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    Something alittle different

    I'm a very recent enrollee to the BP fraternity, still shooting my club's Remington Army till I get around to applying for a FAC.
    My options for a purchase seem to be very American based though, much as I like the Remy's, Colt's & R&S's, what if I fancied an English pistol, like a Dean Adams without paying thousands for an antique?
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    After a couple of evenings worth of light research on the PC, I've decided that a Repro Beaumont Adams DA would be perfect for me.
    Unfortunately, they don't appear to exist!
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    Have a look at the Henry Krank repro section in his catalogue or on the website. Dixie Gun Workjs in the USA are good too for an idea of who makes what.

    I started with a repro Remington 1858, .44

    Now using a repro Colt 1861 Navy, .36 = a MUCH better gun

    The funny thing is, after I got the little Colt, the blokes who win all the comps said, "Oh, thats what we use!"

    Mmm...thought I
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    look at the pietta starr revolver......

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    Quote Originally Posted by saddler View Post
    Have a look at the Henry Krank repro section in his catalogue or on the website. Dixie Gun Workjs in the USA are good too for an idea of who makes what.

    I started with a repro Remington 1858, .44

    Now using a repro Colt 1861 Navy, .36 = a MUCH better gun

    The funny thing is, after I got the little Colt, the blokes who win all the comps said, "Oh, thats what we use!"

    Mmm...thought I

    I always thought the Remington was the gun to beat in comps.

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    Cheers lads, I've coincidentally just sent for the Henry Krank catalogue.
    I've tried one or two Colts but found them a little small for my hands & I have been warned that a lack of a top strap will make them an inferior choice.
    The Clubs gun is a Remington which is fine but my clubmates R&S is as accurate as an accurate thing! I did fancy something a little different however & the Beaumont Adams, if it had been available, would have fitted the bill.
    Why is it that the repro scene is dominated so totally by the 'Wild West' when the boys in the scarlett tunics were batting for England all over the place at the same time? You'd think there'd be a market for something like that surely!
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    Give Kranks a ring, I saw a couple of uncased English percussion revolversin there for about £450 ish a couple of months ago.
    I'm suprised Uberti et al don't do them, after all there were plenty of them about in the west, didn't Custer have a couple of Webleys?
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