When I ordered the 1851 Navy from EMF I had been reading about the original 1851 .. how it came to be ... it's long production life and the huge number of them that were produced. I also looked at originals being offered for sale. Prices of course are high, especially for those with collectible attributes. But I really like the looks of an old well-used but cared for pistol. And before my 1851 arrived I determined I was gonna "antique" it!

Yesterday was The Day!

I have a few things yet that I want to do to it ... remove the lettering from the the barrel being a main one. That will take some careful work. But it is coming along to my liking!

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LOOKS GREAT! HOW DID YOU REMOVE THE BLUING?

It has rust and blueing remover as part of the kit. Works fast. I have removed blueing before with Apple Cider Vinegar but it is slow working. The blueing remover takes a few minutes.

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I couldn't agree more/

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Looks very good! I have a couple that I have antiqued and while I hate messing up a nice finish, I do like the lived in look.

I bought a Cimarron WWI 1911 repro .45 for my 45th birthday. I antiqued it a little bit to look like a well used original. I found a set of bison bone grips on eBay fairly inexpensive and soaked them on strong coffee for a few days and they took o a great mellow color that matched well with the rest of the gun

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a train wreck/total rebuild. My oldest son has it now.

https://www.thesixgunjournal.net/el-californio-the-italian-1860-army/

If I ever catch up the farm chores/blowdown clean up, I'll start another one. For some reason chain saws and everything else have gotten heavier and slower to operate ;)

Since I’ve been around this crew for 20+ years, I’d say you’re all, at least, partially responsible!!

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The 1851 and a Green River by my long-departed friend Sam Bass.

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quite often. And often I was. But I denied it most times.

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Don't get a wild hair and do this to it. Although it shoots great with wadcutters, it seems out of place without black powder.

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WHY NOT LOAD YOUR OWN BP??

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That is my plan. I need to try the new 150 grain RNHB bullets that Bear Creek has now. I had no luck with their 140 grain heel base bullets, even after buying the special crimping tool. I had to cut down about 50 38 Special brass to 38 LC length. Before that I tried using 38 Short Colt brass with the heel base bullets. With smokeless and the heel base you cant get enough bullet pull to stop them from Blooping. Black fixes that but accuracy was elusive. So, I'll try the hollow base bullets..............

Colt, of course produced them in London England for a little while. The had iron trigger and backstraps. '

Uberti, maybe 40ish years back repro'd said London guns. Mine was serial 77,777.

THEY STILL DO

and that is one handy looking blade.

I still have the brass 1860 gripframe you sent me many years ago mounted on my 4 3/4” USFA rodeo. I love the way it feels.

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The knife isn’t an antique but looking back I guess I made it somewhere around 20+ years ago so it’s on its way! The Remington was purchased by my grandfather back in the 1960’s so it has a few generations of family history to it.

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Especially the sticker.

Customer inherited a revolver. Uberti SAA copy. It had the ejector removed, the ejector boss on the frame was gone. The barrel was cut to maybe just under 2", and no front sight. All very well done. .45 C.

It had been "antiqued" by someone who knew what they were doing. One piece walnut grippyhandles.

Dwight inherited it from his late brother, and the brother acquired it at a 20th Century gun show. You now know as much as I do. It was shot with handloads of 25 gr 3F, and a felt over powder wad. Maybe it's accurate, maybe it's not.

Anyway, a very cool revolver.

I forgot I sent that to you. That's been a year or two.

Indeed!

I bought that revolver for a present to myself when I got into the apprenticeship. I paid $500 for it and that hurt a lot! I wish I could have afforded a dozen of them now!!

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That's a great old 44 and that double-edge is very fine work.

Looks great.

SWEET!!!