I made this case as a birthday present for my father when I was in high school and it was about the same time I made the dragoon case on another thread. Again, there are some things that I know now are not correct, but I remember having fun building it. It was made for a Colt 1873 with a 4 3/4" barrel (hopefully it is alright to show the case minus the revolver on this forum).
I patterned it after one I had seen in one of R.L. Wilson's books. The case was the first one I built that had the secondary hook catches and dovetailed sides. One feature I tried to copy was the use of narrower side pieces than either the front or back which was a detail often used on the English cases. I am still to this day unhappy with the match between the two boards I used for the lid, but at the time I didn't have any other wood and I was too impatient to wait until I had more (unfortunately that is a bad habit that I still struggle with today). In any event my dad seemed to like it and still has it.
I patterned it after one I had seen in one of R.L. Wilson's books. The case was the first one I built that had the secondary hook catches and dovetailed sides. One feature I tried to copy was the use of narrower side pieces than either the front or back which was a detail often used on the English cases. I am still to this day unhappy with the match between the two boards I used for the lid, but at the time I didn't have any other wood and I was too impatient to wait until I had more (unfortunately that is a bad habit that I still struggle with today). In any event my dad seemed to like it and still has it.
