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Posted: 3/5/2006 10:48:06 PM EDT

shot it today and kinda like it colt repo navy

Posted: 3/6/2006 2:21:30 AM EDT

[#1]

Looks more like the Army 44 caliber to me. Damn nice gun though.

Don in Ohio

Posted: 3/6/2006 2:47:23 AM EDT

[#2]

Hard to conceal? Check
Completely impractical? Check
Unweildy? Check

Sounds perfect

At least you'll get style points.

Posted: 3/6/2006 3:15:49 AM EDT

[#3]

Can you get magpul junk for that thing?

Posted: 3/6/2006 3:16:44 AM EDT

[#4]

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Can you get magpul junk for that thing?

Novak Night-sights?

Posted: 3/6/2006 3:19:59 AM EDT

[#5]

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Can you get magpul junk for that thing?

Novak Night-sights?

I'm thinking ACOG!!

Posted: 3/6/2006 4:11:19 AM EDT

[#6]

Nice M1913 rail on top, and under the barrel.
Think of the possibilties!
VFG, BUIS, Lasers, Flashlights, Bipods......

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Can you get magpul junk for that thing?

Novak Night-sights?

I'm thinking ACOG!!

Posted: 3/6/2006 4:14:09 AM EDT

[#7]

They're all jealous.
AND,you can effect your getaway in the resulting cloud of smoke!

PROUD owner of Ruger Old Army,Dave

Posted: 3/6/2006 4:22:38 AM EDT

[#8]

Nice!

Posted: 3/6/2006 4:26:43 AM EDT

[#9]

The Navys were his back up guns. He carried Walkers as his primary.

Interesting side note, the Colt Walker handguns were named after Walker, Texas Ranger, over 100 years before the show was first aired.

Posted: 3/6/2006 4:30:44 AM EDT

[#10]

Cool gun, but I hope you're joking about the carry part.

Posted: 3/6/2006 4:36:23 AM EDT

[#11]

You need to get one of the original laser sights.

I think it was a candle and a couple of focusing lenses mounted under the barrel…

Posted: 3/6/2006 4:39:18 AM EDT

[#12]

Its cool and all that, but I find Remmys with extra cylnders to be faster to reload

Posted: 3/6/2006 4:39:52 AM EDT

[#13]

Can you get Pachymars for that thing?

Posted: 3/6/2006 4:47:56 AM EDT

[#14]

Yes, I think Don's right. Its an 1860 Army model, not 1851 Navy.

Posted: 3/6/2006 4:57:14 AM EDT

[#15]

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Yes, I think Don's right. Its an 1860 Army model, not 1851 Navy.

Which is way cool since you can shoot 45LC's in it.

Posted: 3/6/2006 5:00:18 AM EDT

[#16]

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Yes, I think Don's right. Its an 1860 Army model, not 1851 Navy.

Which is way cool since you can shoot 45LC's in it.

?????

Posted: 3/6/2006 5:03:09 AM EDT

[#17]

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Yes, I think Don's right. Its an 1860 Army model, not 1851 Navy.

Which is way cool since you can shoot 45LC's in it.

Yeah, if you get the converted cylinder.

Posted: 3/6/2006 5:03:36 AM EDT

[#18]

I like it. Not sure it's the most practical carry piece available, but hey...
"When things look bad, and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb mad dog mean. Cause if you lose your head and you give up, then you neither live nor win, that's just the way it is." -Josey Wales

Posted: 3/6/2006 5:07:05 AM EDT

[#19]

It would be funny to see the reaction on the doc's face who had to treat the poor criminal bastard you would shoot with that gun.

Doc: Holy crap! I must be the first doctor in 100 years to actually have to remove a .44 caliber lead ball from a dude!!!

Posted: 3/6/2006 5:19:19 AM EDT

[#20]

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Yes, I think Don's right. Its an 1860 Army model, not 1851 Navy.

Which is way cool since you can shoot 45LC's in it.

?????

Click Me

Posted: 3/6/2006 5:21:41 AM EDT

[#21]

Now all you need is 3 more to carry on your body, and 2 more for your horse.

Posted: 3/6/2006 5:55:09 AM EDT

[#22]

Time for a call to TAPCO!!!!!!!!!

Posted: 3/6/2006 6:25:19 AM EDT

[#23]

"Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?"

Posted: 3/6/2006 6:31:45 AM EDT

[#24]

gonna get a quigley 45-110 sharps as a trunk gun to go with your ensemble?

Posted: 3/6/2006 6:35:32 AM EDT

[#25]

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Cool gun, but I hope you're joking about the carry part.

About 15 years ago, I saw a security guard carrying one.

Posted: 3/6/2006 6:38:56 AM EDT

[#26]

"Should we bury'em Jose?

"Naw buzzards gotta eat the same as worms"

Nice pistol, now skin that hog leg...

Posted: 3/6/2006 6:41:16 AM EDT

[#27]

Man just think if we COULD carry stuff like that. Just like they did way back then. Holster slung low and tied off round your thigh.
Have a disagreement with a co-worker? No problem. Have a showdown in the parking lot. Fastest draw wins then back to work.

Posted: 3/6/2006 6:43:20 AM EDT

[#28]

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The Navys were his back up guns. He carried Walkers as his primary.

Interesting side note, the Colt Walker handguns were named after Walker, Texas Ranger, over 100 years before the show was first aired.

you are correct sir! I do believe that 'josey also fancied dragoons.

Posted: 3/6/2006 6:45:03 AM EDT

[#29]

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Man just think if we COULD carry stuff like that. Just like they did way back then. Holster slung low and tied off round your thigh.
Have a disagreement with a co-worker? No problem. Have a showdown in the parking lot. Fastest draw wins then back to work.

heck.. drive to the wrong part of town you're gonna see that stuff today in spades.. only they do their shooting sideways and in carloads and corners...

Posted: 3/6/2006 7:57:37 AM EDT

[#30]

"Just when I get to likin' someone, they ain't around long."-Clint

"I notice when you get to DISlikin' someone, they ain't around long neither."-Chief Dan George

My favorite line-

Posted: 3/6/2006 8:00:17 AM EDT

[#31]

you gonna pull them pistols or whistle dixie?

Posted: 3/6/2006 8:07:05 AM EDT

[#32]

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Looks more like the Army 44 caliber to me. Damn nice gun though.

Don in Ohio

The guy I bought it off said it was a navy, no expert pretty cool to shoot though.

Posted: 3/6/2006 8:08:21 AM EDT

[#33]

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Cool gun, but I hope you're joking about the carry part.

yea I was , but it would surprise the BG pulling this out of my belt

Posted: 3/6/2006 8:09:38 AM EDT

[#34]

I'm on a Blackpowder forum where people post they actually do CCW those and other BP guns. There are some very funny stories of them and what happens when they draw down. There is also a shortage of snubnose blackpowder revolvers because of all the CCW buyers.

Posted: 3/6/2006 8:11:57 AM EDT

[#35]

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I'm on a Blackpowder forum where people post they actually do CCW those and other BP guns. There are some very funny stories of them and what happens when they draw down. There is also a shortage of snubnose blackpowder revolvers because of all the CCW buyers.

link please

Posted: 3/6/2006 8:16:43 AM EDT

[#36]

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Man just think if we COULD carry stuff like that. Just like they did way back then. Holster slung low and tied off round your thigh.
Have a disagreement with a co-worker? No problem. Have a showdown in the parking lot. Fastest draw wins then back to work.

Perfectly legal to carry one here in PA.

Posted: 3/6/2006 8:23:45 AM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:
The Navys were his back up guns. He carried Walkers as his primary.

Interesting side note, the Colt Walker handguns were named after Walker, Texas Ranger, over 100 years before the show was first aired.

Posted: 3/6/2006 8:28:08 AM EDT

[#38]

Do blackpowder weapons actually count as firearms in all jurisdictions? If not, it might actually be legal to carry them in non-CCW states, and I'd take an 1860 Remmy over nothing.

Do not mock .44 lead balls. The pistols worked fine for several decades.

Posted: 3/6/2006 8:46:18 AM EDT

[#39]

The only time in my life I ever picked up a gun in defense it was an 1860 Army.

My father owned a trailer park in central PHX. My brother lived in a house on the property and helped my dad manage it.

One day my dad had evicted one of the wonderful residents, and while I was visiting my brother this bastard knocked on his door and when I answered it he tried to force his way in with a gun in his hand. I was able to slam the door on him and while my brother called the police I loaded the only gun we had in the house at the time which was my 1860 Army.

I always thought it would have been funny if I needed to shoot him with that thing.

Posted: 3/6/2006 8:49:37 AM EDT

[#40]

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The Navys were his back up guns. He carried Walkers as his primary.

Interesting side note, the Colt Walker handguns were named after Walker, Texas Ranger, over 100 years before the show was first aired.

You may think it's funny, but it's the truth, except that it was more than 100 years before the show.

The most powerful handgun of its day, the 1847 Walker was the most revered of all the early “six shooters”. Designed by the legendary Texas Ranger Capt. Samuel H. Walker and his old friend Sam Colt, the 1847 Dragoon saw extensive service during the war with Mexico. The huge Colt with its tremendous stopping power continued to be the favorite of the Rangers fighting Apache and Comanche war parties.

Posted: 3/6/2006 8:51:51 AM EDT

[#41]

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I'm on a Blackpowder forum where people post they actually do CCW those and other BP guns. There are some very funny stories of them and what happens when they draw down. There is also a shortage of snubnose blackpowder revolvers because of all the CCW buyers.

link please

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=47
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=63859
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=186370

Posted: 3/6/2006 8:52:54 AM EDT

[#42]

No background check...nice.

Posted: 3/6/2006 8:58:44 AM EDT

[#43]

That pistol makes the 1911 look like a compact.

Posted: 3/6/2006 9:54:57 AM EDT

[#44]

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The Navys were his back up guns. He carried Walkers as his primary.

Interesting side note, the Colt Walker handguns were named after Walker, Texas Ranger, over 100 years before the show was first aired.
you are correct sir! I do believe that 'josey also fancied dragoons.

Does anyone have a source? I also pegged his guns as Colt 1848 Dragoons, which would make sense for the period.

Posted: 3/6/2006 1:07:16 PM EDT

[#45]

I just made a short Google search and turned up several images that depict Walker Colts. I seem to recall that he had several extra pistols in addition to the Walkers, but it's been too long since I watched the movie to recall exactly what they were.

Don in Ohio

Posted: 3/6/2006 1:22:20 PM EDT

[#46]

Josey rode a horse to work too ...

I've got one just like that one.

Posted: 3/6/2006 1:45:11 PM EDT

[#47]

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I just made a short Google search and turned up several images that depict Walker Colts. I seem to recall that he had several extra pistols in addition to the Walkers, but it's been too long since I watched the movie to recall exactly what they were.

Don in Ohio

He starts off with two pistols in holsters that look like Walkers/Dragoons, and a smaller one in a shoulder holster of a make that I can't place. After his little buddy dies, he takes his pistol, another Walker/Dragoon, and carries it Mexican style.