MY BEST FIND TO DATE...1851 PIETTA NAVY GUN!!

[Baggins]

Found this gun this weekend at a cabin site I have been hunting on and off for about a year now...it was in a tree line and about 7" down...the barrel is 7 1/2" long, and from a quick search on the net, it appears to be an 1851 Pietta, or Colt .36 or .44..it has an octagonal barrel and I can't tell you how stoked I was to unearth this! Any help on ID'ing would be great, I know there are some gun guys out there! As always, thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

 

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[Gypsy Heart]

Awesome! Great pistol. Hope you find alot more there

 

[Kas]

I know that a Colts Dragoon has a long octagon barrel like that.

http://www.pistolmemory.com/earlycoltrevolvers.php


Sweet find. Love it.
Dig it- Ken

 

[xlt nh]

Awesome find!!!!

Big Congrats!!
~Hank 8)

 

[jb3]

Great find! It's a Colt 1851 Navy barrel. 36 cal. A Pietta navy is a modern copy of a colt made by Pietta.

 

[huggie]

WTG.That's a real neat find,wonder if the rest of it is there somewhere.

 

[DJ_Quinn]

Very nice. Congrats on a great relic. Will you try to clean it up/restore it?

 

[BuckleBoy]

...sooooo....It is NOT a Pietta copy. It is the real COLT!

Awesome.


-Buckleboy

 

[Baggins]

Yes, I am currently soaking in in olive oil to hopefully loosen some of the muck on it...any ideas on how to best preserve/clean this?

 

[headhunter_1970]

nice find,did you also find the trigger and hammer pieces?

 

[Baggins]

Not yet...I won't have a chance to get back to the property until late Nov. or Dec. because of hunting season..

 

[SgtSki in MI]

WOW...Cool Find!!!

Hopefully you can find the rest of it

WTG!!!

HH,
SgtSki