August 21, 2017, 09:33 AM | #1 |
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Walsh navy revolver
Be interesting if a reproduction of the walsh twelve shot navy could be manufactured.
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August 21, 2017, 11:37 AM | #2 |
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Watched Forgotten Weapon's video for it and the .31 cal version. Interesting!
However the hungry Civil War soldier who couldn't kill a pig with the .36 cal despite several attempts at point blank sounds rather worthless. |
August 21, 2017, 10:33 PM | #3 |
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No.
It's Colts and Remingtons for you. Get used to it. |
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August 22, 2017, 09:15 AM | #5 |
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Yep, highly doubt it.....be kinda cool though
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August 22, 2017, 10:11 AM | #6 |
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Quite pricey to make no doubt. And not so easy to clean those further ignition channels.
Something I considered was the talk about chainfires. As I'm not so sure anything would have been placed under the ball back then it begs the question of it occurring. I've only been around one chainfire and it was with my father. He used a felt wad. The flip side is how difficult it seems for a flame from one chamber to twist around and flow down another's nipple hole, especially if it's capped loose or not. |
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There will never be a "new" designed reproduction revolver. Just not profitable.
The market is saturated with Remington and Colts, and that is because it is what the people (mainly cowboy shooters and civil war reenactors) want. There won't ever be repro Walshes, Adams, Beaumont, etc. etc. because they're just too obscure. Pale Rider and John Wayne didn't carry Walshes. These guns aren't on anyone's radar, and no company will make repros of long forgotten guns when famous ones like the Colt, Remys, LeMats, are to be had. |
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August 23, 2017, 07:54 PM | #9 |
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What, another Colt with a slightly different cosmetic feature to mimic one of the small production Confederate contract guns? (Dance Bros., etc.)?
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August 24, 2017, 08:58 AM | #10 |
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Pietta did an 1858 Starr revolver. Didn't take off well, but they did it, probably because it was in Unforgiven. All it takes is a popular movie to get the ball rolling. Other popular "never will" type statements usually come back to haunt the stater. Just sayin, nothing is that definitive. An Allen and Thurber pepperbox (better than the CMC ones) is not a far fetch. It wouldn't sell like the Colts and Remmys, but there would be some interest IMHO.
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I don't think we'll see a repro of the Walch Navy revolver. It looks like it would be a complicated revolver to produce, and probably wouldn't make enough money to justify all the work required to get it into production. I wish that weren't the case, but I'd be willing to bet money on it.
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Can a larger frame revolver be adapted with a new,cylinder and bolt? Not cost effective tbough.
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And those crazy additional ignition channels.
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I can't see any big demand for a repro of the Walch (not Walsh) revolver; it would be expensive to make and worse can easily be loaded incorrectly, making it both dangerous and unreliable.
Of course, I am on record as once saying that repros of the LeMat would be too expensive and have no sale, so I was wrong there. Jim |
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