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Offline Captainkirk

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Captain's 1860 Army
« on: September 09, 2011, 09:39:18 PM »
Here is my ASP Colt 1860 Army, cal. .44, built from a white kit by Yours Truly back around '85 or so. I had the barrel and receiver professionally blued. This gun has by far the slickest action of any BP gun I own (thank you very much!) and shoots quite well using 30-35 gr Pyrodex P behind either a .454 RB or hand-cast Lee 200gr conicals.

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Re: Captain's 1860 Army
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2011, 05:32:39 AM »
You did a great job on that 1860 sir! It sure is something to be proud of.  (7&
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Re: Captain's 1860 Army
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2011, 09:50:00 AM »
Thanks! I surprised myself..... &m(
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Re: Captain's 1860 Army
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2011, 12:50:16 PM »
not too shabby pard, what do ya credit the smooth action to?
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Re: Captain's 1860 Army
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2011, 04:37:36 PM »
Nice lookin shootin iron there Cpt
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Re: Captain's 1860 Army
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2011, 08:41:39 PM »
Quote from: east texas on September 28, 2011, 12:50:16 PM
not too shabby pard, what do ya credit the smooth action to?

Hours of polishing the hammer/trigger assemblies with oiled 600 grit sandpaper, until it was so smooth and shiny you could see yourself to shave in it.
Factory parts are horribly rough and mis-matched. Doesn't take much to make a huge improvement.
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Re: Captain's 1860 Army
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2012, 03:53:49 PM »
mine actually has the smoothest action of all my revolvers out of the box! i can only imagine what it would be like polished i guess im gonna have to tear it down and see!   the pocket navy i got from kev is pretty smooth too
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Re: Captain's 1860 Army
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2012, 04:41:24 PM »
Go for it. You'd be surprised how a little sanding with smooth up an action.
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