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Quote from: Hawg on March 11, 2022, 05:58:21 AMThe original RM's were all round barrels.No foolin'? Hmmm? I need more education on these lil guys. So are the 1851 considered "fantasy" of sorts Hawg?
The original RM's were all round barrels.
No Zulch, the date code on the pair is 2021. Lol!!Mike
Quote from: Zulch on March 11, 2022, 06:00:06 AMQuote from: Hawg on March 11, 2022, 05:58:21 AMThe original RM's were all round barrels.No foolin'? Hmmm? I need more education on these lil guys. So are the 1851 considered "fantasy" of sorts Hawg?Richards converted 51's but the RM's with octagonal barrels made today never existed. The .38 RM's back in the day were based on 61 navies.
There were quite a few gunsmiths doing conversions. If you were too cheap to send one back to Colt.
Quote from: Hawg on March 12, 2022, 12:45:52 PMThere were quite a few gunsmiths doing conversions. If you were too cheap to send one back to Colt. Lol.... hey postage was extra!