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Pair of Russian .45 Colt Revolvers

Post by PT7 » Sun Sep 16, 2018 11:28 am

PT7's 1874 Russian Model 3 Top Break .45 Colt Revolvers --- A Photo "Shoot"
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Re: Pair of Russian .45 Colt Revolvers

Post by Mags » Sun Sep 16, 2018 12:29 pm

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Ok, now if you sequence those pictures real quick before your eyes it looks like a Russian ballet. ;)

Nice pair of guns! Well presented.
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Re: Pair of Russian .45 Colt Revolvers

Post by PT7 » Sun Sep 16, 2018 1:45 pm

Not a Russian ballet. Rather, a lively mazurka!!

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Re: Pair of Russian .45 Colt Revolvers

Post by RanchRoper » Sun Sep 16, 2018 1:49 pm

Great looking revolvers.
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Re: Pair of Russian .45 Colt Revolvers

Post by Lyman » Sun Sep 16, 2018 2:01 pm

Wow, What a pair. Great job on the photos too
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Re: Pair of Russian .45 Colt Revolvers

Post by North Country Gal » Sun Sep 16, 2018 4:56 pm

Yes, excellent work on the pics. Now, get out and shoot those beauties. I'm dying, here, to see some of those big 45 cal holes in a target. :)
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Re: Pair of Russian .45 Colt Revolvers

Post by Mags » Sun Sep 16, 2018 6:49 pm

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Trying to pull a fast one? That's Polish :roll: . The revolvers are Russian. ;)
PT7 wrote:Not a Russian ballet. Rather, a lively mazurka!!

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Re: Pair of Russian .45 Colt Revolvers

Post by PT7 » Sun Sep 16, 2018 8:18 pm

I'm not at all "trying to pull a fast one." The Russian mazurka came to my mind immediately from all the readings I've done in Russian literature and music. So that's what I wrote in response to your post, even though my .45 Colts are the Russian model of the S&W Schofield.

I'd agree that "ownership" of this dance originated from the ancient Polish Mazur. I've read a traditional story that the Mazur dance "was inspired by the horses of the Polish cavalry racing across the steppes of Central Europe." (The steppes also play a huge role in Russian history and literature). That traditional music brought about a really fast-moving dance to an almost "punishing" driving 3/4-time music. I know about "punishing." I'm an accordionist, and my nationality is also Slavic. When I was younger, my Dad had a good friend who wrote original "kolos," folks songs very similar to the Polish Mazur or Russian Mazurka. I bought a number of these songs (still have the sheet music), and played them in my trio with my brother on guitar, and a drummer. After those dances, both us musicians along with the dancers were all sweating quite well! Sometimes it was almost "punishing!" :lol:

From my university Slavic Studies, I learned there were a number of Russian composers, who wrote mazurkas --- to name some: Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Glinka, Scriabin. During the height of the now-defunct Russian Empire, the mazurka was a dance often used/performed at the most elaborate gala balls of Russian high society.

Ah, along with the mazurka being prominently used in Russian music, it was also depicted in many Russian novels and films. Leo Tolstoy wrote of it in both War & Peace (a very long part of that novel), and in Anna Karenina. The dance was prominently noted in Fathers and Sons, a novel by Ivan Turgenev. During Russian balls in the early 1900s, it was danced beautifully by the Tsarina Maria Feodorovna, the second-to-last tsarina of the Russian empire.

I'm glad this dance, both in its word etymology and actual physical usage, has crossed-over different nationalities. It shares a rich heritage for many people from different countries like Poland, Germany, France, Russia and others.

These "Russian guns" sure are fun to have.
And especially for me, to think of all the history & traditions they bring to mind. :)

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Trying to pull a fast one? That's Polish :roll: . The revolvers are Russian. ;)
PT7 wrote:Not a Russian ballet. Rather, a lively mazurka!!

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Re: Pair of Russian .45 Colt Revolvers

Post by CT_Shooter » Sun Sep 16, 2018 8:57 pm

PT7 wrote: These "Russian guns" sure are fun to have.
And especially for me, to think of all the history & traditions they bring to mind. :)
And what I learn from you is fun, too!

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Re: Pair of Russian .45 Colt Revolvers

Post by Mags » Mon Sep 17, 2018 12:34 am

PT7 wrote:... The Russian mazurka came to my mind immediately from all the readings I've done in Russian literature and music. So that's what I wrote in response to your post...
Wow, interesting background history on the mazurka. Appreciate the enlightenment! Thanks for sharing.
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