Evolution of Colt's 1851 Navy Revolver and a comparison of modern made replicas

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  @bubbajones5905 · 3 years ago

  I've always thought that the Square Back Colt Navy was the most elegant revolver ever made. Silver plated square back grip, Case colors. Walnut stocks. Octagon barrel. Engraved cylinder. This wasn't just a firearm, it was a work of art.

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  @AlanHope-i3c · 2 months ago

  RIP, Mike… ride that high country.

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  @GovtWatchdog · 3 years ago

  Guys and gals, be sure to give the video a thumbs up 👍🏻

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  @ArizonaGhostriders · 3 years ago

  Good info to know. I've never handled an original!

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  @jakewayrewa5201 · 3 years ago

  FWIW, I didn't get the notification for this video, but I DID get the notification for the Remington evolution.

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  @Ostenjager · 3 years ago

  Uberti looked at a few Colts and said "YEET!" on the features.

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• KE

  @kevinamerio8105 · 3 years ago

  Mike ,you have one of my favorite 'go-to' channels for info and fun shooting. Always a blast to watch you shoot and have good info ! Im sure a lot of others feel the same. Thanks!!!

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  @Samuel_Colt_1851 · 11 months ago (edited)

  That arthritic trigger finger was the high price of keeping us safe from Evil Roy. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujOBgnuYeZo&amp;t=857">14:17</a>

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  @murraykriner9425 · 3 years ago

  I get regular notifications of your content, and enjoy a vast majority of the things you bring to your video&apos;s. This revolver holds a special place, as it was the very first firearm I bought by myself at age 15, from a local gun shop in Southern Indiana while working as a shoe salesman most of that summer. I kept it till I was nearly 50 years old, only gifting it to my former Father-in-law about 2012. Think it&apos;s the finest black powder revolver I&apos;ve ever fired, and few could match it accuracy, even with a far pricier 1860 Army, or an 1858 Remington being shot on quite a few occasions. Mine was Italian replica made in the mid-70&apos;s, with a brass frame and blued octagonal barrel, in .36 cal. I miss it today, but they have become rather costly with all the fascination with these vintage cap-n-ball black powder revolver&apos;s. I recall a price of near $100 USD in the day. Made my own hogleg holster belt and shot the hell out of that revolver throughout the next three decades. Am thrilled to catch your thoughts on one the most legendary revolver&apos;s of both the Civil War, and the taming of the West, in all the territory&apos;s during this nations expansion across the continent of North America.

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  @johncanzoneri4771 · 3 years ago

  Mike, your a treasure for us collectors and just old fashioned pistol shooters, I have a few years on you but you taught an old dog some new information every episode. &nbsp;Thank you

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  @MillerSean · 3 years ago

  Great video. The Pietta 1851 Navy was my first gun.<br>My scout troop took a trip to the Cabela&apos;s in Hamburg, PA on my 18th birthday, and they were having a sale.<br>Asked my Scoutmaster if I could buy one, and he said &quot;You&apos;re 18. If you want one, get one.&quot;<br>First time I shot it, I got a ball stuck in the barrel. Lucky I didn&apos;t blow my fingers off! 😅

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  @samwalker7821 · 1 year ago (edited)

  As a collector of 51&apos;s I have to say that your presentation was very accurate as well as the comparisons between the Pieta and Uberti&apos;s as well. Even though the cylinders won&apos;t interchange, the Uberti&apos;s are the closest clones.

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