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I'm interested in a antique pistol. As I know less about them than cold fusion, perhaps a member here could educate me in whats available?

I'm looking for the largest caliber (not size) antique pistol for camping, hiking and hunting for defense.
To my limited understanding of said pistols, they are mostly chambered in obsolete calibers that are hard to find. Agian, I don't know much about them, so a point in the right direction, or info from someone who knows them well would be greatly appreciated.
 
justins1877 said:
I'm looking for the largest caliber (not size) antique pistol for camping, hiking and hunting for defense.
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I am quite curious, why would you take an antique pistol camping?

As far as calibre goes, most common calibres are still available: .45 Colt, 44-40. Even .455 Eley can be bought new for a Webley.

PS -- don't take anything I say as gospel. I am an ignorant idiot.
 
Why? Because I can. An antique pistol (or rifle, shotgun for that matter) is not considered a firearm.
Thus making it legal to carry in the woods, where a long gun would be bothersome.
 
Kveldulf said:
I am quite curious, why would you take an antique pistol camping?

As far as calibre goes, most common calibres are still available: .45 Colt, 44-40. Even .455 Eley can be bought new for a Webley.

PS -- don't take anything I say as gospel. I am an ignorant idiot.
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The two bold calibers are not antique. The gun needs to be made before 1898 and of a caliber not listed here:

manufactured before 1898 that can discharge only rim-fire cartridges, other than 22 Calibre Short, 22 Calibre Long or 22 Calibre Long Rifle cartridges;

manufactured before 1898 that can discharge centre-fire cartridges, other than a handgun designed or adapted to discharge 32 Short Colt, 32 Long Colt, 32 Smith and Wesson, 32 Smith and Wesson Long, 32-20 Winchester, 38 Smith and Wesson; 38 Short Colt, 38 Long Colt, 38-40 Winchester, 44-40 Winchester, or 45 Colt cartridges

Seems most guys in the antique forum reload, including me.

[I'm looking for the largest caliber (not size) antique pistol for camping, hiking and hunting for defense.
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Alot of the Webleys are in a .455 caliber that can be slightly cut to chamber 45ACP, though I don't think it's recommended to use factory ammo, most use lighter reloads. These are a break action revolver, DA/SA and priced fairly well.

An antique pistol (or rifle, shotgun for that matter) is not considered a firearm.
Thus making it legal to carry in the woods, where a long gun would be bothersome.
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They are legal to carry only where a non-restricted long gun can legally be carried and discharged.
 
I used my colt 1892. 41 Colt for camping/hiking Sure it is a little under powered for bears but I like it.
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Price was $4350.00. Came with the revolver, holster, and 100 pieces of Starline brass. Guess my jeep will have to wait. :(

I hear you guys on the discussion of taking it camping "because you can." I was discussing the same thing in another thread in the antique board, however I wasn't aware the overall concern of this topic with fellow Prescribed Antique owners, so I bowed out of the conversation.

I can take my pistol anywhere you can take a non-restricted long gun. Transportation requires it be stored in a locked container unloaded however the trigger guard doesn't need to be locked. Be prepared to explain yourself if a CO, LEO, or another jacketed peace officer comes your way and asks why you have it and why it's not registered and why you're not shooting it at a range. (they don't have to be registered; you can be twelve years old and still have one) My Colt has a Prescribed Antique letter from the RCMP, plus I have a copy of the regs as well. However I doubt this will keep an un-informed <insert here> from taking your pistol and making you figure out how to get it back on your own while it gets kicked around in an evidence locker or the trunk of a squad car.

I was planning on taking it hunting with me, however even if you never un-holster it, at least here in Manitoba even being in possession of a pistol "while" hunting "can" get your hunting license revoked and you can be placed on a prohibition order to hunt. CO's do have a broad stroke on interpretation of "hunting." That's a whole other discussion.
 
41 Colt said:
Alot of the Webleys are in a .455 caliber that can be slightly cut to chamber 45ACP, though I don't think it's recommended to use factory ammo, most use lighter reloads.
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For the love of a decent revolver please don't buy an unaltered 455 Webley and molest it by cutting down the cylinder to accept 45acp. There are already plenty of the cut revolvers floating around especially from the States. The 455s are worth so much more in their unadulterated state and there are plenty of reloading components available for the 455 round.
 
apu said:
For the love of a decent revolver please don't buy an unaltered 455 Webley and molest it by cutting down the cylinder to accept 45acp. There are already plenty of the cut revolvers floating around especially from the States. The 455s are worth so much more in their unadulterated state and there are plenty of reloading components available for the 455 round.
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I should have said that. I think most, or at least half the ones I've seen in the EE are already altered, so keep an eye out for one of those if interested in shooting .45ACP.
 
NAA said:
Personally, I never really understood the draw to pay $1,600 plus for some old relic just for the sake of no paper.

To each their own I suppose.

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Some of them like Colt SAA's, Schofields and others have real collector's value and you see them sell for similar prices in the States despite their lax handgun laws. Those old SAA's will always be in big demand because of the nostalgia appeal of the old West.
 
Grizzlypeg said:
Some of them like Colt SAA's, Schofields and others have real collector's value and you see them sell for similar prices in the States despite their lax handgun laws. Those old SAA's will always be in big demand because of the nostalgia appeal of the old West.
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I actually get that about Colt SAA's and even the old hinge frame S&W's. But I do have to wonder about some of the other old junk I see with huge price tags just 'cause it's antique....

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NAA said:
I actually get that about Colt SAA's and even the old hinge frame S&W's. But I do have to wonder about some of the other old junk I see with huge price tags just 'cause it's antique....

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I used to think the same way, but honestly alot of that old "junk" was and remains far better built than much of the new tuperware. Not that I don't have my fair share of the new junk but I can't beleive I didn't get into antiques years ago when everyone thought the old junk was worth nothing.
Plus it's fun shooting a gun that has history.
 
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