I've got a new found obsession with the old remington revolvers. I'd never paid much attention to them, but i picked an 1858 copy up made by lyman and I'm hooked on them now. I think if I had lived in this era, i'd probably be a remington man as I appreciate the build quality. it also seems like you could carry all 6 cylinders loaded as they have a space for the hammer between cylinders, but correct me if that isn't the case. waiting for a 38 special conversion for the lyman as we speak. what brings me here is a good friend of mine gave me an real Remington 1858 44 caliber. I'd like to figure out when it was made. I don't believe it's worth much as someone cut a dovetail in the rear for a rear sight and changed the front sight. serial is 118125 and I attached a couple of pictures. any help would be appreciated and thanks in advance.
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Just so you know Lymann didn't actually make them in case there is a difference in the cylinder. If there's a U on the side of the barrel it's an Ulberti if not it's a Armi San Paolo different years different makers...
That whole cylinder replacement thing is interesting, lucky your not a bad guy
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Just so you know Lymann didn't actually make them in case there is a difference in the cylinder. If there's a U on the side of the barrel it's an Ulberti if not it's a Armi San Paolo different years different makers...
That whole cylinder replacement thing is interesting, lucky your not a bad guy
yeah, i did some reasearch and i noticed the uberti mark on the side of the barrel. i'll let you know how the cylinder replacement goes, i opted not to get the ejector rod because it was another 125$, i figure i can keep a screw driver or a dow in my pocket to push out empties. i'm too busy to learn the whole black powder loading and cleaning discipline, so the conversion makes since.
I bought a single stage Lee and pretty much paid for it the first time I used it. I don't normally load but for black powder cartridges it's nasty expensive if you don't. The ammo price doesn't seem bad until you add the hazardous shipping cost. I didn't even prime the first load since I founded primed cases cheaper then I could do it and some local big box carried the Goex.
