Got an Uberti 1861 as well! Fortunate enough that mine is cut for a shoulder stock. It's my most accurate B/P revolver.Originally Posted by Tomahawk674
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Got an Uberti 1861 as well! Fortunate enough that mine is cut for a shoulder stock. It's my most accurate B/P revolver.
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They may be slow to load but it was these revolvers that got the cavalry their reputation. You know ..... in the movies, the injuns only have to hear the bugle and they bugger off.
The deal was that in the days of the muzzle loaders, the cavalry used to carry 2 sidearms plus another 2 in saddle holsters. So 100 cavalry could charge up to any point on the battlefield, discharge the same firepower as 2400 infantry, then retire to reload at their leisure.
No wonder the Injuns was scared.
Frock coat wearing, riverboat dwelling, southern gent
Beautiful revolver and stock, Simon!Did the gun come cut for the stock from the factory? Was it special order? Or did a gunsmith do it after you'd purchased it?
Jim
UBC's Police Pistol Manager
"Nasty, noisy things, revolvers, Count. Better stick to air-guns." Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
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It was factory cut, Jim.
Frock coat wearing, riverboat dwelling, southern gent
I would like to eventually own a Colt Navy, and will probably get one so cut. Thanks, Simon!It was factory cut, Jim.
Right now, I'm in the process of acquiring an Uberti Remington 1858, .44 caliber.
Jim
UBC's Police Pistol Manager
"Nasty, noisy things, revolvers, Count. Better stick to air-guns." Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
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Here is part of a Home Office report concerning BP Revovers that you might find interesting:
'The Home Office acknowledged that muzzle-loading revolvers had many of the characteristics of handguns, but that in comparison with modern revolvers they are "bulky, unreliable and slow to reload".[176] Spare cylinders, which might be used for swifter reloading, were controlled components subject to licensing, and police forces tended to believe that there was no "good reason" for such items to be held on firearm certificates. The Government believed that the use of muzzle-loaders in crime had been "statistically and practically insignificant", and that there had been no growth in criminal misuse since 1997: it also believed that interest in this type of firearm among former handgun users had diminished as its limitations became apparent. Mr Clarke told us that "there is not a track record of criminal use of these weapons in Scotland or elsewhere".
'Gun control is like trying to reduce drink driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars'
Frock coat wearing, riverboat dwelling, southern gent
And yet they are legal to own, only if ON firearms certificates.
Jim
UBC's Police Pistol Manager
"Nasty, noisy things, revolvers, Count. Better stick to air-guns." Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
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