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[Marshal Deadwood]

Halfway Creek,,,were you gonna buy a Taylors/Uberti ''58 Remmie,,,would you go with the steel,,,steel case hardened,,or the forged steel frame ?

Pros and cons of the choices ?

The more I glance, the better they look.

So many guns, so little money !

Marshal Deadwood

[Halfway Creek Charlie]

I would probably buy the blued frame, either casrt or forged, as they are more authentic looking, Remington never built a casehardened frame. They look good, but not authentic. Now I would probably lean towards the forged frames.

My thoughts are that Uberti will go to the forged frame with all their Remy's in the near future. Simply because they are used to build both the '58 and the  cartridge conversion model. It will save them money down the stretch.

[Abilene]

I've posted some of these pics before but since the topic Show'n'Tell has arisen, here they are:

My first pair of '51 Richards-Masons.  The one on the left was one of the first in the country.  I had won a Norinco '97 at a match that I had no need for, so traded it in to get this gun for about half price.  Sold a '94 Trapper to help pay for the second one about 6 months later.  Great shooters.


Seeing one of Cimarron's show guns, an engraved '51 percussion in charcoal blue, gave me the hankering for this next set, which were actually given to me as a bonus when I worked at Traditional Effects (can't beat that with a stick!).  They were engraved by Kelly Laster, then I sent the frames to Doug Turnbull to get re-case-hardened, then changed to grips to make "Thunderer-Mason Conversions".  These are the guns I shoot the most for CAS, mostly BP of course (which blew most of the charcoal blue off the front of the cylinders in short order, but otherwise hasn't bothered them).

you can see this pic supersized at http://www.davidscottharper.com/shoot/Thunderer-Masons.jpg for detail on the engraving.

And finally, a gun that is not mine but that should be important to fans of STORM.  This is Cimarron's Opentop serial number X01, the first Opentop to be mass produced since 1872.  Took this pic at Shot Show '04.  Ivory by Paul Persinger.

[Halfway Creek Charlie]

Another David Harper??

I resemble that remark...LOL

Yep Me too, but David is my middle name.

Are you related to the Harper's of Pendelton County Virginia (W. V. after the late unpleasentness with the north)

[Abilene]

Howdy Dave,
Well, I think it's been Texas since 1900 or so but before that, who knows?  Since we might be kin, can you loan me ten bucks? 

[Halfway Creek Charlie]

ER....AW.....Shoot!  You beat me to that line.

Well part of my linage went from Virginia to Sothern Ohio in 1811-1820. Part stayed in Virginia and in my close family  (Great Granddad and one of his brothers) fought on both sides. GGrandad on the North and the Great Uncle on the South. Don't think they ever met in basttle, but GGranddad helped capture (or at least was in the Cavalry unit that did), John Hunt Morgan and escorted him to jail in Columbus Ohio. Morgan escaped and ran south, Ggranddad's Cavalry Unit chased him down and killed him. GGranddad is mentioned 3 times in the "Articles of the Rebellion".

[litl rooster]

ER....AW.....Shoot!  You beat me to that line.

Well part of my linage went from Virginia to Sothern Ohio in 1811-1820. Part stayed in Virginia and in my close family  (Great Granddad and one of his brothers) fought on both sides. GGrandad on the North and the Great Uncle on the South. Don't think they ever met in basttle, but GGranddad helped capture (or at least was in the Cavalry unit that did), John Hunt Morgan and escorted him to jail in Columbus Ohio. Morgan escaped and ran south, Ggranddad's Cavalry Unit chased him down and killed him. GGranddad is mentioned 3 times in the "Articles of the Rebellion".

Halfway..........your linage may be coonected to mine.  Some of ours left ole' Dominion and moved to Southern Ohio round bout that time.

[Halfway Creek Charlie]

Could be, iffen they connected up with sons or daughters of Jesse and Pheobe Harper of Pendelton County Va.
I believe there were 9 or 11 brothers and sisters. My Great Granddad left in that time frame or maybe later with his sister and her husband. They moved to the Washington Courthouse Ohio area. GGdad survived the war and married a Rowe after the war. My granddad was born in 1870. one of 5 children if I remember right. GGdad died when my Grandad was just a small child. GGrandmother remarried and they moved to the Redkey Indiana(my home stomping grounds) in the 1880's or 90's.

[afa]

Hello Major,

My turn ( yeah I finely got a new Digital camera )



12 OClock  - USPFA Type 1 Prototype
1 OClock - 2nd Gen.  Colt BP
3 OClock - Original Three Screw (Circa 1862 Issued to the 5 Iowa Cavalry)
5 OClock - Kenny Howell Type 1 ( yep ! the extractor is a tad different blue)
7 OClock - 72 OT
9 OClock - 2nd Gen. I've owned since 1977 with R&D Cylinder and Ivory Grips
11 OClock - 2nd Gen. Colt BP 51 Navy

very impressive ...

can you give us another picture of the USPFA Type 1 Prototype too, please?
So far I just have seen pictures of USFAs 1851 Navy Conversion and I think it would be one of the best, if not the very best offering in "Open Top Conversion"market, if only they would decide to build these in numbers ...   

Andreas Prinz

[Wild Ben Raymond]

Here's the link to a picture of my original 1st model Richards conversion.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t64/WBR_photo/Dsc_0001.jpg
WBR

[Major Matt Lewis]

Here are my Storm babies....

[Tame Bill]

Major Matt:

Awful good looking smoke wagons...really like those Munden custom Ivory grips.  My offer to purchase those grips still stands...

TB

[Major Matt Lewis]

Major Matt:

Awful good looking smoke wagons...really like those Munden custom Ivory grips.  My offer to purchase those grips still stands...

TB

Ah.....No.  There will come a time when I use them in competition again.

[Athena Jake]

Well I got me a pair of 1871 C. Mason Revolvers from Taylor and Co.  The ladies were good enough to hunt around and find a matched pair of siblings that had returned from a gun show.  They contacted me right away when this pair came back to roost.

Decided on the Thunderer grip fames, and a pair of grip maker grips.  Just had to mess around with them a little.

Changes to the revolvers you cant see are a set of tension pins replacing the pins that hold the firing pin in place.  I had to do this as the pins just rattle our while I was playing with my revolvers in the front room (unloaded of course!)

I also drilled out and  replaced the pins that secure the cylinder pins, with set screws.  Got this idea from a post by Lone Gunman (http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php/topic,8668.msg100491.html#msg100491).  His comment about being able to clean behind the conversion plate got me pondering.  The main reason was one pin was just missing from the revolver, so I went searching on the list for answers.

These grip feel real nice in my hands and what the heck they are a lot of fun.. now I should be able to shoot them this coming February at the next scheduled shoot!

When we get to start shooting outdoors, gonna start shooting black powder out of them.  They are petroleum free and slicked up with Ballistol in preparation!   

[Skinny Preacher 66418]

Colt Signiture Series .36 cal Konverted to .38 Spl...beats my favorite Remingtons anyday. Gets on target fast.

[Skinny Preacher 66418]

Here is a Pietta I built with a Kirst Konverter .36 to .38 spl:

[Black Powder]

Brand new.  Just starting out.  My first purchase arrived just today: Cimarron Model P, .45.  I've had the Pietta 60 Army for a while.  I think they'll do well together.  Wahoo! 

BP

[Dusty Morningwood]

That's a grat mix and match.  When I first tried CAS I had an Open Top in .45 Schofield and a Remmie 58 with a conversion cylinder.  Somehow seems more authentic than a matched set.

[Black Powder]

Thanks, Dusty.  I pretty much look at it that way too.  In my real life, I upgrade, but don't replace and always have some wish-list in my head of stuff I'd like to have someday.  I figure in 1875, a fella'd be likely to be in the market for one of them new Colts, but not cuz he had to replace the C&B.  At least, that's the way I see my persona as thinking about it.

BP

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

                                           Congrads Pard, nice looking Sixshooters, you're really going to look the part now.


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