OFFICIAL 1861 thread (post pictures here)

Hoof Hearted · November 17, 2012, 11:26:33 AM

I have thought about doing this for a while.
Over on "The High Road" there are OFFICIAL threads for the different models so I am going to do the same thing here.
Many of us like to show off our pistols and this will give us a place to do so w/o "hijacking" our pards threads

Rules are simple with "no axe grinding" taking precedence, followed by "stick to the topic" (no other models posted, please), then if you want to stray off topic, please search for like posts and/or start one of your own.........

Thanks, HH

Major 2 · November 17, 2012, 12:20:15 PM

Here is my abbreviated model

Fingers McGee · November 17, 2012, 04:38:38 PM

Well, I'd post some pictures; but they've apparently changed Photobucket and I can't get anything to work on it.

Pettifogger · November 17, 2012, 08:22:38 PM

Yep, Photobucket has really changed and I'm to lazy to read the directions. Hope this works. On the top is a Pietta with steel backstrap and trigger guard that I shortened to 6 inches. On the bottom is a Colt.

Hoof Hearted · November 17, 2012, 10:45:32 PM

Nice Larsen!

It's always great to see originals do you shoot this one?

HH

Pettifogger · November 18, 2012, 08:59:42 AM

Haven't shot this one. Back in 1961 when the Civil War Centennial started we shot a lot of originals as there weren't that many reproductions around yet.

Fingers McGee · November 20, 2012, 12:16:09 PM

OK, Here are some of my '61s

Top pair - Ubertis
Middle pair - Piettas
Bottom pair - 2nd Gen Colt's

Hoof Hearted · November 20, 2012, 01:24:55 PM

Nice Fingers!

I am on the lookout for a 2nd Gen Colt 1861 for a conversion project.
If anyone knows of a used one for sale, let me know!

HH

RRio · November 20, 2012, 03:52:04 PM

Picked this one up for $95. several years ago:

Hoof Hearted · November 20, 2012, 06:00:02 PM

Cool!

Looks like a Pietta with a "Legal Defender" ring and a cut off "sheriff" fluted cylinder.
Am I close?

HH

RRio · November 21, 2012, 11:30:11 PM

Quote from: Hoof Hearted on November 20, 2012, 06:00:02 PM
Cool!

Looks like a Pietta with a "Legal Defender" ring and a cut off "sheriff" fluted cylinder.
Am I close?

HH

It is a Pietta, and I'm pretty sure the cylinder has bee turned down at the crown, not sure of the ring, but it was a professional job of converting. Cylinder is chamber bored for .38 Spec., but the barrel is still .375, so I use home loaded BP rounds with 148 gr. hollow based wad-cutters. No problems.

Hoof Hearted · November 23, 2012, 06:35:12 PM

Here is an 1861 that I built for myself last year...........

It is a Pietta with all the bells and whistles!
R & D gated conversion, Kirst ejector (blended in), barrel lined to .357, checkered hammer, all Italian markings removed.

RebHolister · November 24, 2012, 02:05:39 PM

H.H.,
That is a real "beauty". You did a great job on it. I guess the one you are doing for me we will have to call the "beast".

Hoof Hearted · November 24, 2012, 06:23:59 PM

Quote from: RebHolister on November 24, 2012, 02:05:39 PM
H.H.,
That is a real "beauty". You did a great job on it. I guess the one you are doing for me we will have to call the "beast".

That just depends on how you want it done!~
What is it my sign say's?
Oh yea:

I offer Three kinds of service:
GOOD - CHEAP - FAST
You Can Pick Any Two
Good service Cheap won't be Fast
Good service Fast won't be Cheap
Fast service Cheap won't be Good

But you know I love ya!

RebHolister · November 24, 2012, 10:35:22 PM

I pick good, cheap, and slow!
Pictures will be coming.

Hoof Hearted · November 28, 2012, 08:20:29 AM

Here is a Kenny Howell built 1861. It came into my posession in a trade off the SASS wire a few years back and haad been used HARD and repaired buy someone with hams for hands.........I tightened up the arbor and made some other necessary repairs but have left it alone for it's unique "charm"

Hoof Hearted · November 28, 2012, 08:59:59 AM

This pistol was a FREEBIE

Of course it looked like a freebie also......I'm not sure the previous owner (who was a friend) had any idea that you need to clean a BP pistol after firing or they will rust!

I used a Kirst ring and the cut off fluted cylinder and then left the rammer off and filled the latch dovetail for the "gunsmith conversion" look.

buckskin billy · November 28, 2012, 01:04:58 PM

Quote from: Hoof Hearted on November 28, 2012, 08:20:29 AM
Here is a Kenny Howell built 1861. It came into my posession in a trade off the SASS wire a few years back and haad been used HARD and repaired buy someone with hams for hands.........I tightened up the arbor and made some other necessary repairs but have left it alone for it's unique "charm"

man everytime you show a picture of that gun it gets me lathered up, its got that well used looked but thats what i like about it

Abilene · December 02, 2012, 03:27:10 PM

A couple of Cimarron's 1861's.
This one was at Shot Show when I snapped a pic. I think the grips are Tru-Ivory:

I've posted pics of this one a few years ago. I happened to be at Cimarron when this one arrived from Uberti. Besides being a beautiful pistol, the noteworthy thing about this is that it is a miniature! With nothing else in the pics to give a frame of reference, you wouldn't know it!

StrawHat · January 02, 2013, 11:05:59 AM

Here is my pair of 1861s. Bought years ago to replace a pair of originals I had been using. A collector wanted the originals more than I did so I used some of the money to by these Ubertis.

These, although not fired of late, remain my favorite revovlers.