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Offline rbertalotto

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My 1860 Colt conversions.
« on: January 29, 2012, 11:31:04 AM »
I recently bought a set of Pietta 1860 Colt Sheriff Models and converted them to cartridge.




You can see and read about them here:

www.rvbprecision.com

Thanks!

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Re: My 1860 Colt conversions.
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2012, 09:34:56 PM »
Wow those came out beautifull. Did you cut the loading gate and refinish them yourself?

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Re: My 1860 Colt conversions.
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2012, 12:32:17 AM »
Yes I hand filed the first loading gate...took three hours!

The second one met my die grinder........took 20 minutes!... ;D

I "spot" heated the area with a very fine tip on my OX welder and dabbed cold blue to simulate case coloring as best as I could. The pictures do not do it justice. Came out superb!