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Offline kevthebassman

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Traditions Navy conversion question
« on: June 04, 2008, 05:54:55 PM »
I noticed an 1851 navy colt in the case down at the local pawn shop, it was a traditions and was a .38 special conversion.  Has anyone had any experience with these?  Are they any good?  What should a used one run?

It looks like something that would be fun for cowboy action shooting but I don't want something that's junk.

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Re: Traditions Navy conversion question
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2008, 06:55:28 PM »
if it has ASM (Armi San Marcos) on the bottom of the barrel (most likely place), don't buy it.  It should be an Uberti made conversion to be trustworthy.
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Re: Traditions Navy conversion question
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2008, 08:28:59 PM »
Kev if that ASM is still there and it's a 1872 Richards OpenTop Conversion Gated with Ejector Tube I'd grab it at a good price. Nothin' wrong with the old ASMs that ain't wrong with the quality control of any past or present 3rd Generation C&B BP Revs.

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Re: Traditions Navy conversion question
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2008, 02:08:45 AM »
What would a good price look like on one of those?  I haven't looked back at the shop because I just bought a truck and haven't got any business looking at guns until my sales tax is paid.