1873 pietta through dixie?

1858 remmy · March 11, 2012, 02:26 AM

Hi, I was wondering if you guys thought this percussion revolver would be semi easy to switch to 45LC...to me it looks like all ya would need to do is get a different chamber or modify the percussion one and file the firing pin. any help would be appreciated. thanks yall!

arcticap · March 11, 2012, 02:53 AM

It can be done and there's different ways to do it:

http://thefiringline.com/forums/show...highlight=1873

Fingers McGee · March 11, 2012, 03:19 PM

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Hi, I was wondering if you guys thought this percussion revolver would be semi easy to switch to 45LC...to me it looks like all ya would need to do is get a different chamber or modify the percussion one and file the firing pin. any help would be appreciated. thanks yall!

WHY ?

1858 remmy · March 11, 2012, 05:16 PM

to me it looks like they were just half way drilled through. but would the firing pin be off center from the primer?

Hawg · March 11, 2012, 05:31 PM

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to me it looks like they were just half way drilled through. but would the firing pin be off center from the primer?

Yes

Andy Griffith · March 11, 2012, 08:15 PM

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WHY ?

Why not?

If you've got the money, someone has the time.

There are several threads on it. Seems impractical compared to others though, as it's much easier to slap a conversion cylinder assembly in a 1860 or an 1858.

mykeal · March 11, 2012, 09:03 PM

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it's much easier to slap a conversion cylinder assembly in a 1860 or an 1858

That's why.

1858 remmy · March 11, 2012, 10:26 PM

But the 1873 just looks so much cooler.

Fingers McGee · March 11, 2012, 10:32 PM

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But the 1873 just looks so much cooler.

So, just go buy a cartridge gun to begin with and avoid the hassle of futzing up a C&B version.

Hawg · March 11, 2012, 10:48 PM

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So, just go buy a cartridge gun to begin with and avoid the hassle of futzing up a C&B version.

Yup, by the time you by the C&B 73 and the cylinder and do all the work it would have been easier and probably as cheap to have bought a cartridge 73 in the first place. Dude selling Hombres on gunbroker for 250 NIB.

1858 remmy · March 11, 2012, 11:34 PM

Ya i know....but anyways, where on earth would i buy a 73 cylinder? ive looked EVERYWHERE!

mykeal · March 12, 2012, 05:40 AM

This has come up before - someone who can't buy a cartridge revolver looking for a way to make one. Perhaps that's the case here.

Hawg · March 12, 2012, 09:31 AM

Sounds like it.

arcticap · March 12, 2012, 11:05 AM

VTI Gun Parts lists the cylinders for the Pietta 1873:

http://www.vtigunparts.com/store/sho...1873+Colt+GWII

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Originally Posted by "Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

"Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and die:"

1858 remmy · March 13, 2012, 01:01 PM

Just want a cool looking gun that will shoot 45lc and 44 bp...ya i already have a 1858 remington so i dont need another one of those yet ;P

1858 remmy · July 4, 2012, 03:05 PM

I have just finished this revolver and now io can shoot 45ACP and 45LC and 44 C&B through this! Thanks for the advice yall! want pictures?

g.willikers · July 4, 2012, 03:38 PM

Sure, we want pictures.

1858 remmy · July 4, 2012, 04:17 PM

Ok. I will get a few pictures on here soon

1858 remmy · July 4, 2012, 04:37 PM

Here are some pictures. All i had to do was file a point in my firing 'pin', and make a different cylinder pin...made out of a old screw driver.
Now all i have to do is register the gun

1858 remmy · July 4, 2012, 04:38 PM

here are 2 more
Sorry for the image quality. cell phone pictures.

kwhi43 · July 4, 2012, 05:30 PM

I don't think there is such a thing as registering a gun.

g.willikers · July 4, 2012, 05:40 PM

So, you bought two new cylinders, in .45Colt and .45ACP, fabricated a new cylinder pin of a different diameter and filed the firing pin?
And you now have three guns in one?
Yes?
Very cool.

1858 remmy · July 4, 2012, 09:42 PM

Yep! now im starting on my 1911 build.

March 11, 2012, 02:26 AM	#1
1858 remmy Member Join Date: March 9, 2012 Location: OreGUN! Posts: 66	1873 pietta through dixie? Hi, I was wondering if you guys thought this percussion revolver would be semi easy to switch to 45LC...to me it looks like all ya would need to do is get a different chamber or modify the percussion one and file the firing pin. any help would be appreciated. thanks yall!

July 4, 2012, 03:05 PM	#16
1858 remmy Member Join Date: March 9, 2012 Location: OreGUN! Posts: 66	Finally done! I have just finished this revolver and now io can shoot 45ACP and 45LC and 44 C&B through this! Thanks for the advice yall! want pictures?

July 4, 2012, 03:38 PM	#17
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	Sure, we want pictures. __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.”

July 4, 2012, 04:17 PM	#18
1858 remmy Member Join Date: March 9, 2012 Location: OreGUN! Posts: 66	pictures coming! Ok. I will get a few pictures on here soon

July 4, 2012, 05:40 PM	#22
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	So, you bought two new cylinders, in .45Colt and .45ACP, fabricated a new cylinder pin of a different diameter and filed the firing pin? And you now have three guns in one? Yes? Very cool. __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.”

March 11, 2012, 02:53 AM	#2
arcticap Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2005 Location: Central Connecticut Posts: 3,166	It can be done and there's different ways to do it: http://thefiringline.com/forums/show...highlight=1873

March 11, 2012, 05:16 PM	#4
1858 remmy Member Join Date: March 9, 2012 Location: OreGUN! Posts: 66	to me it looks like they were just half way drilled through. but would the firing pin be off center from the primer?

March 11, 2012, 10:26 PM	#8
1858 remmy Member Join Date: March 9, 2012 Location: OreGUN! Posts: 66	But the 1873 just looks so much cooler.

March 11, 2012, 11:34 PM	#11
1858 remmy Member Join Date: March 9, 2012 Location: OreGUN! Posts: 66	Ya i know....but anyways, where on earth would i buy a 73 cylinder? ive looked EVERYWHERE!

March 12, 2012, 05:40 AM	#12
mykeal Senior Member Join Date: October 8, 2006 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 2,772	This has come up before - someone who can't buy a cartridge revolver looking for a way to make one. Perhaps that's the case here.

March 12, 2012, 09:31 AM	#13
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,189	Sounds like it.

March 13, 2012, 01:01 PM	#15
1858 remmy Member Join Date: March 9, 2012 Location: OreGUN! Posts: 66	Just want a cool looking gun that will shoot 45lc and 44 bp...ya i already have a 1858 remington so i dont need another one of those yet ;P

July 4, 2012, 05:30 PM	#21
kwhi43 Senior Member Join Date: August 21, 2008 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,393	I don't think there is such a thing as registering a gun.

July 4, 2012, 09:42 PM	#23
1858 remmy Member Join Date: March 9, 2012 Location: OreGUN! Posts: 66	Yep! now im starting on my 1911 build.