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Title: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: yahoody on August 03, 2017, 02:14:10 AM
Anyone else seen one of these?  I was impressed enough with the over all fit and finish with the laser engraving to pick one up.  Will shoot it in the morning with very few changes. Hoping for the best!    Model and whole seller is, Cimarron Arms, Teddy Roosevelt Laser engraved, by Pietta.

I like it.  Going to shoot it now.

(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-21ZJGW450Rs/WYNM3eWyBZI/AAAAAAAAr4k/S7f4TPnFmf0dmfryuKLwQIIzUpCqBvFPACLcBGAs/s640/DSC00917.JPG)

(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s5fmQ1kUrE8/WYNNgYVC3YI/AAAAAAAAr48/sk5mvkMOA-E4PCVfnbzyB-TsLMeCTZQEgCLcBGAs/s640/DSC00923.JPG)

(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RI77w6ToFxw/WYNMrXoR4jI/AAAAAAAAr4c/YEOM38aSn1sQI5gMn5tZQ3ll3Z8B9c2JgCLcBGAs/s640/DSC00915.JPG)


Post OP....

First 6 in bright sun and no shade @ 25yards off a good solid rest.  Hard to see those shiney sights and get a consistant sight picture with the thin blade and tiny V notch.  But I aint complaining.  I like the sights as they are.  Shooting left here is likely the bright sunlight reflecting off the sights as much as it is POA/POI.

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a3h9K-1hgRA/WYN-s9XVqvI/AAAAAAAAr5U/yqU6bHN3xx8bDTwAL4Fv1CAAlrknlfaUQCLcBGAs/s640/IMG_1470.JPG)

And the next 60 on top of that six from the same distance.  This one is a keeper for me.

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uOK0xSS75Fs/WYN-wfFH0yI/AAAAAAAAr5Y/PkZTuVKK5p0fp0Wh8RDrKcKKRQIo9L-bQCLcBGAs/s640/IMG_1473.JPG)

Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Pettifogger on August 03, 2017, 11:49:13 PM
The laser engraving on some of the new guns is pretty darn nice.  I like Pietta revolvers.  One big plus for me is that they have a firing pin bushing.  Some makes do not.
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Abilene on August 04, 2017, 12:16:38 AM
Excellent  :)
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Coal Creek Griff on August 04, 2017, 12:20:36 AM
Being a big fan of TR, I've admired that gun (and the originals).  Beautiful.  Thanks for the photos!

CC Griff
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Coal Creek Griff on August 04, 2017, 10:28:47 AM
By the way, I think that an excellent choice for holster would be Rick Bachman's superb reproduction of TR's original:

http://www.oldwestreproductions.com/products/details.cfm?id=31 (http://www.oldwestreproductions.com/products/details.cfm?id=31)



CC Griff
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: yahoody on August 04, 2017, 11:11:18 AM
Thanks Coal.  That is a nice one for sure. :o  I have a few good ones for a 7.5" gun.  But I like a cross draw on the horse, half flaps and Slim Jim's with pretty much full coverage.

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MngIyJuo1w8/VdNpQetVfkI/AAAAAAAAo8A/TEdhJLaMnqY/s1600/DSC02387.JPG)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qm65njk-Boo/WRNk3pi_3TI/AAAAAAAArRs/9EVXuTmnBUI4vsn6G2_QttVp-1NJNwSdwCLcB/s1600/DSC00297.JPG)

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mVgiUr2bfq8/VpxRYQe0IfI/AAAAAAAApws/xdfFIcz_4Qw/s1600/DSC03697.JPG)

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fpDkZJVOpjg/VdNpUOjdp8I/AAAAAAAAo8Q/Rim5DZ-RZJE/s1600/DSC02389.JPG)

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v7MZj3vFdVI/VdNpR5huFSI/AAAAAAAAo8I/pFDUkOqX7ug/s1600/DSC02388.JPG)

Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: llanerosolitario on August 07, 2017, 08:56:46 AM
I have seen quite a few, during  the last Shot Show in Las Vegas, and at  the IWA, in Germany, last Jan.

Yes, they are handsome but....nothing compares to the real engraving, in my opinion. They are very much 2D, while real engraving is 3D.

I can't help but notice that  boring flatness  every time I observe it. It also lacks all detail in the shading of the scrolls...which is a bit disturbing to the trained eye, and gives the impression of poor quality o  a beginners work.


Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: yahoody on August 07, 2017, 09:44:59 AM
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Yes, they are handsome but....nothing compares to the real engraving"

I have several engraved guns from Adams Sr and Jr.,  Smalley,  Quigley, Harper, Downing and Frank Leaman.  I shoot them all.  And I like some of the guns/art better than others.  They are all pieces of art work.   Including the Cimarron TR.  Level of the "art" is commensurate with wait times, current value and retail prices.

The TR version actually reminds me visually of some of the well worn early 7.5" guns that Nimschke did.   This one I'll shoot.  A Nimschke I wouldn't.    It might be "basic art" but it is a gun one can use, carry and shoot daily and not watch your investment disappear.   And for less than $700 that is a deal to me.  It scratches an itch for  some including me. 

I wouldn't buy this gun as the show piece of a engraved gun collection.  I wouldn't even buy it as my first SAA.  But it does make a fun, and inexpensive by comparison, shooter if you like and know something about engraved guns. 

Point is, I have few to actually make that comparison to.   And I still really like the TR Cimarron and  don't see it as any thing more or less than it is.     That would be?  A beautiful, shiny nickel gun that has been all scratched up...that shoots really good. 

$700 or 70K+.  You get what you pay for.

Dave Lanara's beautiful old Nimschke..who also did TR's original.

http://www.coltforum.com/forums/attachments/single-action-army/366073d1501951552-shooting-engraved-guns-cimg2002.jpgTR's original

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ad/b7/9e/adb79e6bd5becf738502616c9a5ee678.jpg)

and another from the same artist's hand...

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-plQTOynfLzo/WPOMPWdLrHI/AAAAAAAArKE/wEDlO8OXJfcWHMjsKuUbl7tO0_RDuo0EQCLcB/s640/54040x101.jpg)
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Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Ben Beam on August 07, 2017, 11:24:15 AM
I have seen quite a few, during  the last Shot Show in Las Vegas, and at  the IWA, in Germany, last Jan.

Yes, they are handsome but....nothing compares to the real engraving, in my opinion. They are very much 2D, while real engraving is 3D.

I can't help but notice that  boring flatness  every time I observe it. It also lacks all detail in the shading of the scrolls...which is a bit disturbing to the trained eye, and gives the impression of poor quality o  a beginners work.


Laser engraving is dramatically cheaper than the real thing. For some people, it may be all they can afford. High end engravers charge thousands of dollars for a pistol, but you can get laser engraving for a few hundred.
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Coal Creek Griff on August 07, 2017, 11:40:36 AM
For those who haven't seen it, here is a link to the Autry TR revolver (and holster) with images:

http://collections.theautry.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=M539660;type=101 (http://collections.theautry.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=M539660;type=101)

CC Griff
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: yahoody on August 07, 2017, 11:41:56 AM
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Laser engraving is dramatically cheaper than the real thing.

Not to be truculent but I gotta disagree.  Engraving is engraving so these are the "real thing".  Just not very expensive "things" because of the what is missing time and skill :).  How the engraving is done is a totally different conversation.  Few, as in very few, actually use only a hammer and chisel these days. 

Over the last 30 years laser engraving has gotten much much better.  While it has yet to rival even good machine aided hand  engraving it is getting there.  But laser or not it is real engraving.  Current Uberti laser engraving below.  My TR version is from Pietta.

(http://images.gunsinternational.com/listings_sub/acc_12059/gi_100674587/A-Uberti-Stoeger-1873-Cattleman-Engraved-45-Colt_100674587_12059_91B2EA5AAA326D6F.JPG)
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: llanerosolitario on August 07, 2017, 04:39:30 PM
Cutting steel, with a pneumatic chisel takes a lot of skill. Almost as much as using a hand burin. The difference is in the effort.

On the other hand, a laser evaporates steel. A burin or chisel, makes a cut. That is one of the reasons why  laser engraving is so flat. The other reason is that in hand engraving, normally the background is removed, lowered by removing material. A laser can do it too. But it cannot do a cut..and it can not dot the background by punching it.
  
Doing a cut in the steel , developing a burr, is, in short, totally different to drawing in the steel evaporating it.

The revolver you are showing was hand engraved in some areas like the back of the frame over a previously laser engraved pattern, like in the back part of the frame.
 
The  background of the scrolls in the cylinder  has also  being hand punch dotted after the scroll was laser engraved. So it is a laser engraved/ hand improved engraving.
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: yahoody on August 07, 2017, 04:50:04 PM
No argument on what kind of skill it takes to run an air hammer or a hand chisel.  Not a lot of skill envolved to do laser "engraving" or electronic etching for that matter.

Different strokes for different folks.  I like this one just as much as I like guns that cost me 10x's as much.  Heck it actually shoots better out of the box than some of my high dollar and long wait guns did upon arrival.   I shoot them, so that adds a BIG premium for value to me.....
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: yahoody on August 08, 2017, 12:59:42 AM
Finding the "flat" comment humorous tonight.   Been fitting a fine "Tailrider" Slim Jim holster.  I'd asked for a tight fit on the holster to carry on a  horse safely.  Holster is tight no question and takes some breaking in to fit. 

Gun aint flat that is for sure and certain.  In and out of the holster the leather is taking a toll.   New gun is grinding up my holster like it is coated in emory paper.
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Major 2 on August 08, 2017, 04:20:47 AM
Nice shooter .... some would complain if they were hung with a new rope  :)
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: LonesomePigeon on August 08, 2017, 01:13:34 PM
I may be one of the few who appreciates llanerosolitario's critiques. Not a lot of tact but informative and edjucational. One of the things that impresses me most about Uberti and Pietta is how they have constantly strove to improve their guns and reinvested in better processes and new technologies, from hammer forged frames to CNC to laser engraving. True they are made to a price point but I believe they have honestly tried to give the consumer the best possible product within that price point.

Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Scattered Thumbs on August 08, 2017, 01:32:24 PM
Nice shooter .... some would complain if they were hung with a new rope  :)

Others would complain if they were hung period.  ;D
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: yahoody on August 09, 2017, 01:00:55 PM
interesting read on laser engraving

http://gunsoftheoldwest.com/2014/12/deep-laser-engraved-guns-pietta/#1-lead-deep-laser-engraving

edited for the wrong link previous
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: sfc rick on August 15, 2017, 08:32:16 AM
I tried both machine engraving from the low quality Laser to the mid level CNC'd Baron technology engraving and that eventually led me to ordering a "Real" hand engraved by Uberti. Of course the wait time is 6 months and counting. I do not like the laser and sold off the one I had. I still love the CNC'd Baron Technology because it actually cuts the steel and leaves a jewel like pristine cut. There is no comparison between a laser and CNC, much like there is no comparison between a CNC and Hand push 3D Master engraver.

But it's like others mentioned...you get what you pay for.

(https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13043692_1075599189165670_8786317096415312492_n.jpg?oh=b960bdb02d253c3b09ee8fbd361c89fb&oe=5A62F3B5)
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: yahoody on August 15, 2017, 09:41:27 AM
Nope..no comparison on cost or labor involved.  But I am unclear as why any one would compare a $7000 master engraved gun like my Harper and Adams guns with a machine engraved $600 one.  That is bewildering to me.  Like comparing real ivory to the PVC Pietta used on this gun.  I like the material but it isn't ivory.    No comparison changes the fact all of them are really nice guns.

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ECE-meBShYA/WV5a_adShnI/AAAAAAAArrQ/cIK29X4TyCECpFSkCGPCiVoh-egd6iQNQCLcBGAs/s1600/DSC00690.JPG)

(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hn6nLmEKXx4/WV5YqwVwlHI/AAAAAAAArrA/ryrmvxOyHMkvCk2RN-E6Mpb8RbPyAnNtgCLcBGAs/s1600/DSC00687.JPG)

Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: LonesomePigeon on August 15, 2017, 01:52:55 PM
sfc rick, I have never heard of Baron Technology CNC engraving. Is the Ruger Vaquero you posted an example of such engraving?
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: yahoody on August 15, 2017, 01:59:40 PM
I had added the wrong link previous.  Worth a read of the GUNS of the OLD WEST article...which mentions Baron as well.

Hard to believe the comments on the current state of laser engraving when you start making actual gun to gun comparisons.

Hard to believe as in "having never seen it".
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Professor Marvel on August 15, 2017, 05:38:52 PM
I have seen quite a few, during  the last Shot Show in Las Vegas, and at  the IWA, in Germany, last Jan.

Yes, they are handsome but....nothing compares to the real engraving, in my opinion. They are very much 2D, while real engraving is 3D.

I can't help but notice that  boring flatness  every time I observe it. It also lacks all detail in the shading of the scrolls...which is a bit disturbing to the trained eye, and gives the impression of poor quality o  a beginners work.


Sorry it displeases you Llanero.

Do you understand that (except foryour informational posts) many of your comments come across as a "snooty snob", "better than everybody else"?

Most of  us are "working stiffs" that can't afford to pay $7K for a revolver!

When you try to compare factory laser engraving to hand engraved work, and dismiss the laser engraving with such comments as:

>I can't help but notice that  boring flatness  every time I observe it. It also lacks all detail in the shading of the scrolls...which is a bit >disturbing to the trained eye, and gives the impression of poor quality o  a beginners work.

That's like telling a fellow who is excited over his new (affordable) factory Italian sportscar that it just "doesn't have the appeal of a hand built Lamborghini" !

Then you are taking the "snooty snob" approach . Are the "rest of us " supposed to "do without" because the affordable laser cut engraving doesn't meet your standards? Do you really think that one can compare the two?  A better comparison is how much better the laser cut engraving is over the old "acid etching" .

prof marvel
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: yahoody on August 15, 2017, 07:06:21 PM
Funny really when you think about it.  Colt's were originally nothing but tools.  The factory learned early on under Samuel to carve the tools up and make them pretty which helped sales.

But they were nothing but tools back then.  Even the best master engravers are just scratching up metal with a hand chisel.  How deep it gets carved depends a lot of the engravers skills or lack of. 

I have engraved guns that have valleys carved deep into the metal...by  master engravers.  And I have one (now two as I bought a duplicate) laser engraved Piettas.   They aren't flat..no one who has actually seen and handled one would claim it was.  And frankly as a tool the laser engraving is more fitting in my mind than a hand engraved piece worth thousands of dollars.   Hand engraving a 3rd Gen Colt might well be questionable.  Adding hand engraving to a Pietta or a Uberti is a waste of time and money...again IMO.  Simply because the base guns have so very little value and no history. 

Think back to the hay day of the Colt SAA and every cowboy wanting one.  Who wouldn't want a fancy six gun?  Hand engraved, ivory, pearl and gold or silver finishes were top dollar.   They bought ivory and pearl and on occasion an engraved gun...but rarely.  Fancy guns or engraved guns were just too expensive for most working folk.  I have to think back then, as now, a lot of folks might actually like and want an engraved, PVC gripped Pietta.  It is a hell of a nice tool if one has the need...and pretty too.   I own a safe full of master engraved, matched pair,  Colts,  sporting ivory.   Funnier still that I think enough of the recent Pietta to buy a pair of them.     

Only one I need to please is me, and this pair of Pietta does that just fine.  The dollar invested has nothing to do with.
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Professor Marvel on August 15, 2017, 07:29:16 PM
I am with you, Yahoody!

As a C&B affecianado I am biding my time until I see the laser-engraved Pietta of my dreams!
I am *still* thinking about "Captain Schaeffers Colt "  even if the barrel is 1/2" too long ....

(http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=57512.0;attach=57310;image)

yhs
prof marvel
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Major 2 on August 15, 2017, 09:44:47 PM
Ha... that's my gun  :)  I took that photo ( your welcome to use it )

Here is another ...only thing FLAT about it is.... "IT FLAT SHOOTS"

I use , Whyte Leather Works conical ....

I hand it to you, Yahooed ... you are the Jay Leno of gun collecting  ;)    

Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: sfc rick on August 15, 2017, 10:53:26 PM
sfc rick, I have never heard of Baron Technology CNC engraving. Is the Ruger Vaquero you posted an example of such engraving?

Yes, my New Vaquero Deluxe Edition uses Baron Technologies  CNC'd process.

http://baronengraving.com/ (http://baronengraving.com/)
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: LonesomePigeon on August 15, 2017, 11:48:24 PM
sfc rick, thanks for the reply. Actually, I'm sure I have seen that type of engraving now, I just didn't know it. I think it's very nice.
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Abilene on August 16, 2017, 06:44:58 PM

llanerosolitario, none of the pictures you posted came through.  Recently Photobucket changed policy to a paid service, not free.  Perhaps you did not know about that.

As regards the Baron technology laser engraving, well we all have our own opinions, so here's mine.  I like very much some of the designs on their website.  However, I care not at all for what they did to the single actions, including the Ruger shown above.  No stippling may be part of it.  They just seem to lack artistic design, I guess.  Not sure how to put it.
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: llanerosolitario on August 16, 2017, 06:50:19 PM
Thanks, I have noticed it rigth now, so my last post makes no sense.

Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Coffinmaker on August 16, 2017, 07:22:04 PM
My Good Confessor Marvelous ...

If I might.  The "Capt. Schaeffer Colt" reproductions are coming in in small batches.  They are being built in limited number.  I have no clue how "limited" but "not a lot" comes to mind.  Ergo, it might behove, to place ones self on EMFs list of "Who's Wanting One" or "Who Wants Two" thereby insuring ones self the opportunity of ownership.

Once set up, the Capt. Schaeffer repros are absolute whiz Bangs to play with.  Understanding that under barrel loading lever is almost as useful as Teats on a Boar.  Loaded off gun with ones propellant of choice will generate a most harmonious experience.

Just a thought.  Oh, and they look REALLY KOOL!!
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: yahoody on August 24, 2017, 01:05:48 AM
Haven't been shooting in the last year until just recently. I could be doing better.
I liked the TR gun enough to buy another for a new brace of 7.5" guns. The second gun is even better than the first. Targets are 18 round groups of 250gr factory HS loads, 3 x 6 rounds, off hand at 15 yards.

New gun's target is on the left, original TR gun's target on the right. I shot the original gun first. The older gun has a lot better trigger than the one just out of the box. Still the new one shoots much closer to POA/POI. I have almost zero endurance right now to shooting groups. But either gun will shoot good groups. I am still impressed with these guns as a faithful reproduction of the 1st Gen Colt BP frames. I really like that they shoot! Not just another pretty face

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A20yEPEE5nU/WZ5rYy7swiI/AAAAAAAAsEI/cCTgFlcOgGgKM0NbjieBvX8HCb1OrF4UACLcBGAs/s1600/DSC01468.JPG)


Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Jack Straw on August 24, 2017, 06:33:05 PM
That TR Cimarron Pietta is gorgeous.  I recently bought a Cimarron Pietta "two tone" SAA with laser engraving.  Not only is it very sharp looking I'm amazed by the smooth action and snug lock up.  The boss at my local gun shop had a look at it and inquired as to whether I paid extra for the nice action.

I may have to spring for a "Teddy" myself.  If a guy fancies a 5.5" bbl. the George Patton model is pretty hard to pass up as well.  The laser engraving is getting much nicer all the time.
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: LonesomePigeon on August 24, 2017, 10:53:11 PM
Nice targets, looks like they are good shooters.
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Graveyard Jack on July 02, 2018, 02:23:11 PM
Right off, I love the Cimarron TR model and would like to add one to the stable at some point. Probably along with a few other laser engraved SAA's.

I also agree with the critiques and don't think it comes off as "snooty" at all. It is what it is. There is a big difference between "real" hand engraving and laser engraving. Laser engraving is indeed "flat". It is greatly improved over years past but it still ain't the same and there's nothing "snooty" about pointing that out. I happen to appreciate all levels of good quality engraving for what they are and pretty much refuse to pay for master level work. I love my lasered Pietta's but it's absolutely true that they're not quite like the hand engraved guns but I enjoy them all the same. Because I didn't pay anywhere near what I paid for the hand work.

(https://photos.imageevent.com/newfrontier45/sixgunsiv/large/IMG_5641b.jpg)

(https://photos.imageevent.com/newfrontier45/sixgunsiv/large/IMG_7004b.jpg)
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Abilene on July 02, 2018, 08:43:51 PM
As this thread had appeared again, I thought I'd show a related item.  In this video of Cimarron Show Guns:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZDDllTNNRs

The hand engraved Teddy Roosevelt Uberti is shown (along with its carved ivory grips like Teddy's gun) at the :32 point of the video. 

(I took all the pics shown in the video, mostly while packing guns to go to Shot Show.  Plus a few of my own in there  ;D )
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Graveyard Jack on July 02, 2018, 11:54:34 PM
Good lookin' stuff in that video. I still drool over the Open Top with the carved naked lady grips.
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Abilene on July 03, 2018, 12:29:40 AM
That's no lady.  That's Eve (holding the apple)   :)
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Major 2 on July 03, 2018, 04:20:39 AM
As this thread had appeared again, I thought I'd show a related item.  In this video of Cimarron Show Guns:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZDDllTNNRs

The hand engraved Teddy Roosevelt Uberti is shown (along with its carved ivory grips like Teddy's gun) at the :32 point of the video. 

(I took all the pics shown in the video, mostly while packing guns to go to Shot Show.  Plus a few of my own in there  ;D )

WOW.... I've seen some of those ( including yours ) , but not put together like that... Stunning !
Title: Re: "TR" laser engraved Cimarron?
Post by: Coffinmaker on July 03, 2018, 06:20:31 PM

Strange.  Or just different or just picky in my old age.  There I was, fat (yes) dumb (well not so much) and happy (very) building Cap Guns for myself and few friends.  Quickly settled on Pietta.  Building all sorts.  1860s, 1851s (real .36s), 1862s, and all of them were the standard guns, CCH and blue.  Some civilian, some martial (with those gawd awful extra screws) just having fun.

Then, I ran head on into the Pietta "Marshalls."  1851 pattern only in .44 and laser engraved.  I were smitten.  Since then, I have divested myself of all of my previous "Plane Jane" Cap Guns and concentrated strictly on laser engraved models.  I think they are absolutely superb.
Hand chased means absolutely nothing to me.  I can't afford the same level of engraving when it's hand chased as I can when it's done by laser.  The latest laser engraving is VERY nice. 

Now ..... I need bigger pay checks for more engraved toys  :D

PS:  Abilene gotz some really nice toys.