[Roshi]

I bought a new Pietta 1851 Navy from Dixie Gun Works last year in my return to C&B revolvers. Since then I've attempted four projects.

Encouraged by what I found on this forum, I tuned it to improve the bolt fit in the cylinder notches and de-burred the internals.

Then I removed the "Pietta tail" from the grip and reshaped and refinished the wood grips for a better fit.

Next I "antiqued" it to resemble a well used 150 year old handgun.

Today in the next step, I've removed the the offending Pietta and black powder only stampings from the sides of the barrel.

I did this by draw filing followed by sanding followed by antiquing.

Turned out better than I thought it would.