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Off-Topic Discussion / Re: Update on me and mine.
« on: November 30, 2023, 08:30:19 AM »
Her surgery was yesterday. The surgeon said it went really well, and the caner hadn't spread from her thyroid. She's home now. I'm still selling guns here, as soon as I can take photos and post them. I haven't had much time recently.

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Off-Topic Discussion / Update on me and mine.
« on: August 08, 2023, 05:39:32 PM »
I haven't been around much lately. My wife has been diagnosed with cancer. She's doing well, and the outlook is good right now.

However, life changes, and so do priorities. I am sorting out my gun collection, and most of it is going to help with expenses. I'll be keeping a few pieces I can't part with. The rest is going to be sold. I'll be posting here when I'm ready.

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Off-Topic Discussion / Re: Can't win for losing.
« on: July 01, 2023, 09:57:01 AM »
Ouch!

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Photo Gallery / Yarnell Hill Fire - 10th Anniversary
« on: July 01, 2023, 09:51:40 AM »
Yesterday was the 10th anniversary of the loss of the Granite mountain hotshots in the Yarnell Hill fire. There were memorial ceremonies in various locations. We went to the ceremony in Yarnell.





A flyover of F-35's


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Off-Topic Discussion / Memorial day
« on: May 27, 2023, 05:55:34 PM »
Anything special going on. We're doing a neighborhood cookout. Prepping ribs/chicken for the smoker. BBQ sauce is simmering on the stove. Have to make salad and peach cobbler tomorrow.

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Army Models / Pietta Vs Centaure
« on: March 05, 2023, 02:18:00 PM »
Comparison of a Centaure Regular New Model Army and a Pietta 1860.

Differences right off the bat...
Grip shape, of course. The Centaure does not have the "Pietta tail"
Loading lever - The Centaure shows overlap between the two ends of the lever mechanism.
The gap at the front  of the cylinder is larger on the Centaure.
The cut at the rear of the cylinder is larger on the Centaure.
The contour on the barrel, down around the wedge is different.
The Pietta is 4-screw, the Centaure is 3-screw.

That's quick and dirty without breaking out the calipers to measure stuff. You'll probably see other things. I'lll post the other sides, too.



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Army Models / Re: "1960 New Model Army"
« on: March 05, 2023, 09:29:13 AM »
Having spoken with a German expert on these pistols, mine is 1965, Regular New Model Army, 3rd variation, 2nd sub-variation. It came from the factory with no etching on the cylinder. That was added by the distributor in the U.S.

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Army Models / "1960 New Model Army"
« on: March 03, 2023, 04:06:45 PM »
Been taking a break from the internet for a while. Still on break, truth be told, but wanted to post this one.

Picked it up at my LGS for a price that didn't make me feel guilty for buying it. It is, of course, one of the Belgian 1860 pistols. The stories are all over the place, and arguments about them seem to abound. However...






The finish on this one is almost pristine. There are a couple of dings in the grips, and a small circular drag mark on the loading lever, a barely visible drag mark on the cylinder, and the nipples have no wear at all. I examined it inside and out. I don't think it has ever been fired. It is tight and perfectly in time.

Made in Belgium mark on butt...




Markings on the frame. New Model Army, but has what appears to be some sort of naval scene on the cylinder. It has the Centaure mark which is, oddly enough, double struck.

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Off-Topic Discussion / Re: What did you do today
« on: December 18, 2022, 02:19:26 PM »
Pineapple chutney?

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Photo Gallery / Re: New Model Army
« on: December 18, 2022, 10:44:41 AM »
I do believe it. It makes more sense than any other explanation put forth so far.

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Photo Gallery / Re: New Model Army
« on: December 17, 2022, 05:49:32 PM »
This is the full story I was just told, when I asked...


It was Val Forgett who supplied the Italians with the original "Remington" to be used as the model for a Remington replica. Due to the poorer levels of research and knowledge back in the late 1950's and early 1960's, what Val sent them to copy was not a Remington New Model (1863) but rather a Transitional Remington. Remington had been producing the Elliot patent version (aka "M1861") revolver, when Sam Remington made a number of changes that the factory implemented piecemeal late winter early spring of 1863. One of the "Elliot" features not yet changed on Forgett's sample was the exposed barrel threads. Remington also changed the radius of the grip on the New Model which for many shooters crimps the knuckles. After a couple decades or so, the Italians corrected the barrel threads so one finds the older early production with no exposed threads, half, and a quarter before switching over to the standard exposed threads of the true M1863 New Models.

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Photo Gallery / Re: A little cold here...
« on: December 17, 2022, 03:23:07 PM »
Our high today was 51.

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Photo Gallery / Re: New Model Army
« on: December 17, 2022, 02:16:56 PM »
I have been told, by a reputable source, that ASP modeled their NMA from an actual Remington-Beals that they got ahold of.

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Photo Gallery / New Model Army
« on: December 17, 2022, 12:32:39 PM »
My sole New Model Army right now. Made by ASP and imported by Sile. It's smaller than the standard 1858 reproduction, and is an odd mix of New Model Army and a Remington-Beales model. For example, the frame covers the barrel threads, like the Remington-Beales, unlike the New Model Army, where the threads are exposed.



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Photo Gallery / A little cold here...
« on: December 17, 2022, 12:28:50 PM »
It was 11F this morning...






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