Antique Photos--Post what you got
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Ardent
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1891 Colt SAA .455 Cal. British Proofs, shipped to Colt's Pall Mall, London agency in 1891 with twelve siblings of the same specification. She still shoots golf balls at 15 yards too.
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Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Well thanks, those pics were just taken with my cell phone's camera, it's all I have at present. The most amazing thing about my .455 SAA there is how it shoots, rang a 50 yard gong first shot a few days ago. At 25 yards it can punch playing cards over and over, perfectly regulated with a 700fps load I developed.
A shooter like that is once in a lifetime.
Good to see it in hands that appreciate.
'Praps Odin will favor this aging warrior with a boon like that before committed to Valhalla, sword limply in hand.
In the meantime, having big fun with my 1st antique, a Mk1 Webley. Got it down to 3-4" at 25 so far, at similar velocities ... but staying on a playing card?, not realistic.
Seeing yours has renewed the discipline to save it'll take to afford one some day, Thanks Man.
Brett
Good to see it in hands that appreciate.
'Praps Odin will favor this aging warrior with a boon like that before committed to Valhalla, sword limply in hand.
In the meantime, having big fun with my 1st antique, a Mk1 Webley. Got it down to 3-4" at 25 so far, at similar velocities ... but staying on a playing card?, not realistic.
Seeing yours has renewed the discipline to save it'll take to afford one some day, Thanks Man.
Brett
Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Webleys are neat guns, might be my next antique forray. This Colt was initially a challenge to feed, as its a Colt spec .455, not a .455 Mark II, though it will digest .455 Mark II. It likes cut down .45 Colt brass, and can fit the rim, so I make my cases this way.
Cased Sharps Patent Pepperbox Pistol by Tipping & Lawden
This is an example of a presentation cased Sharps Patent 4-Barrel Pepperbox Pistol that was manufactured circa 1860 by the English gun maker Tipping & Lawden of Birmingham.
30 rimfire caliber, 3-inch barrel cluster, British proof-marks on each side of blued barrel in flutes; silver-plated frame, blued hammer, trigger and barrel release; with scroll motif gutta-percha grips. Serial number 4264 is located on the underside of the barrel. The left side of the frame is marked: "TIPPING & LAWDEN / SHARPS PATENT" in a circle surrounding the hammer screw.
Engraved on the backstrap is "T.W. Gagen". Inlaid on the orignal English-style case is a brass shield engraved "T.W. Gagen". Complete with accessories of steel cleaning rod and key.
This is an example of a presentation cased Sharps Patent 4-Barrel Pepperbox Pistol that was manufactured circa 1860 by the English gun maker Tipping & Lawden of Birmingham.
30 rimfire caliber, 3-inch barrel cluster, British proof-marks on each side of blued barrel in flutes; silver-plated frame, blued hammer, trigger and barrel release; with scroll motif gutta-percha grips. Serial number 4264 is located on the underside of the barrel. The left side of the frame is marked: "TIPPING & LAWDEN / SHARPS PATENT" in a circle surrounding the hammer screw.
Engraved on the backstrap is "T.W. Gagen". Inlaid on the orignal English-style case is a brass shield engraved "T.W. Gagen". Complete with accessories of steel cleaning rod and key.
