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Originally Posted by zullo74
Suppose it was named '1851 Navy Style in .44 caliber'? Would that satisfy the purists?
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I don't know - can't speak for others, but my view is that telling the truth would be a major improvement.
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Originally Posted by threedogdad
a revolver that looks and feels like an 1851 revolver in almost every respect except for the big hole at the pointy end
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There's quite a bit more wrong about that gun than the size of the bore. A bit of research about the subject would be appropriate before foot consumption.
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Originally Posted by Michael Ruggiero
I'm looking at the original box my pistol came in. serial # 999198 It is definitely a 1851 Colt Navy 44 cal percussion pistol.
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No, it isn't. It's a .44 caliber 1851 Colt Navy design (or style) revolver in a mis-labeled box.
There's no hornet's nest here. The truth is the truth - it's an absolute. Slapping a false label on something doesn't alter that, it just makes the person, or company, that affixes the label a (name I'd rather not use).