Seventy Three Years

[JimT]

Of Me And Single Actions

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[Walt]

Pretty good grip to be holding up that single action at age three.

Thanks for the pictures, Jim

[JimT]

Pretty good grip to be holding up that single action at age three.

Thanks for the pictures, Jim

I was four. Strong for my age! Besides, Dad had a string from the barrel to the ceiling.

[Leverluver]

I thought something was up. The pic didn't survive a full physics analysis. Your dad was a sneaky dude.

[Walt]

I see now where you got your aptitude for being a practical jokester

[Blaine]

[Bill in Oregon]

Good on ya, Jim. My first single action was a brass-framed Navy imported by Hawes. Dad let me buy it from a little gun shop in Scotia, California -- Humboldt County -- about 1970 after I showed him all the stuff I had to do to load and shoot the thing. I believe he figured it would be hard for me to hurt myself.

[JimT]

Good on ya, Jim. My first single action was a brass-framed Navy imported by Hawes. Dad let me buy it from a little gun shop in Scotia, California -- Humboldt County -- about 1970 after I showed him all the stuff I had to do to load and shoot the thing. I believe he figured it would be hard for me to hurt myself.

I had one of those! An 1851 Navy. I experimented with duplex loads .. black powder starting charge with a cylinder full of smokeless powder. One day I was shooting it and the barrel, cylinder and cylinder arbor went down range. Stripped the threads right out of the frame. That was the end of that.

[Ray]

You missed one of your best fotos....

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[Ysabel Kid]

Good on ya, Jim. My first single action was a brass-framed Navy imported by Hawes. Dad let me buy it from a little gun shop in Scotia, California -- Humboldt County -- about 1970 after I showed him all the stuff I had to do to load and shoot the thing. I believe he figured it would be hard for me to hurt myself.

I had one of those! An 1851 Navy. I experimented with duplex loads .. black powder starting charge with a cylinder full of smokeless powder. One day I was shooting it and the barrel, cylinder and cylinder arbor went down range. Stripped the threads right out of the frame. That was the end of that.

I aspire to be shooting single actions for 73 years one day!

[Sixgun]

Where’s that Remington now Jim? … If you find it can have it?….looks to have a fair amount of condition. I know where a brand new unfired one is. …..

[JimT]

Where’s that Remington now Jim? … If you find it can have it?….looks to have a fair amount of condition. I know where a brand new unfired one is. …..

In the late 1940's my Dad bought a shipment of Remingtons from James Serven. None were "collectible" of that day. He paid about an average of $10 per gun. Some had cracked cylinders. He had a gunsmithing business and converted some to .22 rimfire. Others he converted to .38 Special and sold them all. He kept a couple of the better examples for himself. Over the years they got sold off.

[Sixgun]

In the late 1940's my Dad bought a shipment of Remingtons from James Serven. None were "collectible" of that day. He paid about an average of $10 per gun. Some had cracked cylinders. He had a gunsmithing business and converted some to .22 rimfire. Others he converted to .38 Special and sold them all. He kept a couple of the better examples for himself. Over the years they got sold off.

Jim, there’s two people on this board who know about James Serven……..you……and me..

Just like model 19 Smiths and a Ruger blackhawks are on near every gun shops shelves, Remington c&b’s ,1860 and 1851 Navies were on shelves back in the 40’s. To take that matter further, near every model of antique Winchesters could be had for peanuts. I don’t read this stuff….I’ve made it a life’s work to talk to the old timers that were probably your pops age who lived through it….

Common knowledge that the black powder dash numbers along with anything black powder were used as rebar up to WW2 and shortly after.

Herb Glass was a legend…he came across a dozen crates of new in wood crate of 1894 and 1895 Winchesters which he bought for peanuts….that were destined for the England lend lease but never made it and sat in a Ny warehouse until Herb found out about them….the crates were all broken up except for one which sold cover 200 G’s. about 10 years ago.I had conversations with his son Herb Glass Jr. at the better gun shows and we sat and talked for hours on the golden days of gun collecting. Those crates of Winchesters were made in 1923 and each gun was wrapped in a “50th year anniversary” paper wrapping on the buttstock s

I was smart enough to get in on the action in the early seventies as prices were climbing but not to the level to what they are today.

James Serven and Herb Glass and Jim Taylor……now you know why I laugh at the junk being made today…and it’s functional but junk….and I know you agree but won’t say it in print because your a nice guy.

[Walt]

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