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They're comparable to the 1848/49. You might want to look at the Colt 1862, it's a 5 shot .36 with the Navy/SAA gripframe. There's two versions of it, one looks like a '51 Navy and the other looks like a little '60 Army.
The 62 is the "updated version" of the 1849 and is the same size it does not have an 1851 size grip frame. Those little Remingtons, after which Ruger modeled the Bearcat, are about the same size as the Pocket Navy and Police revolvers.
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Grizz wrote:I think 36 cal sounds good because that's 000 buck. so one size fits both the shottie and the pistola.
Or a 7.62 pistola to go along with #1 buck.
I'm not familiar with the models being suggested and would like to see some P I C T U R E S please
thanks
Grizz
This.
There are some very nice .36 "pocket police" pistolas out there, especially ones with "birds head" grips...
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
I once had a Pietta .36 Police and a Uberti .31 1849 Pocket Colt. The .36 was just as good as my 51 Navy but the .31 balls would bounce back off hardwood targets unless loaded to the maximum with 777.
Whatever you do always give 100%........... unless you are donating blood.
OK, it looks like I need to do some hands on examining. A Bearcat is really too small for me to work comfortably (and I hate that because I REALLY like them and want one ) so it sounds like the Remington would be the same. And I'd forgotten that tidbit about the Bearcat/Remington connection.
I had 2 different 1849s, an ASM and an Uberti (IIRC). I keep thinking they went down the road because the grip frame was too small. Gonna have to find one I can get my grubby mitts on and try.
Sixgun wrote:Here, I'm tired of it already. Takes too long to load this antique junk. Made in '73...1873. 1862 Colt ...Blue Book----------------me
Bored with it already, eh? How about a battlepack of South African .308 for it?
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
-Mark Twain
Proverbs 3:5; Philippians 4:13
Got to have a Jones for this
Jones for that
This running with the Joneses boy
Just ain't where it's at
To my eyes the 1862 Police is the epitome of cap and ball revolvers. Actual sculpture in steel, brass and walnut. Gonna have to find me one some day.
Don't I remember that one of Sixguns is a real 1st gen Colt?
M. M. Wright, Sheriff, Green county Arkansas (1860)
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Pete, I guess I'm going to have to find a Bearcat and try and see what it was that didn't fit right because I do like the looks of the Remingtons over the Colts. But M.M. does have a valid point!
Sixgun wrote:
awp101 wrote:
Bored with it already, eh? How about a battlepack of South African .308 for it?
mmmmmmmmmmmm.............OK, if you have the M1A to go along with it or $1,500, whichever comes first. It would sell for 2 g's.-----------Sixgun
Dang you drive a hard bargain. 2 battlepacks of SA .308, but that's as high as I'll go. The FAL is a hungry beast...
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
-Mark Twain
Proverbs 3:5; Philippians 4:13
Got to have a Jones for this
Jones for that
This running with the Joneses boy
Just ain't where it's at
Had the day off yesterday so I went to my usual haunt where I remembered seeing a Bearcat a few months ago figuring I'd try it on for size if it was still there.
Long story short: they'd had it for longer than I remembered, were willing to deal, it fit me better than I remembered and I had some trade fodder at the house...
So, here's my new, small "cap and ball" revolver:
bearcat ls.jpg
bearcat rs.jpg
8XXX sn which I think dates it to 1962. Shows honest wear but not abuse, needs a replacement base pin retainer spring (a previous owner replaced it with one that barely fits and is already compressed) and to top it off, it's just about as cute as a bug!
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Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
-Mark Twain
Proverbs 3:5; Philippians 4:13
Got to have a Jones for this
Jones for that
This running with the Joneses boy
Just ain't where it's at
Kittery Trade Post had one like that, for awhile. Nice, how soon till you give a range report
30/30 Winchester: Not accurate enough fer varmints, barely adequate for small deer; BUT In a 10" to 14" barrelled pistol; is good for moose/elk to 200 yards; ground squirrels to 300 metres
250 Savage... its what the 223 wishes it could be...!
FWIW, the Colt 1862 is exactly the same size as a S&W chief special.
I had one of each a few years back and was quite surprised at the similarity when one was laid over the other.
jhrosier wrote:FWIW, the Colt 1862 is exactly the same size as a S&W chief special.
I had one of each a few years back and was quite surprised at the similarity when one was laid over the other.
Jack
I never tried that... but I'm not surprised.
I really need to get one of those repros and "pocketize" it...
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
bigbore442001 wrote:I wished someone made such a small caliber like the 31 with a long barrel such as 6 to 8 inches. To me it would be great for plinking and small game.
If you're talking in general, wasn't the .32 H&R Mag Single Six available with a 9" barrel?
If you're talking c&b, perhaps taking a .36 barrel and having it sleeved would be doable? I'm not sure how the outside dimensions would match up though. Maybe take a .36, have the barrel sleeved and either modify the cylinder (inserts?) or have a new cylinder made? A new cylinder or having a .31 barrel made out of a barrel blank sounds spendy though. Maybe remove the .36 barrel and have a .31 blank installed?
Dang, I could spend the rest of the day working this out...
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
-Mark Twain
Proverbs 3:5; Philippians 4:13
Got to have a Jones for this
Jones for that
This running with the Joneses boy
Just ain't where it's at
bigbore442001 wrote:I wished someone made such a small caliber like the 31 with a long barrel such as 6 to 8 inches. To me it would be great for plinking and small game.