We need stainless 1860 ARMY clones !

[Arcey]

The 'Colt's' cylinder all patched out.  The patch (cut from a worn out cotton dress shirt) under the cylinder is the one I used.  The ones to the left are clean.  The used patch is a l'il pinker than the pic shows.  Next to no black stuff on it.  That single patch did all six chambers, the base pin bore and the base pin bushing.

[Arcey]

The cylinder assembly in the foreground belongs to my 3 1/2" birdshead.  Shot that thing the first Saturday of July.  I took that one out of the can to make room for the ones I shot the 15th.  With the bushin' and base pin put all back together, it's been sittin' on the bench since.

The one in the back ground is the one I just finished messin' with all lubed with Ballistol and reassembled.



The birdshead isn't used every shoot, just about once a month. I'll be shootin' it again the first Saturday of next month. The 7 1/2" is used in shoots two, maybe three times a month.

[Arcey]

Awww.....   Whut the heck.  The both of 'em back tagether.

Neither of 'em have had anything but Goex thru 'em for the last year or so.  Cared for as described in this and many other posts.



Holster wear is easily visible on the ejector rod housin' on the long one.  Both of 'em are workin' CAS pistols.  They ain't been pampered.

[Montana Slim]

I wouldn't recommend leaving guns shot with pyrodex submerged in cleaning solutions as this will likely corrode the heck outta em. Perclorates in the presence of oxygen is nasty...Anytime you shoot pyro, clean ASAP with a water-based cleaner (don't soak-em long), follow with a water displacer (two examples: dreaded WD-40 or CLP) and a good preservative (CLP among others)....If your gonna shoot the next day, you can skip the preservative & git by. I don't use Pyro in revolvers of rifles, but am willing to use it in my shotgun (occasionally a pard gives me some pyro). I'm hesitant to use or recommend stainless shooters, particularly for BP use....depending on the grade of steel and manufacturing methods used, it can cause more problems than solutions...moreso if one thinks it doesn't need to be cleaned as well.

At multi-day matches, I clean my C&B's with soapy water (cones in), air-dry & hose with water-displacer, then dry again. I look closely for excess material in the cones or chambers & clear it. Next day I examine again and decide whether I need to pop caps to be sure......I seldom pop caps.

best,
Slim

[Dick Dastardly]

FWIW, I got me one of 'em little bitty air compressors whut plug into the cigar lighter in my car.  I use it to pump up a small air tank.  The small tank is all I need to blow out a gun after a field cleaning.  It's simple, easy and it does get the last of the stuff out that I can't reach with rags and brushes.

Good shootn pard.

DD-DLoS

[Arcey]

One word on compressed air and Ed's Red.

Not everything in the stuff will easily evaporate.  If you continue to blow things off in one direction, eventually you'll have a slick mess if it's done over concrete.

On another subject, not much of it shows, Dick, but the garage floor is clean.  Seems we had a l'il bacon grease incident last Sunday that required attention.......

[Dick Dastardly]

Hey RC,

Don't tell me ya spilt bacon grease on yer garage floor and yer prize huntin' dawg lapped the floor clean for ya.  Dang, that's slick.  Wonder if Bear would do it???

DD-DLoS

[Arcey]

Uhhhhh....  Yeah 'n no...... Bacon greese got split, right where Pleazin' LePlump gottah walk ta get in the Solara.....  The 'stomach that walks', in the form of the werld's stupidest beagle, croaked awhile back...  Had ta clean it up myownself with Kaboom, Windex 'n paper towels.  Seems I just didn't have the appetite ta clean it up enny other way.....

[44caliberkid]

Back to Cincinnati Slim's question (after this brief die-gression)  Slim, after you clean your cylinder and nips, stick 'em in the oven at about 225 for 15 -20 minutes, that'll get all the moisture out of 'em.
   I only use soap and water on C&B or blackpowder guns, 'cause that's the advantage of BP.  However, I did make up a batch of Ed's Red to clean military surplus rifles and smokeless guns.  It's probably a lifetime supply since I hardly ever shoot the fad powder anymore.

[Cincinnati Slim]

Intresting Detour re. Ed's red

Now gettin' back to my 1860 Army topic..

Went to Bass Pro Shops yesterday.

They had a Traditions "Old Silver" 1851 Navy cap & baller in the case. ( in historically in-correct .44 caliber)
Took a look at it and lo and behold It was a Pietta product. And the thing was all stainless, not nickle plated. Price was purty good to, $ 249.00 verses the Pietta/Traditions stainless 1858 Remmie sitting right next to it which was over a hundred dollers more !

So...I know Pietta 1851 and 1860 .44 caliber cylinders and frames are the same. This means Pietta aready makes 2/3 of my sought-after stainless 1860 Army. All they need is the Army style barrel assembly in stainless. The longer Army grip frame and trigger guard would also be nice in the stainless but really, brass is OK.

I guess I'll send another e-mail to Senior Alessandro Pietta and point this out...

Meanwhile, I could buy the Stainless 1851. I could use the blue 5 1/2 barrel and Army grip frame from my existing revolver, mate it to the frame and cylinder of the stainless 1851 from Bass Pro and have me a "two-tone" special !

Hmmm, I think I just found an excuse to buy another pistol !

Cheers,

Cincinnati Slim

[44caliberkid]

Hmmm, I think I just found an excuse to buy another pistol !

And isn't that what we all are really looking for?

[J.J. Ferrett]

If ya do buy it... and make up a two tone, lets have a look at some pics.

[Yankee John]

I know this post is a bit old,  But I picked up a stainless steel ASM Colt 1860.

I bought it used from someone on another board;  He told me it was nickel-plated.  Lo and behold,  when it came in today's mail I discovered that it is actually stainless!

So,  Armi San Marcos made a stainless Colt 1860 too.

John

[Yankee John]

Another pic.

[Cincinnati Slim]

Way to go John !

I'm picturin' that with some fancy grip panels and sha-zaaaamm...mighty purdy six-gun.

So now I know for sure that ASM made 'em I guess I'll start searchin' for one myself.

Have y'all had a chance to shoot 'er yet?

Clean-up oughta be a cinch !

Let me know how it goes. Seems like I remember that Uberti conversion cylinders work in ASM models.
Might be worth a try, their 5 shot .45 Colt "drop-in" is pretty nifty and works well in my Pietta 1860.
I think the Uberti cylinders are a shade shorter than the Pietta versions.

Happy Trails

Cincinnati Slim