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Colt Firearms / Re: New old Colt
« Last post by Abilene on Today at 11:07:40 AM »At this point, I attribute the misfires (I think there were two out of 30 rounds in the match) to an EXTREMELY hour-glassed mainspring.
Well Heck
Just a tiny little point here. Nearly as I can remember from my spotty research, Colt didn't convert the 1861 percussion guns to cartridge. The Navy only had 1851 Navy guns, of which they (the Navy) did send a pile to Colt for conversion.
This was the basis for my only (other than no quality control) criticism of the late Armi San Marco "1860" Richards conversions. Those guns were ALL based on the 1861 which Colt did not convert. Although I still think the Armi San Marco conversions were the best looking "modern" conversions even if historically incorrect.
Until you said wood grips, I was going to suggest http://www.gripmaker.com/ and https://gungrip.com for faux ivory grips. The latter is N C Ordnance, and they say theirs is for a Beretta Stampede Bisley which I've never even heard of but probably made by Uberti.