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Curly Pete

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  1. What caliber are the Vaquero's and are they stainless or blued? Curly
  2. He said that he had not had a chance to figure out what the price was going to be on the new guns.  I currently own 2 Chiappa's and 1 IAC.  1 of my Chiappas has Lassiters drop 2 conversion, the other has Chiappas factory drop 2 and the IAC has Coyote Caps drop 2 conversion.  I was talking to Lassiter about sending my factory Chiappa to him for his conversion and I am selling my IAC to my nephew with the advice that he also get the Lassiter conversion on that gun.  My experience is that his guns just work that much better than the other conversions.  The advantage to my Coyote Cap conversion is you can still use the magazine, so you can get more than 2 in the gun but that also means that if you are not careful when you are loading 2 you can mess up and then you have a train wreck.  87's are really fun to run when they work correctly and they are a nightmare when they do not.  The only shotgun I use in cowboy is the 1887 and after about 5 years I will finally be set up with 2 Chiappa Lassiters so I will have a backup.

     

    Lassiter's real name is Tom Wildenauer and his phone number is (937)687-1039.  I am sure if you call him he would be happy to set you up with a gun.

     

    Good Luck

    Curly Pete

  3. I just got off the phone with Lassiter and he told me that he has some new Chiappa's in his shop that he has not had a chance to work on yet but will get to them at some time in the future. That may be the easiest way to get one.
  4. I was hoping I could get some information from you about original 1887 Winchesters.   I have been shooting a Chiappa replica for the last 4 years and have owned a couple of the IAC copies over the same time frame.  The fact that the replicas are so hard to find and that the price on them continues to go up I am starting to look at the original guns as a viable alternative.

     

    I have read online that you can only use them with smokeless power, is that true?  The first 87 I shot was an unaltered original that we shot 2 3/4" smokeless shells out of.  I am pretty sure that was stupid on our part but that was 20 some years ago and I was young and dumb at that point.  I have watched several auctions on GunBroker recently and I think I would like to get an original but if I can only use black powder safely in the gun I probably would change my mind.

     

    My Chiappa was modified by Lassiter for his drop 2 conversion, can the originals be modified for this conversion?  Is it sacrilegious to ruin an original like this?

     

    I would greatly appreciate any additional information you would like to share about this shotgun.  

     

    Thank you 

    Curly Pete 

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