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Thank you aardq. That is helpful and I appreciate the info. The gun mostly sat in the back of a closet for the last 90 years. The oil used to coat it turned brown and waxy with age. I completely disassembled the gun and bathed it and most of the old waxy build up came off. On the left side, there ...

I decided to take her out and have some fun today. Which led to a bath and a lot of scrubbing. Which knocked off patina, but I'm not much worried about that given it's pedigree and Nickel plating. It ran well with 24 gr of 777, 15gr of corn meal and a Cabela's felt pad with a .451 ball on top. This ...

I guess I should mention that this gun is Nickel Plated. I noticed that someone in a different thread had one with a similar serial number that is also Nickel plated. This gun has been in the family since new and was once part of a two gun box set that was split up in the 1930's. Two ancestors of my ...

Hi, I'm new here. I inherited a New Model with a low serial number 15XXX that later had a lightly struck 1 added to make it 115XXX. This number is also scribbled on the inside of the grips, but the trigger guard has 15XXX stamped into it. The barrel is a much higher serial number 96XXX. There is a ...

Nice to meet you all. Todd here from Texas. Inherited a New Model 1858 and have been reading through the forum material looking for answers. Thanks for all the great info.