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4. Chamber the Henry and 1866 model in 44 special or modern 44 colt
5. Offer imitation gutta perch grips on the bisley and some 1873 revolvers
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7. Remove the cylider release cross pin on the 1875 remington frame
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9. Offer a 36/38 caliber remington navy conversion
10. Quit the blue screws on nickel guns already, at least for a few years!
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13. Loose the hammer safety on 1873 revolvers.
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A few comments:
4. Although only a handful of 44 Spcl Henries were made (and yeah, I want one too
), the 44 Spcl 1866 has been available since 2000 and Cimarron almost always has them in stock (only 19" and 24" at the moment).
5. Vintage industries makes a grip like this, see
http://www.vintagegungrips.net/ao-c68.html and click the tiny picture to see a larger image. I have one of these on a Cimarron BP-frame 44wcf. It reminds me very much of the grips on my 3rd Gen Colts, except these are one-piece and the logo at the top is the Cimarron rider versus the Rampant Colt.
7. Mike Harvey has asked Uberti to go back to the (correct) way they did the cylinder pin release on their early 1875 models, but they refuse. Don't know why.
9. Are you talking about the 1858 conversion? That is made in .38 Spcl
10. I guess I didn't know Uberti was using all charcoal blue screws these days on their nickle guns. Except for a few select guns imported in nickle, Cimarron sends guns to Ford Plating if a customer wants them nickled, and screw finish is their choice.
13. The Cimarron Model P's do all come from Uberti with the standard hammer, while the Cattleman imported by others has the safety hammer. Although the premium Taylors guns like the Smokewagon and Running Iron do have the standard hammer. I'm sort of afraid Uberti may force all importers to accept their new hammer design with firing pin that pushes back into the hammer unless the trigger is pulled. I personally do not care for them, even though it allows for safe carry of 6.
My addition to the list: on the 1860 Richards-Mason and Type II Richards conversions in .38 Spcl, use the rebated cylinder and stepped frame instead of using a '51 R-M frame and cylinder on those models. Even though the caliber is "wrong" for those, at least they would look correct.