don't know if it was a conversion or a 71-72 but I'm sure it was chambered for the 45 Colt and it did h...

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Bottom line is that the 71-72 is not a conversion. It started life as a cartridge firing firearm. If you want a conversion then buy yourself a 1860 cap and ball gun and then buy the conversion cylinders that you want. http://www.fcsutler.com/fccwrevolverstestimonial.asp http://www.midwayusa.com/vie...

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Bottom line is that the 71-72 is not a conversion. It started life as a cartridge firing firearm. If you want a conversion then buy yourself a 1860 cap and ball gun and then buy the conversion cylinders that you want. http://www.fcsutler.com/fccwrevolverstestimonial.asp http://www.midwayusa.com/view...

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Very nice work.

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Talk about a bad month of storms. Prayers go out

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I see, thanks for that info, and wasn`t trying to be rude saying because i can. It`s the 71-72 model i`m interested in. The 71-72 Open Top was not a conversion gun. It was made from the start to shoot metallic cartridges. It was a gun they put out to hold people over till the 1873 was ready. Its a ...

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Has anyone converted a Colt copy to shoot modern ammo? I know they are available from different manufactures but i`m interested if anyone has converted one on their own. I particularly like the 1860 with the long cylinder in 44 sp. I have and love them. I have always loved the way the Civil War pis...

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Actually it was Eli Whitney who revolutionized mass production. The Walker Colts were manufactured in his plant under contract to Colt and Colt got the tooling and copied the production techniques he learned from Whitney. Created interchangeable fits. You know.....I totally knew about Eli Whitney a...

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I may be inclined to say early Colts since they pretty much took mass production to levels never seen before at the time. Revolutionized not only the gun industry but the way companies mass produced.

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Well I called my grandmother today to make sure that it didnt happen rather than me just being left here. I figured if anyone was going she would be in the good. She is still here and so am I.....no news to speak of.

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How about George Maddox. Quantrill's Chief Scout http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/jwheeler331/Cowboy%20Stuff/GeorgeMaddox.jpg You know you wouldn't want to meet that dude in a dark alley. If you look close, you can see he has a total of 4 revolvers on him. Twenty four shots of 44 caliber i...

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Beautiful rifle. I miss my Sharps rifle dearly and hope I get me another one in the future.

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That is neat. I am lucky that even though the Mississippi River is not far from me if I go west or south....I am far enough that I will not see any effects from it.

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Only neat thing I have ever found was the Soldiers name and address under my K-31 buttplate.

I have heard of some people making contact with the family that even after all these years, live in the same place.

Other than that......I look but never find anything.

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Commodore Perry Owens.

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How about George Maddox. Quantrill's Chief Scout

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That is a beautiful rifle and some good fun shooting.

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http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/jwheeler331/Wheeler/DSCN0092-1.jpg http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/jwheeler331/Wheeler/DSCN0121-1-1.jpg http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/jwheeler331/Wheeler/DSCN0093-1-1.jpg http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/jwheeler331/Wheeler/DS...

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I wet the inside of my holster just a little for about 15 seconds.....then place the gun in a ziplock bad or other bag and place the gun in the holster. If you want the gun to fit loose then let it dry completely with the gun in the holster.....if you want it a little tighter then let it dry for a f...

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It looks like the hat is different also, in the original picture it looks like a tall top style hat and the other pictures it looks lower with a crease down the middle. Not sure about the comment about his finger being missing either, he could just have it bent and it looks that way. :) In the old ...

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Here`s the pictures in question, the hat he is wearing in the center backward picture is different also. I thought there is only one known picture of him, so how do they explain the differences. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/InTheWind/SDC11007.jpg The differences that you are seeing in the...

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Got a cool new book today, hard cover copy of Guns of the American West. There are some really nice pictures in it and looks like good stories, i better go get to lookin. :D Great book. I have had it for a while now and truly love looking at the pics and reading the book. Also has a very neat photo...

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You must have been watching Regis and Kelly this morning.

I was in a house this morning doing an Appraisal and they had that show on....and they talked about some of the same items.

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Got a cool new book today, hard cover copy of Guns of the American West. There are some really nice pictures in it and looks like good stories, i better go get to lookin. :D Great book. I have had it for a while now and truly love looking at the pics and reading the book. Also has a very neat photo...

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That is very neat.

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I have a 73 Uberti in .45 Colt and just shot my second match yesterday with this rifle. First match I was using 250 gr RNFP and 5.2 Grains of Trail Boss. You need to up your charge some as most loads start around 5.7 give or take a tad. This time around I was using 200 grain RNFP bullets with WLP Pr...

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Just curious Mike, have you contacted him to let him know your findings or do you just let it ride? Im just wondering because maybe he honestly just dont know. He along with a would be buyer could benefit from a guy like you who actually knows his stuff. Now, weather or not the seller would take you...

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RIHMFIRE wrote:Cant watch the stuff on TV except for NCIS and sports and found this

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096732/episodes

pretty darn good series....

Been looking for this on DVD so we can watch it. I have not seen it in years obviously. What I remember it was pretty good.

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RIHMFIRE wrote:My absolute favorite round.....the 38-40....

i like Potterfield and midway....its a good company..

Please tell me why. I have been looking for a rifle in 38-40 but have never shot one. Can you tell me what you like about it so much. Thank you.

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I pray that he gets it turned around also. I always hate to see that in a person.....it can easily happen to anyone's kids.

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Hobie wrote:You can NOT ship USPS but can ship UPS. Just to clarify.

Got it, Thanks Yall.

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86er wrote:Just put ORM-D on the outside of the box. There is no add-on fees for loaded cartridges if you use FedEx ground or Home Delivery. I sent ammo on a weekly basis and have never had an issue.

Ok, thank you for the quick response. I'll post a trade add.

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Beautiful Rifle.

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Just curious.....if an individual ships say....two boxes of ammo do they need to mark it has hazardous and pay the HazMat fee?

I ask because I have two old boxes of ammo and im thinking about running a trade ad with them but if a hazmat fee may not make any deal worth a trade.

Thanks,

Rube

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Nice.

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Very nice.

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Griff wrote:Although,I'd already need at least 3 of 'em!
http://www.pendletonsafes.com/

Seen these before and for the price and how many I would already need....I would have to pass.

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Rube Burrows, I finally got to see your pictorial. Lot's of excellent pics. I'll bet that was a noisy place for a while too. Funny thing, my Win XP box crashed yesterday and it would choke up and quit after two or three pics. Yet this old Win 98 box which is way out of date opened and displayed eve...

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Here are some of my cowboy guns. Dont really have much of me wearing them but here are a few for you. http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/jwheeler331/Cowboy%20Stuff/DSCN0190.jpg http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af312/jwheeler331/Cowboy%20Stuff/DSCN0173.jpg http://i1019.photobucket.com/album...

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bulldog1935 wrote:This time, a good time was had by all.

Yeah, I guess you are right about that.

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