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WooHOO!!!! A New Cap Gun!


Griff

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A New to Me Cap Gun... 2nd Gen Colt 1851, LNIB, in box with paperwork.  Soon to be reworked with nearly unbreakable hand spring, SlixShot nipples, Manhattan Conversion & Wire Bolt/Trigger spring for all day shooting fun!   Now all I need is that 1860 Steel Framed Carbine modified to shoot C45S, lose about 75 lbs so I can fit in my buckskins and I'll be the consummate Frontiersman!

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(I believe losing the weight will be the hard part!!!) :D  

 

If you don't shoot good, then LOOK GOOD doin' it!

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Hey Hey Hey Griff!!

 

That there be a FINE example of a Square Back.  Hubba Hubba.  Be sure to check the Barrel to Arbor fit first thing (I know you will).  Really nice score you betcha!!

 

PS:  I REALLY like the Silver Plate Trigger Guard/Back Strap.  Way KOOL!! 

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7 hours ago, Tequila Shooter said:

@Griff  let’s talk I’m negotiable.  

I've never been a big fan of the 1860... something to do with the grip...   Maybe I'm just stuck on 1851s!  :rolleyes:

25 minutes ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said:

Hey Hey Hey Griff!!

That there be a FINE example of a Square Back.  Hubba Hubba.  Be sure to check the Barrel to Arbor fit first thing (I know you will).  Really nice score you betcha!!

PS:  I REALLY like the Silver Plate Trigger Guard/Back Strap.  Way KOOL!! 

I've been shooting an 1851 since 1986 and never once thought anything about barrel/arbor "fit"... and have never had a problem.  I have one with a loose arbor, and will be fixing that as I set up the others I have as match guns... But, have to admit the "short arbor" as an issue escapes me;  something that just seem to be of no real consequence, IMO.  The other five I have are as tight as the day I bought them.  The 4 I have set up as match guns will run for a 3-day, 12 stage match without any attention at all.  

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1 hour ago, Tequila Shooter said:

@Griff my 1860 is a Henry (Uberti) rifle, steel sided, short stroked, in .45c, not a pistol. 

Probably looks a lot like this one:  Mine sometimes has a C45S carrier (pictured) in it... for 19 in the tube with a 160RFN...   What I'm waiting on is this same model in a carbine length.  

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I am under the impression that a Frontiersman has to shoot a SASS legal rifle, lever or pump action. By the way, love the square back. Somewhere around here I have a '61 square back, my favorite look of all.

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6 hours ago, Goody, SASS #26190 said:

I am under the impression that a Frontiersman has to shoot a SASS legal rifle, lever or pump action. By the way, love the square back. Somewhere around here I have a '61 square back, my favorite look of all.

That is a SASS legal rifle... been using it since 2009... I just want the carbine version, for a bit more "handiness".  

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21 minutes ago, Goody, SASS #26190 said:

I somehow got the idea that you were talking about a '60 Army with a conversion cylinder.

Bite your tongue!  :P  I haven't reached that level of depravity! :o

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14 hours ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said:

No such thing as a 61 squareback.

As I purchased it used the previous owner must have done some mods on it.

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