The wild west means a lot of different things but to most it's after the civil war and before the turn of the century. Lots of firearms in this era in lots of calibers and original guns can be expensive to obtain or find ammo for if you want to shoot them. Here is a repro combination that while in a caliber, 45 Colt, that wasn't available, fits well into the modern world.
The 1866 Winchester was a very popular gun from after the civil war and well into the late 1800's, it fills the spot between the Henry and the 1873 in the technological evolution of the day and makes a good pairing with conversion revolvers.
The two revolvers are copies of the conversions made post civil war of popular military revolvers, the 1858 Remington and 1860 Colt. An old west settler, miner, or cowboy would find these factory conversions to be less expensive as manufacturers were pricing them to sell, using up parts left over from government contract cap and ball guns.
Both of these copies are in 45 Colt, like the rifle, a good selling idea that really doesn't come until a bit later, after the conversion era, when Colt starts making SAA revolvers in Winchester calibers.
Today having common ammo is much easier and all these repros shoot 45 Colt with 255 grain cast lead bullets on top of 8 grains of Unique with no issues as they are modern construction. For added realism, you can easily substitute FF black powder.
The 1866 Winchester was a very popular gun from after the civil war and well into the late 1800's, it fills the spot between the Henry and the 1873 in the technological evolution of the day and makes a good pairing with conversion revolvers.
The two revolvers are copies of the conversions made post civil war of popular military revolvers, the 1858 Remington and 1860 Colt. An old west settler, miner, or cowboy would find these factory conversions to be less expensive as manufacturers were pricing them to sell, using up parts left over from government contract cap and ball guns.
Both of these copies are in 45 Colt, like the rifle, a good selling idea that really doesn't come until a bit later, after the conversion era, when Colt starts making SAA revolvers in Winchester calibers.
Today having common ammo is much easier and all these repros shoot 45 Colt with 255 grain cast lead bullets on top of 8 grains of Unique with no issues as they are modern construction. For added realism, you can easily substitute FF black powder.
