What is this?
Posted: Mon, 03 Aug 2015 17:55:08
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What is this?
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Re: What is this?
Posted: Mon, 03 Aug 2015 18:34:14
I believe it is a 1855 Colt Root Revolver .
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Re: What is this?
Posted: Mon, 03 Aug 2015 22:25:57
+1 Randy
Looks like something Bret Maverick would have stuck down his boot...
Looks like something Bret Maverick would have stuck down his boot...
Re: What is this?
Posted: Mon, 03 Aug 2015 22:30:49
Snakester is correct I believe!
Re: What is this?
Posted: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 10:12:58
Agreed, the loading lever (that thing bending down where the ejector would be on a modern revolver) and the slide hammer are the indicating factors.
Root is the designers name.
Root is the designers name.
Re: What is this?
Posted: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 14:47:25
Several years ago I had a shooting buddy that had a replica of a "Root".....44 Cal. I remember that it shot great, but kicked like a Mule.
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