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The Colt has it's own unique provenance, but it wouldn't have the impact without the letter that I got with it...kimwcook wrote:I knew you had some nice guns, but wow. You're a lucky man.
I see you like the longer tubes in your Colt SAA's. Tell us about the sub 4 3/4" one with the Bisley hammer spur.
There is no known set other than this one. I did get it at auction about a year and 1/2 ago. James Julia had another one, but it was a single rifle, no second barrel. I saw it in Cody at the WACA show in June and that is when I realized I would like the Burgess. It was listed as a Colt-Burgess, but it obviously isn't. I would guess this is the same gun.hfcable wrote:man the burgess two barrel set is something. i bid on a set like that in the fairly recent past but was outbid! maybe by you or have you had it a long time..
man, please tell us more about that one, please?
Wow, that is amazing to meet a fellow bidder on the same gun. Here is a picture of the Whitney Kennedy rifle with it's first kill...hfcable wrote:yep, that is the one! glad you got it, i didn't bid nearly high enough. i like the burgess guns too. i have an s lever 1878 burgess 45/70 with excellent bore, and this nice whitney kennedy 44 with the s lever:
it has a mirror bore and is smooth as silk
man, i can never get enough of this stuff! you really have some treasures!
yes, it is amazing to see who else lusts for the rare and unusual old guns of the west!Shrapnel wrote:Wow, that is amazing to meet a fellow bidder on the same gun. Here is a picture of the Whitney Kennedy rifle with it's first kill...hfcable wrote:yep, that is the one! glad you got it, i didn't bid nearly high enough. i like the burgess guns too. i have an s lever 1878 burgess 45/70 with excellent bore, and this nice whitney kennedy 44 with the s lever:
it has a mirror bore and is smooth as silk
man, i can never get enough of this stuff! you really have some treasures!
I use Cowboy Action bullets at .429 and they shoot great. The Burgess rifle has an oversized bore on it, but luckily, it shoots great too. The rifling looks like a cannon at the muzzle...hfcable wrote: yes, it is amazing to see who else lusts for the rare and unusual old guns of the west!
nice kill! what kinda load u use in the whitney? mine key holes with .427 bullets, gonna have to use larger or use soft lead and black powder
would like to take a deer [ or a caribou ] with mine
O.S.O.K. wrote:I'm callin the Sheriff. I think I know who broke into the NRA national museum a while back.....
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MV wrote an article and borrowed that Burgess if I recall... I think he said from "a friend"![]()
Thanks for sharing your collection with us once again. You just don't see that kind of gun porn everywhere....
I haven't seen any such thing, and I keep my eye out for anything Burgess related. If you really are capable of reproducing that gun, you would be amazed at the quality of workmanship on this gun. Come on over to my house and I would be glad to have you look at it and measure it for yourself. You could maybe build us each a copy, I doubt it would take long or cost much...Alphawolf45 wrote:Dont suppose there is patent drawing for that wrist pump? She is awesome....I would happily pay a couple hundred dollars for scaled drawings of that action if someday you would draw it out and sell the drawings to hobby gunsmiths like myself.. .. I spend months of my freetime building functioning replicas of common guns, its a shame I dont spend that time recreating something rare and wonderful and made in America...
+1 ...thank you for posting... :)earlmck wrote:Wow :!: Those are some beauts, Shrapnel. And mighty fine photography, too. Thanks for showing them.
ShrapnelShrapnel wrote:I haven't seen any such thing, and I keep my eye out for anything Burgess related. If you really are capable of reproducing that gun, you would be amazed at the quality of workmanship on this gun. Come on over to my house and I would be glad to have you look at it and measure it for yourself. You could maybe build us each a copy, I doubt it would take long or cost much...Alphawolf45 wrote:Dont suppose there is patent drawing for that wrist pump? She is awesome....I would happily pay a couple hundred dollars for scaled drawings of that action if someday you would draw it out and sell the drawings to hobby gunsmiths like myself.. .. I spend months of my freetime building functioning replicas of common guns, its a shame I dont spend that time recreating something rare and wonderful and made in America...
+1 Fighting massive dehydration here too!casastahle wrote:Awsome! I just went low on drool