Best Civil War Revolver?

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In your opinion, what was the best civil war cap & ball revolver & why?

Other than a Lemat revolver in .42 bore for it's sheer fire power, I'd would think a a Tranter or Kerr would have been my Confederate choice... Rugged construction & in the case of the Kerr it's well built design.

As for the Union, I figure the Starr S/A in .44 is a well under rated gun when compared to the Colt's & the Remington's. I do realize Starr never produced that many pieces. The Savage Navy model gets my props as well, albeit the fuglyist gun of it's time...

What do ya think?...
 
...Rogers&Spencer in .44...fugly as well, not as sleek as the Remington or the Colt, but built solid like a hammer and when in competition way more accurate ( altough that fact might have to do with my repro being built by Feinwerkbau ( Germany ) and not Euroarms). For frame strength back then with material thickness and all, the Rodgers rather compares to the ROA these days, yet disasembly is easier than the Remington.

CG
 
They are all very cool in their own way. Personally I think the pointability for instinctual shooting of the Colt is what lead to their success. The Remington and the R&S also had that going for them but only the Remington and the Colt had the safety's that I know of which is maybe why they ended up with the contract. I'm not familiar with the others as much so I could be wrong on that.
 
If I were on the Union side...
I would prefer a 1858 Remington as it is faster to load a spare cylinders.

If I were on the Confederate side....
A good old Griswold and Gunnison because that's what Cullen Bohannon had
 
I like the colt .This one is an antique I purchased with a few issues and decided to make it shootable again ,so not to fake it I decided to make it look like the Griswold and fitted a new round barrel assembly to it
 
pmatuk said:
I like the colt .This one is an antique I purchased with a few issues and decided to make it shootable again ,so not to fake it I decided to make it look like the Griswold and fitted a new round barrel assembly to it
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Nice. Its a Walker? Is the cylinder new as well? I don't see the roll marks on it. I want a Colt 1860 and the Remington NM Army so bad. And there is a Rem in the EE now but I just bought a gun and my wife has put on the spending breaks till after christmas. :(
 
Of coarse it is a Bastard LOL ,I still have the original parts .Its a 1851 navy 36 cal actually. The donner was a new pietta Griswold which was used for the require parts .Sadly I did not get the original cylinder with it ,what it had was a repo in it already so now I have a pair of cylinders for it.Best part it still retains antique status
 
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Did everything drop on or was there some fitting? I'm kinda liking the idea of keeping everything as is and just buy a donor and just use the frame for my shooter. It would be nice to be able to play with it out back at the cabin.
 
The parts were close and took a few hours to get it to fit right .Lot of measuring on different makes that I got my hands on for comparison and the pietta was the closest ,but still needed some milling and lath work .Only on the donor parts were machined ,nothing altered except for cylinder pin which was worked on the past 150 years
 
Coachgun67 said:
...Rogers&Spencer in .44...fugly as well, not as sleek as the Remington or the Colt, but built solid like a hammer and when in competition way more accurate ( altough that fact might have to do with my repro being built by Feinwerkbau ( Germany ) and not Euroarms). For frame strength back then with material thickness and all, the Rodgers rather compares to the ROA these days, yet disasembly is easier than the Remington.

CG
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Couldn't agree more with CG. I'm fortunate to own a Fienwekbau Rogers and Spencer and an original and they are incredibly well built and soild revolvers. They are serving me well in competition (MLAIC, 25m and 50m events).

Brian
 
Coachgun67 said:
...Rogers&Spencer in .44...fugly as well, not as sleek as the Remington or the Colt, but built solid like a hammer and when in competition way more accurate ( altough that fact might have to do with my repro being built by Feinwerkbau ( Germany ) and not Euroarms). For frame strength back then with material thickness and all, the Rodgers rather compares to the ROA these days, yet disasembly is easier than the Remington.

CG
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Couldn't agree more with CG. I'm fortunate to own a Fienwekbau Rogers and Spencer and an original and they are incredibly well built and soild revolvers. They are serving me well in competition (MLAIC, 25m and 50m events).

Brian
 
I own an original & reproduction of the R & S as well. Great revolver but find the hammer sits to high when it's not cocked. To me, anyhow, it would have been a troublesome gun to quick draw from a holster... LOL! The funny part about the R&S, is the fact that the only ones that found service were privately purchased.
 
pmatuk said:
The parts were close and took a few hours to get it to fit right .Lot of measuring on different makes that I got my hands on for comparison and the pietta was the closest ,but still needed some milling and lath work .Only on the donor parts were machined ,nothing altered except for cylinder pin which was worked on the past 150 years
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Same here... This Remington 1858 had a pitted thin cylinder , broken nipples and a worn out barrel ( .459 for a .44 -wow ),so the cheapest donor I could find was a brass framed Pietta , barrel screwed right into the frame,cylinder pin bore had to be reamed to accept the Pietta pin,barrel had to be stoned down to maintain a cylinder gap and asides from the springs, the Pietta cylinder hand was used and stoned shorter in order to maintain timing...the first picture shows original and donor, the second the outcome as it is now...might have to put some age to the cylinder and barrel ( removed Pietta stamping )

CG

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