My New 1860's

[The Coconino Pistolero]

Loooking forward to the shooting report Larsen. 

I have one 1860 and am hunting for another. 

CP

[Southpaw]

Beautiful pair, If available I'd buy one..........

[Slowhand Bob]

There was a time that Alchemista frequented these pages but I have not seen any responses in a long time.  I can only imagine that he would realize that a model such as this would attract some interest, whether Army or Navy model.  I have several of the Pietta short barl '51 style pistols in both .36 and .44 calibers and these would fit right in with the '44s.  I even think one of these opposite a stainless Rem '58 in .44 would make an awsom looking pair.  You can bet that the cost would probably be high also, I'm thinking a harder metal would cost more to produce?  Look at how high their short barl '51Navy .44 lists above the standard blue/cc versions.  Southpaw, Ill be waiting and watching right along with you for this one!

[Drayton Calhoun]

There are a lot of cracks made about the Italian imports and models that never were, etc., but, we should be thankful for what we have! I read somewhere that the Ruger Old Army is what the percussion revolver would have been if Bill Ruger had been born when he should have. I for one won't gripe about brass frames or funky grip frames not being perfectly correct or if the Navy was never made in .44 and so on, I'm just glad we have'em.

[rifle]

In regards to the hand spring thing. Taking some insight away from inspecting one of the old masterfully built shotguns of yesteryear......
Springs that are flat  ,as in a hand type spring of a revolver, and mounted on one end and the other end is what flexes should  not be the same thickness throughout  the length of the spring.
The springs of the masters of yesteryear were tapered thick where mounted and then progressively tapered along the lenth.
That put the flex NOT mosty all at the point of mount but distributed the flex along the whole length of the spring with the area next to the mount not flexing at all. The springs flexed along the length and not all the flex at the same point ...over and over and over till it broke.
The springs that are tapered have a smoother spring flex to them and last a very long time. .....a century and still flexing???
I'd guess that if the standard flat hand spring was tapered and mounted with the thick at the hand and the taper increasing along the length the flat spring would last considerbly longer. Springs that were flat in the old guns seem always to have had a taper that distributed the flex along the whole length and not always a flex in the same spot next to the mount.
I've tried that method with the flat mainsprings and the hand springs tuning Colts type cap&ballers. Seems to work. The Pards guns I did it to haven;t had them back to help fix again.
I imagine it would be a little more trouble for a manufacturer to use tapered springs with the bottom by the mount being thick enough not to really flex at all and the flex distributed along the length. It would fix a problem easier than using the non-traditional coil spring method and may work well enough for people to not bother converting to the coil and plunger.
A person could get some spring stock and make a tapered spring and harden then temper it and get good results I guess.
Mounting the flat spring to the hand has a trick to it that keeps the spring mounted tight. The spring part that fits in the slot ,with the tab of metal above the spring and peened down onto the spring, is filed to an hour glass shape about midway and the tab of metal peened down into the space the hour glass shape makes so the spring is trapped better and can't move right to left or up and down. A tool made from an old chisel or piece of metal with a "v" cut in the end works well as a tool (the "V" goes on each side of the hand where it needs peened)that peens both sides of the hand at once and gets the job done first time  and can get the peen to push the top tab of the slot down to meet and touch the bottom metal of the hand slot and trap the spring there for good. Some cap&ballers and others have that from the factory and some don't.

[Filthy Lucre]

My new Pietta 1860 Army. Brother should be arriving in october.

[Pettifogger]

The picture is kind of fuzzy.  It looks like it's covered in squiggles. 

[Filthy Lucre]

Probably not a good choice of background. It's a 1860 Delux. Some engraving and gunfighter grips. Really nice and smooth out of the box.

[Pettifogger]

After you mentioned the grips, I zoomed in on them.  NICE.  Only problem with handguns is you always have to buy two!

[Fingers McGee]

Only problem with handguns is you always have to buy two!

Why is that a problem??  I view it as an opportunity to acquire more toys.   

[Filthy Lucre]

It's boosting the economy.