It just arrived!! DGW is always quick to ship and easy on the wallet (Well, sometimes ) Man, this critter is SWEET. Smooth as butter action, timing is actually great (Half cock is crisp and right on time, second and third clicks are almost consecutive, as they should be, at the end of travel) hammer pull is light (Maybe 1.5lbs) and she looks amazing. The checkering is a delight, the grip is comfy in my giant lunch hooks. Perfection. I love it. Review video to come. Thanks Dixie Gun Works, Inc. Sure, it's a bastardized version of some kind of Franken-Volver and somewhat of a fantasy piece' being an 1851.44 yet having 1877 grips, but SHHHHHHHH, quiet you!
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1851 Snubnose
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Thats sure a good looking piece. And knowing how fussy you are about a handgun operating silky smooth, your review of that Pietta says a lot. I want to see the video for sure.
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They are great fun to shoot. My armory has a pair, one 1860 Army style frame and barrel and one 1851 Navy style frame and barrel both in .44 caliber.
I use a press to load off the gun because my experience with that brass rammer thing is great for seating caps but not much else.
The Army snubby is sort of based on the AVENGING ANGEL guns used by a Mormon religious group. Look it up very interesting. The Navy frame gun is a Pietta fantasy gun.
I replaced those horrible bird head grips with a set of 1860 Army full size grips.
Worth the trouble.
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I use a press to load off the gun because my experience with that brass rammer thing is great for seating caps but not much else.
The Army snubby is sort of based on the AVENGING ANGEL guns used by a Mormon religious group. Look it up very interesting. The Navy frame gun is a Pietta fantasy gun.
I replaced those horrible bird head grips with a set of 1860 Army full size grips.
Worth the trouble.
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That grip frame would be great on a full size 1851 Navy
I'll go along with that.
I got rid of the bird head grips because they would not give me a constant solid grip when drawing from a holster. Perhaps my muscle memory is formed for a regular grip but I could not get an indexed firing grip. They look cool, but simply were not my cup of cow boy coffee. Traded to a friend for his wife's gun so every body was happy.
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They would also look great on that Pietta Pepperbox
I'll admit, I did have some reservations about the comfortability. But I like them to be honest. They seem to fit the curvature of my palm very well and I was able to clear leather pretty quick with it to boot, getting the hammer back on the way out took a few attempts the get down, but not too bad. I do however see how different size hands could have an issue with them though. On a side note, You ever tried to draw a Walker from a California in a hurry? You better have your belt at an 80 degree angle
