1885 Rebellion revolver

[GrantR]

Looks good, Desmond!

 

[Nyles]

Very nice revolvers, Grant and Desmond. I hope to add one to my own collection sometime soon.

 

[dingus]

Well I decided to resurrect this old tread to show off my new find .
Just acquired this 1878 DA 45Lc in the right configuration to be a
Canadian Colt just waiting on colt letter to confirm shipment to H&G to start my research
Bore is great timing fantastic a real nice piece with original Nickle

Very Nice Dez.
Alot of people dont know how good theses revolvers are and pass them up but if you get one thats not all worn out they are fantastic guns.
I have one in 455 Eley and its like new mechanicaly.
There very well made and as strong a frame as you can get.
I bought a 44/40 Cylinder for mine and reamed it to 45 schofield just so i could shoot the longer 45 Schofield and not have to alter my 455 cylinder.
Theses guns acording to elmer keith can handle his 2400 Smokelkess loads of 17.5 grs with a 250 gr SWC at over 1100 FPS that was in 45 colt, not sure if id try it that hot but he did.
Thats a smokeing fast load.
The soild frame and lack of any stop notchs make for a very strong gun.