Ordered new Revolver!

[RetiredSeabee]

Get a mares leg its unrestricted belt gun:) plus you can put a full stock on it so its a two for one gun

True enough. I may just try it one day...

Check your law in Canada, In the US putting a full stock on a Mare's Leg makes it a short barrel rifle and is illegal without getting a $200 tax stamp for it. Once converted it can not be converted back to it's original form. I don't know how Canada classifies the Mare's Leg. Here it is a pistol.

[RanchRoper]

Well had to make one of those executive type decisions today. Revolver I ordered not in stock with a long wait, or go with this one he has in stock and a week or so away.
Went with this, exact same except this is the Richards transition (before Mason came along), only difference is the barrel support which is the original 1860 Army percussion piece less the lever removed when it was converted to cartridges in the 1870's. Ejector rod is a little different too but true to original. I still love the old timey look and I handled this one at the gun show too. With luck I'll be shooting it next week. Would have been easier to get a Peacemaker but, I really like these older period revolvers!

[Hack]

Looks like this one has a steel receiver while the former had brass. Brass is a better match for the BB, but the advantage of steel is that you can purchase a conversion cylinder to shoot .45 colt cowboy loads.

[Hack]

Regarding putting a longer stock on a Mare Leg, I suggest that you read this article on short barrel rifles.

http://blog.cheaperthandirt.com/build-s ... rifle-sbr/

[CT_Shooter]

RanchRoper, this is also a really cool pistol. It's never been easy to change horses in the middle of a stream (I'm told), but I think you'll be just as happy at the range with this revolver, possibly more so. I'm so very much looking forward to your range reports. Congratulations.

[PT7]

You sure are becoming an expert on hunting up quality, older-period S/A revolvers! Really hope this one comes through okay for you.

BTW, where is the rear sight on this revolver? A notch in the hammer, or at the start of the barrel? Can't see this one clearly. Glad you had the chance to handle one at the gun show....that's the way to go!

Cool-looking Cimarron.

[RanchRoper]

Looks like this one has a steel receiver while the former had brass. Brass is a better match for the BB, but the advantage of steel is that you can purchase a conversion cylinder to shoot .45 colt cowboy loads.

It's a case hardened frame, and is chambered in .45 Colt, so I can shoot the same ammo as my Henry; 250 gr Winchester lead flat nose (or round in the revolver) both easy to find here in stores.

[RanchRoper]

You sure are becoming an expert on hunting up quality, older-period S/A revolvers! Really hope this one comes through okay for you.

BTW, where is the rear sight on this revolver? A notch in the hammer, or at the start of the barrel? Can't see this one clearly. Glad you had the chance to handle one at the gun show....that's the way to go!

Cool-looking Cimarron.

Exactly the same as the other one, V-notch in the hammer. When Colt was tasked with making cartridge revolvers in the early 1870's, they had a huge inventory of 1860 Army percussion revolver parts. This Richards guy was told to make a cartridge conversion so they could stay in the market. He came up with the conversion ring behind the cylinder with a loading gate, took the loading lever off the barrel and filled the support with steel so there was no loading lever machinery in it. Colt sold 9,000 of these until about 1878. They were cheap to make, and 1/3 the price of an 1873 Model P Peacemaker.
I love the old time look, and the long barrel is way cool.

[Deadwood Dutch]

Congratulations, really purty revolver!

[RanchRoper]

Can't wait to stop talking about it and start shootin' it!!