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    O Perfidious Albion!

    Another post! Watta hero!
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    O Perfidious Albion!

    "Can you tell us where you got your information for this from?" Why, do you want me to repair your guns? I don't want to, so no. "And, I'm a little confused about your " angle" . . . are you concerned about the "safety" mechanism or the money Colt made 150 yrs ago . . . or both?" This is...
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    O Perfidious Albion!

    Wow! 1194 messages in 2 years! That's like, 2 or 3 a day, right?
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    O Perfidious Albion!

    Good points, all. I have been under the impression that the .45 LC was developed with input from the army or as a result of an army requirement for a .45, similar to the requirement years later that resulted in the selection of the M1911. The size of the cartridge, even with the thinner rim...
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    O Perfidious Albion!

    I like your sense of humour!
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    O Perfidious Albion!

    I think it’s fair to lionize Samuel Colt’s engineering genius and at the same time disparage the Colt’s Patent Firearms Co. I know they're an easy target, so I’ll lionize first, disparage second. I own a 2nd Gen. Colt 1860 Army revolver. I have attached an image of my two fine revolvers, one an...
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    New Member in GA

    Thank you for the warm welcome! The persona I invented, "Sir James," was meant to be used to join the SASS, which I still have to do. I imagine "Sir James" as having the means to hunt all over the world, perhaps in India and Africa with military service in earlier times, and now (1861) as a...
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    New Member in GA

    Hi Muzzle Loading Forum! My pen name is Sir James, and my persona is a well-heeled Englishman who's over here in the 1860s for some sport (hunting) and adventures on the Western Frontier! In real life, I once owned and shot a Thompson-Center Hawken carbine in .50 percussion, using Minie...
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