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Sometimes you get lucky and wind up in the right place at the right time...
Today was one of those days... Walked into a gunshop in western NH and there on the counter -- up for consideration as a partial trade towards a plastic 9mm -- was a new in box, old stock, Uberti "Colt 1861 Navy" with a steel frame. Unshot, unhandled and in pristine condition. Since the shop owner and the trader/buyer couldn't seem to agree on the trade-in value, I offered up $250 cash -- and it was readily accepted.
It's undoubtedly the most beautifully "timed" Colt replica I've ever owned! I cycled the hammer over 200 times on the drive home, and there's no hint of a drag mark on the cylinder at all. Can't wait to get this one out to the range!
And yes -- I did also buy a lottery ticket in the same town.
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Darryl, you have the fates in your sails. That 1861 is probably the most elegant of all the Colt percussion revolvers -- even more refined than the 1860 that I love so very much. Can't wait to read a range report.
