Couple C&B deals on Gunbroker

drobs · September 21, 2016, 03:06 PM

1860 - Buy it now - $150 - Silver Grip Frame.
http://www.gunbroker.com/item/585891583

1851 ASM - 44 - Buy it now - $169.95
http://www.gunbroker.com/item/585453120

Shiny Pietta 1851 44 - Nickle? - $154 - 1 bid
http://www.gunbroker.com/item/585024681

I like the 1860 but am still overseas - maybe a deal for someone here.

Fingers McGee · September 21, 2016, 06:35 PM

First one is actually a .44 cal 1851 Navy, not an 1860 Army
2nd one could be a good buy for someone - depending on date code
3rd one is indeed nickel plated - with a brass frame.

All of them could be a good start to a C&B collection.

Hellgate · September 21, 2016, 08:17 PM

Fingers has them all figured out. The first one is a "Hartford" model San Marco with a little better finish and a cartouche on the grip. The third one is IMO not a good deal. The other two are fair priced. My favorite "gamer guns" for CAS matches are my two ASM 44 "Navies". The ASMs have the proper grip shape, are light weight & pointable but thump the steel nicely with the 44 cal ball.

Gaucho Gringo · September 21, 2016, 09:35 PM

I have the normal .36 Navy version of the second gun, the markings are exactly the same on mine. Thanks to OP I am now thinking of the listed gun, had one I bought and sold years ago. Every nickle plated C&B revolver I have ever seen has a brass frame. I am sure there are a few steel framed ones, I just have never seen one. These are wall hangers IMO. Have you ever seem what happens to the original nickle plated revolvers from back in the day when shot with black powder? They aren't so pretty and shiny anymore. The stainless steel ones are a totally different story.

g.willikers · September 22, 2016, 10:47 AM

Would you feel comfortable buying sight unseen from someone who didn't know what they had or couldn't spell the name correctly?

drobs · September 22, 2016, 11:29 AM

G.Wilikers - you can find a bunch of deals that way + there are pictures.
If the price is right, I'll take a gamble.

Bought 1 of my 2 Pietta 1860's from GB. Came with R&D conversion cylinder for $229 shipped. The price was fair. The conversion cylinder was a bonus.

September 21, 2016, 03:06 PM	#1
drobs Senior Member Join Date: July 17, 2015 Location: South Central MO / Africa Posts: 1,111	Couple C&B deals on Gunbroker 1860 - Buy it now - $150 - Silver Grip Frame. http://www.gunbroker.com/item/585891583 1851 ASM - 44 - Buy it now - $169.95 http://www.gunbroker.com/item/585453120 Shiny Pietta 1851 44 - Nickle? - $154 - 1 bid http://www.gunbroker.com/item/585024681 I like the 1860 but am still overseas - maybe a deal for someone here. __________________ NRA Life Member

September 21, 2016, 06:35 PM	#2
Fingers McGee Senior Member Join Date: March 19, 2008 Location: High & Dry in Missouri Ozarks Posts: 2,113	First one is actually a .44 cal 1851 Navy, not an 1860 Army 2nd one could be a good buy for someone - depending on date code 3rd one is indeed nickel plated - with a brass frame. All of them could be a good start to a C&B collection. __________________ Fingers (Show Me MO smoke) McGee - AKA Man of Many Colts - Alter ego of Diabolical Ken; SASS Regulator 28564-L-TG; Rangemaster and stage writer extraordinaire; Frontiersman, Pistoleer, NRA Endowment Life, NMLRA, SAF, CCRKBA, STORM 327, SV115; Charter member, Central Ozarks Western Shooters Cynic: A blackguard whose faulty vision see things as they are, not as they should be. Ambrose Bierce

September 21, 2016, 08:17 PM	#3
Hellgate Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2010 Location: Orygun Posts: 869	Fingers has them all figured out. The first one is a "Hartford" model San Marco with a little better finish and a cartouche on the grip. The third one is IMO not a good deal. The other two are fair priced. My favorite "gamer guns" for CAS matches are my two ASM 44 "Navies". The ASMs have the proper grip shape, are light weight & pointable but thump the steel nicely with the 44 cal ball. __________________ With over 15 perCUSSIN' revolvers, I've been called the Imelda Marcos of cap & ball. SASS#3302 (Life), SASS Regulator, NRA (Life), Dirty Gamey Bastards #129 Wolverton Mtn. Peacekeepers (WA), former Orygun Cowboy (Ranger, Posse from Hell)

September 21, 2016, 09:35 PM	#4
Gaucho Gringo Senior Member Join Date: May 17, 2007 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 366	I have the normal .36 Navy version of the second gun, the markings are exactly the same on mine. Thanks to OP I am now thinking of the listed gun, had one I bought and sold years ago. Every nickle plated C&B revolver I have ever seen has a brass frame. I am sure there are a few steel framed ones, I just have never seen one. These are wall hangers IMO. Have you ever seem what happens to the original nickle plated revolvers from back in the day when shot with black powder? They aren't so pretty and shiny anymore. The stainless steel ones are a totally different story. __________________ 357 Taurus Gaucho, 22 Heritage RR, 2-Pietta 1858 44 NMA Remingtons, Pietta, Euroarms & ASM 36 1851 Navies, 31 Uberti 1849, 12 ga H&R Topper, 16 Ga Western Field, 43 Spanish Remington Rolling Block, 44 ASM Colt Walker, High Point C9 9mm, Winchester 1906 22, Rossi 62 22 rifle, Uberti 1860, H&A & IJ 32 S&W BreakTop, 36 Euroarms 1858, 32 H&R 04, 22mag NAA SS BP revolver, .44 Rodgers & Spencer, IJ 38 S&W BreakTop, IJ 22 Sealed 8

September 22, 2016, 10:47 AM	#5
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	Would you feel comfortable buying sight unseen from someone who didn't know what they had or couldn't spell the name correctly? __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.”

September 22, 2016, 11:29 AM	#6
drobs Senior Member Join Date: July 17, 2015 Location: South Central MO / Africa Posts: 1,111	G.Wilikers - you can find a bunch of deals that way + there are pictures. If the price is right, I'll take a gamble. Bought 1 of my 2 Pietta 1860's from GB. Came with R&D conversion cylinder for $229 shipped. The price was fair. The conversion cylinder was a bonus. __________________ NRA Life Member