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Special Interests - Groups & Societies => SCORRS => Topic started by: Tuolumne Lawman on March 31, 2019, 10:00:01 PM
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Most here do not know that my father (who was born in 1913), his mother was a Cody, and in fact was a first cousin to William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody. The family had extensive photos of Buffalo Bill in the photo album that my father loved look at, but when his mother died, a family member commandeered it, never to be seen again.
Well, I have always had an affinity to Remington cartridge conversions. Sort of a love-hate relationship. I love the guns and their style, but hate the knuckle busting of the trigger guard with smokeless. Because of this odd relationship, I have passed through any number of Remington conversions through the last 20 years. I thought it was because when I started in SASS in 1994, I had an opportunity to handle an original NMA in .46 Rimfire. I suspect, however, there is a more serious reason....
Today I discovered (while reading Adler's book on conversions) that none other than Buffalo Bill used the Remington New Model Army conversion as a scout for the Army in 1872, when received the Medal of Honor! He said it was his favorite revolver, and never failed him. That would explain it all! It is genetic. I can't fight it! Now I really need to research if he had a .46 rimfire (which the Army was issuing from 1869 until 1874), or one chambered for the .44 Martin cartridge.
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That's some fascinating family history. Thanks for sharing that.
It looks like you'll need one in the same caliber that Buffalo Bill had. Are there any photos so you can get the grips and overall look correct?