Leech & Rigdon

emishi · May 28, 2012, 03:43 PM

Finally, here's a photo of my newest addition... my Uberti Leech & Rigdon.

Beagle333 · May 28, 2012, 03:51 PM

Very nice!

capper · May 28, 2012, 05:15 PM

A sweet looking revolver indeed!

Hawg · May 28, 2012, 05:50 PM

very nice, I likey

Fingers McGee · May 28, 2012, 07:01 PM

Saweeeeet !

Are the BS/TG nickel, or is it just the lighting?

Hellgate · May 28, 2012, 08:38 PM

Hey Fingers,
Is there such thing as a 44 cal Leech & Rigdon (as a repro)?
My Dance revolver is as close as I can get.

James K · May 28, 2012, 09:11 PM

That "Leech & Rigdon" repro is sure better made and a lot nicer looking than the originals.

Jim

toolslinger · May 29, 2012, 07:50 AM

Beauty. I need one of those to go with my G&G.

emishi · May 29, 2012, 10:02 AM

I took the photo with my LG phone, directly beneath a 12" fluorescent light fixture (which is mounted beneath the upper shelving of my desk). That bluish lighting makes for a nice photo but like Fingers pointed out, it made the brass TG/BS appear silver. They ARE brass.

I've polished the internals with 1000 and 2000 grit finishing paper and lubed with a white lithium/teflon spray. I've got to replace the engraved cylinder with a plain one, switch out the trigger/bolt 'flat' spring for a piano-wire one and decide on a resting place for it.

I'm contemplating IDAHOMIKE's/Beagle's open front rig concept for it. I don't see my 51's or 61 residing in such a rig, but since the L&R seems a bit more exotic than it's stable-mates, it just may be destined for more exotic leather-wear then it's brethren. Seems like the perfect match.

TomADC · May 29, 2012, 11:13 AM

I just picked one up off another board, NIB but so far all I've done it look at it, But it was my first Uberti and that's all I buy any more, I do likw the Pietta 1858 Remingtons though.

Hawg · May 29, 2012, 11:28 AM

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Is there such thing as a 44 cal Leech & Rigdon (as a repro)?
My Dance revolver is as close as I can get.

I don't think anybody makes a L&R in .44. Pietta and a couple of others made Griswold and Gunnisons in .44 which is the same gun with a brass frame.

Fingers McGee · May 29, 2012, 12:20 PM

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Is there such thing as a 44 cal Leech & Rigdon (as a repro)?
My Dance revolver is as close as I can get.

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I don't think anybody makes a L&R in .44. Pietta and a couple of others made Griswold and Gunnisons in .44 which is the same gun with a brass frame.

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There may have been some made in the past; but no one lists one now

sebou · June 6, 2012, 08:46 AM

Guys, this replica is fine , but the barrel is round ! isn't it ?
It looks like Griswold & Gunninson as it produced, i guess.

Seb

Hawg · June 6, 2012, 09:39 AM

Sebou, the barrel is round. The steel frame with a round barrel makes it a Leech & Rigdon. A round barrel with a brass frame makes it a Griswold & Gunnison. A 51 with a brass frame and octagonal barrel is a Schneider & Glassick.

Fingers McGee · June 6, 2012, 11:59 AM

What Hawg said

madcratebuilder · June 7, 2012, 07:18 AM

Uberti produced round barreled 51 navy style revolvers with both steel and brass frames in .36 and .44. Navy Arms was one of the main retailers. Some of the Uberti marked .44's were marketed with a ".44 Reb" or .44 Reb revolver" on the barrel lug. Most well have only "Navy Arms Co. Ridgefield N.J. Italy" on the top of the barrel.

High Standard made to finest Rebel clones.

Hawg · June 7, 2012, 08:21 AM

Those were some of the first Uberti's were they not MCB?

Andy Griffith · June 7, 2012, 09:35 PM

Oh yes, quite nice indeed!

madcratebuilder · June 8, 2012, 07:02 AM

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Those were some of the first Uberti's were they not MCB?

Yes sir. Late 60's and early 70's date stamps on the ones I have owned. I have two or three in various states of disrepair in the parts locker.

emishi · June 10, 2012, 10:32 AM

Does anyone know where I can get an un-engraved cylinder for my Uberit L&R? All I am able to find are the 'Navy' engraved ones? Otherwise, how much work is involved with polishing out the engraving and re-bluing the cylinder?

TomADC · June 10, 2012, 11:17 AM

Contact hoof hearted here on the board, He can machine your's and reblue.

May 28, 2012, 03:43 PM	#1
emishi Member Join Date: November 9, 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 36	Leech & Rigdon Finally, here's a photo of my newest addition... my Uberti Leech & Rigdon.

May 28, 2012, 05:15 PM	#3
capper Member Join Date: April 2, 2012 Location: Turners Falls, MA Posts: 63	A sweet looking revolver indeed! __________________ Mmmm, how I love the smell of black powder in the morning!

May 28, 2012, 07:01 PM	#5
Fingers McGee Senior Member Join Date: March 19, 2008 Location: High & Dry in Missouri Ozarks Posts: 2,113	Saweeeeet ! Are the BS/TG nickel, or is it just the lighting? __________________ 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

May 28, 2012, 08:38 PM	#6
Hellgate Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2010 Location: Orygun Posts: 869	Hey Fingers, Is there such thing as a 44 cal Leech & Rigdon (as a repro)? My Dance revolver is as close as I can get. __________________ 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)

May 29, 2012, 11:13 AM	#10
TomADC Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2009 Location: San Diego County Posts: 795	I just picked one up off another board, NIB but so far all I've done it look at it, But it was my first Uberti and that's all I buy any more, I do likw the Pietta 1858 Remingtons though. __________________ US Navy Retired,NRA Life Member,SASS member, Time magazine's Person of the Year 2006!

May 28, 2012, 03:51 PM	#2
Beagle333 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2012 Location: Auburn, AL. Posts: 2,332	Very nice!

May 28, 2012, 05:50 PM	#4
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,188	very nice, I likey

May 28, 2012, 09:11 PM	#7
James K Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 24,383	That "Leech & Rigdon" repro is sure better made and a lot nicer looking than the originals. Jim

May 29, 2012, 07:50 AM	#8
toolslinger Senior Member Join Date: September 30, 2009 Posts: 102	Beauty. I need one of those to go with my G&G.

May 29, 2012, 10:02 AM	#9
emishi Member Join Date: November 9, 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 36	I took the photo with my LG phone, directly beneath a 12" fluorescent light fixture (which is mounted beneath the upper shelving of my desk). That bluish lighting makes for a nice photo but like Fingers pointed out, it made the brass TG/BS appear silver. They ARE brass. I've polished the internals with 1000 and 2000 grit finishing paper and lubed with a white lithium/teflon spray. I've got to replace the engraved cylinder with a plain one, switch out the trigger/bolt 'flat' spring for a piano-wire one and decide on a resting place for it. I'm contemplating IDAHOMIKE's/Beagle's open front rig concept for it. I don't see my 51's or 61 residing in such a rig, but since the L&R seems a bit more exotic than it's stable-mates, it just may be destined for more exotic leather-wear then it's brethren. Seems like the perfect match.

June 6, 2012, 08:46 AM	#13
sebou Senior Member Join Date: March 2, 2010 Location: France Posts: 108	Guys, this replica is fine , but the barrel is round ! isn't it ? It looks like Griswold & Gunninson as it produced, i guess. Seb

June 6, 2012, 09:39 AM	#14
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,188	Sebou, the barrel is round. The steel frame with a round barrel makes it a Leech & Rigdon. A round barrel with a brass frame makes it a Griswold & Gunnison. A 51 with a brass frame and octagonal barrel is a Schneider & Glassick.

June 6, 2012, 11:59 AM	#15
Fingers McGee Senior Member Join Date: March 19, 2008 Location: High & Dry in Missouri Ozarks Posts: 2,113	What Hawg said __________________ 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

June 7, 2012, 07:18 AM	#16
madcratebuilder Senior Member Join Date: November 2, 2007 Location: Northern Orygun Posts: 4,923	Uberti produced round barreled 51 navy style revolvers with both steel and brass frames in .36 and .44. Navy Arms was one of the main retailers. Some of the Uberti marked .44's were marketed with a ".44 Reb" or .44 Reb revolver" on the barrel lug. Most well have only "Navy Arms Co. Ridgefield N.J. Italy" on the top of the barrel. High Standard made to finest Rebel clones.

June 7, 2012, 08:21 AM	#17
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,188	Those were some of the first Uberti's were they not MCB?

June 7, 2012, 09:35 PM	#18
Andy Griffith Senior Member Join Date: May 14, 2009 Location: Macon Co. NC Posts: 591	Oh yes, quite nice indeed! __________________ Barney Fife: "Nip it, nip it, nip it!" Andy Griffith:"Oh now Barn'...."

June 10, 2012, 10:32 AM	#20
emishi Member Join Date: November 9, 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 36	Question... Does anyone know where I can get an un-engraved cylinder for my Uberit L&R? All I am able to find are the 'Navy' engraved ones? Otherwise, how much work is involved with polishing out the engraving and re-bluing the cylinder?

June 10, 2012, 11:17 AM	#21
TomADC Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2009 Location: San Diego County Posts: 795	Contact hoof hearted here on the board, He can machine your's and reblue. __________________ US Navy Retired,NRA Life Member,SASS member, Time magazine's Person of the Year 2006!