Interesting story about the 1851 Navy and Jesse James

[Border Ruffian]

A pard of mine wrote about the 1851 Navy on his gun blog.  I guess Jesse and Frank used'em some. 

http://oldschoolguns.blogspot.com/

[Paladin UK]

Thanks for that pard ....... Ya kin learn somthin every day provided ya wanna listen

Paladin (What lurvs his opentops too    ) UK

[WV Scrounger]

very interesting...thanks! Theres still alot about Double J that we all Dont know!

         S.D

[Shotgun Franklin]

I have read that Frank was a Remington man. He turned in a Remington when he surrendered

[Montana Slim]

I speculate the James boys were intimately familiar with all the contemporary firearms of the day 

Slim

[Noz]

Some rumored evidence that Jesse prefered one of the Smith "Top Breaks" as well.

[Shotgun Franklin]

I'd have to believe that by the end of his life, Jesse would have been carrying a cartridge gun of some type.

[Noz]

Are you one of the advocates that say Jesse lived to be in his 80s and died in Kansas?

[Dick Dastardly]

And so, what did Mr. Howard use?

DD-DLoS

[Shotgun Franklin]

If you're asking me, IMO Jesse James was killed by Bob Ford. The in photo I've seen with Ford holding the gun that killed Jesse, it was a SAA. As far as I'm concerned Jesse James was just another robbing murderer and got what he deserved

[Ellsworth MacDoogle]

Saw a documentary years ago that concluded Jesse James couldn't have lived since his family was destitute in the after years. With all his criminal activity, supposedly he was a family man and never would have have let them suffer the way they did. (I'm such a history nerd)     

[Doc Cuervo]

Saw a documentary years ago that concluded Jesse James couldn't have lived since his family was destitute in the after years. With all his criminal activity, supposedly he was a family man and never would have have let them suffer the way they did. (I'm such a history nerd)     

Very good point.

[Jamie]

I'm sure that Jesse started his career in crime with a cap and ball revolver - you simply have to consider the dates.  He was in trouble from the time he joined Anderson's gang during the civil war.  If accounts I've read are accurate, he carried a multitude of C&B's on his person during that time frame, just like any guerrilla with a lick of common sense did.  And I'm equally confident that he didn't throw them away afterwards.  Consider the potential difficulties early on in supplying ammunition for the new-fangled cartridge guns.  The really amazing thing is the fact that he lived long enough to make the transition from Cap and Ball to cartridge guns.
Jamie

[Fiddler Green]

A rare picture of Jesse James with a Colt 1851, 1860 (?) in his lap and one in his belt. Jesse was known to like Colts while his brother, Frank, was a Remington guy.

Fiddler