Revolving carbine

[olyinaz]

I've never really wanted one of these, but I'm starting to get an itch...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yroLHtjF ... 2PLBmsToQ8

[bdhold]

I handled one at a local gunshop, and they're really a beautiful firearm.
The problem, of course, if you try to hold it like a rifle to shoot, your forearm gets burned.

[olyinaz]

That's what the hook below the trigger is for - your off hand.

[Sixgun]

I'd think that would be a novelty that would wear off fast........but thats me.---------6

[jeepnik]

I'd think that would be a novelty that would wear off fast........but thats me.---------6

Well, I can tell you that the novelty of a revolving shoulder weapon hasn't worn off for me. Now this isn't what was intended when the shoulder stock came about, but it's a hoot to shoot, and always gets some attention at the range. Kills bunnies real good, too.

[Blaine]

Don't have too much fun...someone will ban it.

[olyinaz]

Don't have too much fun...someone will ban it.

Exactly what I was thinking the last time I mail ordered a BP weapon.

All it will take is some fool to use one in a crime and the libtards will save us all from ourselves.

[missionary5155]

Don't have too much fun...someone will ban it.

Exactly what I was thinking the last time I mail ordered a BP weapon.

All it will take is some fool to use one in a crime and the libtards will save us all from ourselves.

Please do not even think of such a vile act ! Mike in Peru

[2ndovc]

I had one of those but sold it before I got a chance to shot it. Been on the lookout for another for some time.

jb

[Ji in Hawaii]

Much purdier than a Taurus Circuit Judge. I'd like one in 357 Mag.

[M. M. Wright]

Get one then order a Kirst conversion cylinder and it will then shoot .45 Colt cartridges. I know, they call it a 44 but all those barrels are .451 or .452. Works great in the pistols.

[awp101]

Get one then order a Kirst conversion cylinder and it will then shoot .45 Colt cartridges.

And that's just about as much fun as you can have (or in my case SHOULD have )!

I had an Uberti with an R&D cylinder and it was an absolute hoot at the range. IIRC someone here bought it when I listed it during "hard times" a couple of years back...

[2ndovc]

Get one then order a Kirst conversion cylinder and it will then shoot .45 Colt cartridges.

And that's just about as much fun as you can have (or in my case SHOULD have )!

I had an Uberti with an R&D cylinder and it was an absolute hoot at the range. IIRC someone here bought it when I listed it during "hard times" a couple of years back...

That was me. Then I had to sell off a couple for the same reason. Still like to replace them.

jb

[Chas.]

That gun falls into the same category as the "Ranch Hand" - I would only buy one after I've bought every conceivable gun I would ever want, have money left over, and a burning desire to buy another gun.

[Bill in Oregon]

Doggone it, I wish I hadn't watched Mike's video, or this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TWrwsYAEaY

[dogngun]

I might just be suffering from old age, but I think someone made these in .357 Magnum about 30 years ago...

Maybe I was just wishing...


mark

[awp101]

Doggone it, I wish I hadn't watched Mike's video, or this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TWrwsYAEaY

I noticed he said he was using .450" conicals. Why .450" instead of the .454"-ish of the balls? Is it so the skirt can expand (I don't recall him saying they were hollow base Minies)?

I had an Uberti with an R&D cylinder and it was an absolute hoot at the range. IIRC someone here bought it when I listed it during "hard times" a couple of years back...

That was me. Then I had to sell off a couple for the same reason. Still like to replace them.

jb

I knew it went to someone else as cool as me! Just couldn't remember who...

[44-40 Willy]

I've owned one of the Uberti carbines for about 20 years now. Nice shooter, but no real use for it, although I have toyed with the idea of using it at bow hunting ranges with conical bullets on deer. One thing I have learned with it though is you need to wear some kind of eye protection, especially if you're shooting it left handed. Bits of cap fly all into my face. Otherwise, it's a hoot to shoot.

As for the .450 conicals, Lee made a conical mold for cap and ball revolvers and thats the size of the front band they drop out as. The other bands are smaller to ease loading. To be honest, I have had better accuracy with round balls than I have with the conicals.

[awp101]

As for the .450 conicals, Lee made a conical mold for cap and ball revolvers and thats the size of the front band they drop out as. The other bands are smaller to ease loading. To be honest, I have had better accuracy with round balls than I have with the conicals.

OK, so it was probably more an issue of what he had on hand versus what might be ideal.

I've never fired conicals is any of the bp revolvers I've had but I always thought they looked "meaner". And isn't that the point?

[Buck Elliott]

Attaching a shoulder stock to a cartridge-firing conversion C&B revolver immediately runs afoul of US law. Any such conversion with a barrel shorter than 16" is considered a "destructive device" and requires a ream of paperwork and a $200 tax to possess...

[Ji in Hawaii]

I might just be suffering from old age, but I think someone made these in .357 Magnum about 30 years ago...

Maybe I was just wishing...

mark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eh0tJmamWs

[awp101]

Attaching a shoulder stock to a cartridge-firing conversion C&B revolver immediately runs afoul of US law. Any such conversion with a barrel shorter than 16" is considered a "destructive device" and requires a ream of paperwork and a $200 tax to possess...

Which is baffling since neither the c&b revolver nor the conversion are considered firearms. But like I tell customers: I don't have to like the rules, I just have to play by them.

[Ji in Hawaii]

Here's a couple from a Czech Outfit: http://www.alfa-proj.cz/en/products/fir ... nd-rifles/

http://www.alfa-proj.cz/en/products/fir ... -rifles|1/

[Ji in Hawaii]

I guess Uberti stills makes these in 45 Colt: http://www.uberti.com/firearms/revolver ... ntline.php

"Many manufacturers offered special-order carbine versions of their popular single action revolvers, despite the popularity of the new lever-action rifles. The Uberti 1873 Revolver Carbine is available in .45 caliber with an 18" barrel, with traditional field sights or adjustable target sights."

1873 Revolver Carbine
344190 Revolver Carbine .45 Colt 18" Case-hardened Frame, Steel Backstrap and Trigger Guard $769
345190 Revolver Carbine Target† .45 Colt 18" Case-hardened Frame, Steel Backstrap and Trigger Guard $829
SPECIFICATIONS: Cylinder: 6-shot, fluted Number of Grooves: 6 Twist: Right Total Length: 34" Weight: 4.4 lbs. Finish: Blue Grip: A-Grade Walnut Straight Stock †Target models feature an angled front target sight and an adjustable, notched rear blade sight.

I'd still prefer one in 357 Magnum.

[jeepnik]

Attaching a shoulder stock to a cartridge-firing conversion C&B revolver immediately runs afoul of US law. Any such conversion with a barrel shorter than 16" is considered a "destructive device" and requires a ream of paperwork and a $200 tax to possess...

Which is baffling since neither the c&b revolver nor the conversion are considered firearms. But like I tell customers: I don't have to like the rules, I just have to play by them.

Buck is dead on. Attaching to a C&B revolver is ok, but add a cartridge conversion cylinder, and you change the whole ball game.

Honestly, on the little 3" barrel, it more just for the novelty of it. You still have a very short sight radius. Then again, I wonder how one of the new fangled reddots would work. Wonder if I can figure out a way to mount one.

[awp101]

Honestly, on the little 3" barrel, it more just for the novelty of it. You still have a very short sight radius. Then again, I wonder how one of the new fangled reddots would work. Wonder if I can figure out a way to mount one.

Zip ties and JB Weld. If it works you can replace the zip ties with hose clamps...

[olyinaz]

Doggone it, I wish I hadn't watched Mike's video, or this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TWrwsYAEaY

Man the 1855 in that video is lovely! Shoots well too.