1851 Navy On The Range Today

by A K Church, Saturday, May 20, 2023, 16:28 (552 days ago) @ JimT

My best friend in high school and I both had acquired repro 1851s by 1977. Mine was a no name used pawn shop gun, his was a Lyman badged, probably Uberti made, 1851 Colt Squareback.

The squareback was and is just a gaspingly good looking revolver.

That summer, both of us, by happenstance, killed rather large Opossums her our revolvers. Different days, same basic situation. The critters gamboled out in front of us when we were not hunting, and both were shot for their lapses in judgement.

The speed with which they fell over dead was impressive. I would guess the soft lead round balls were good at transferring the not very high energy they carried.