Posted on 01/30/2009 6:45:36 PM PST by neverdem
Sorry. I was a prosecutor in New York for 26 years. While you don’t need a pistol permit to buy a black powder handgun in New York, nor a purchase order; the weapon is considered a revolver subject to the permit requirement if you load it and make it capable to shoot.
If you do load it,and, say, take it to the range without being licensed, you would be subject to arrest and prosecution. And the weapon would be seized.
I have seen em in glass cases yet never handled or fired one....... I understand the drill of last round it becomes a club used with saber or knife.
Beautiful handgun for sure......
cant beat a centennial backed up by a strider folder..the folder costs almost as much as the gun though.
I actually pack a Terzoula ACTF folder, a Glock 31 w/ 1 spare mag , a S&W 317 .22 snub in a custom ankle holster that a rigger made me long ago that holds an old style 50 round box of .22 Stingers in a small pouch. Stingers that I modified with a Paco Kelly Accurizer tool. As well a Surefire E2D light, keys and wallet. Gives me 30 rounds of 357SIG and 58 x .22 stingers. I hate to run out of ammo.
Light easy to pack around for day to day carry here in Texas.
Today it was my walther P99, two extra mags, my cheapo G2 surefire and my spyderco Yojimbo.
How is trigger pull on that P99 ?
I know: fat chance-- one government hand washes the other.
Bang!
Black powder pistols can be effective if you are well practiced and have good editing.
I agree. Actually, some of the most accurate guns in the world are muzzleloaders. The bullets are pre-fitted to the rifling as they are pushed down the barrel. The original Colt percussion revolvers featured gain twist rifling, where at the cylinder end the rifling is almost straight and gains a tighter twist as you move toward the muzzle, which allowed acceleration of the bullets rotation without deforming the bullet which would allow more gas leakage around the bullet.
The Hatcher Relative Stopping Power rating of the 1873 black powder Colt .45 single action (in the 7.5" bbl) is higher than that of the .44 Magnum S&W in the 8 3/8" bbl length. Part of the reason is that the .45 Long Colt used in the SA stops in the target body, delivering 100% of the foot pounds of energy it's carrying to the target. The Magnum rounds often penetrate the body and pass through, carrying much of their energy along with them, Rounds that penetrate your intended targets through and through, can often hit innocent bystanders, inflicting collateral damage that is, shall we say, undesirable.
I had a replica 1847 Colt Walker muzzle loader, 9" bbl, huge chambers that could hold a large bullet and large powder charge. Fun to shoot. Would not want to be on the receiving end... especially of a bullet lubed with some of the grease used in 1847....
The original LeMat I owned was ugly as sin and awkward to shoot but fun. I much preferred the ergonomically designed grips of the Colts (and the Remingtons)... they rock back naturally in the hand and then drop the gun back to re-acquire the target.
Speaking of the Remington Revolvers. I once had the original Patent Model for the Remington 1875 revolver in my possession for about four months. This picture is not the gun I had, it's a replica.
The one I had was finished in the white, with no maker's name, serial numbers, inspectors marks, or drawer numbers. It was beautifully finished... and had an old string tag tied to the trigger guard from the U.S. Patent Office with the patent number on it. it was part of an eclectic collection i brokered for a grocery store owner from Winnemucca, Nevada. Most of his collection of 200 guns was junk, but there were about six guns that were really desirable collectors items...
Only to carry it concealed.
Black powder pistols can be effective if you are well practiced and have good editing.
Those are Uberti 1847 "Walker" Colt Replicas...
Both the originals and the replicas of the Walkers had a distinct problem with the loading levers. The spring catch to hold the lever in place was located near the lever fulcrum... one shot and the gun action froze because the loading lever slipped aa weakened spring catch and dropped down into the loading position and the loading plunger was pushed into the bottom chamber, preventing the revolver from revolving the next loaded chamber into firing position. The Dragoons that followed the Walkers had a much better engineered loading lever catch. This original Walker has been modified by the addition of a Dragoon like loading lever catch:
You know,when a drunken English Bob shot him in a saloon as told by Little Bill?
Were they sure the zombies were Nazis? In that spoof movie about Michael Moore, the zombies were all from the ACLU. (Dennis Hopper as the shotgun-slinging judge was totally outrageous -- I loved it!)
Nice piece ..... no, but you do need a National Guard armory.
So, what kind of leather do you pack that in?
The law of unintended consequences...
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