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Reply #15 - Jun 16th, 2009 at 10:02pm
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I think that's actually a one piece set of grips for a Rem. 1871 pistol.
  
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Reply #16 - Jun 24th, 2009 at 2:40pm
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Here is my Remington 1901 with Stevens Pope .22 barrel and Pope tang sight.  I have not gotten up my nerve to start lightening the color case hardening yet.



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Reply #17 - Jun 24th, 2009 at 3:37pm
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Terry,
That is one very sweet pistol!!!

A fellow I know stays completely away from chemicals like toilet bowl cleaner to tone down the colors. He had a fire and had some actions re-cased and they didn't turn out well (from a reputable shop that does excellent color case-hardening). They put their heads together and decided that something in the flame-retardant had penetrated the pores of the steel and adversely affected the re-coloring.

His method is to use 0000 steel wool soaked in a can of light oil, then brush the action very lightly until achieving the desired tone. While the hardening can be relatively deep, the colors are microns thick.

Thanks for posting the pic and good shooting!
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Reply #18 - May 31st, 2010 at 9:22pm
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Has anyone out there ever seen a Remmy Roller pistol in smoothbore?  One of my club members has one and it seems to chamber 28 gauge.  All frame markings are correct as documented in US Martial Pistols book.  No markings on barrel.  Barrel length is normal for roller pistol.  Grips and forend all original. Front sight looks like mounted at factory.
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Reply #19 - Jun 2nd, 2010 at 1:29am
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Bronco,

What does the bore measure on your friends pistol?

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Reply #20 - Jun 4th, 2010 at 12:25pm
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Try Simpsonltd.com  None listed now but he has them from time to time.  Reliable guy to deal with.

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Reply #21 - Jun 6th, 2010 at 6:28am
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A pair of number fours in .22 lr converted to pistols.
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Reply #22 - Jun 6th, 2010 at 1:21pm
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That's one beautiful pair of single shot pistols. Can't say more than that.

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Reply #23 - Jun 7th, 2010 at 1:12am
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shoothog,

Thats a gorgeous brace of #4 pistols!!

What were the grip frames patterned from?

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Reply #24 - Jun 7th, 2010 at 5:50am
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I'm not sure what single action they might have come from. Removing the grips you can see where they were welded on. The only ID on the grip are serial numbers that I assume were to facilitate the conversions. I would not know how to start to calculate the time and expense it would take today to do such a project.
  
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Reply #25 - Jun 7th, 2010 at 10:24pm
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at the spring match at Etna Green one of the guys had a REALLY cute cased set of small frame rollers in 22 rf built on one of the boys rifle frames (not sure which one but about the size of my #4)  I don't know if the were custom jobs or imported.  beautifully made, engraved nice wood and the grips had kind of a SAA look to them.  Looked just like the set above.  If I'd had the $........ Cry
  
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Reply #26 - Jun 9th, 2010 at 3:05am
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The ones above are the same ones from the Spring match.
  
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Reply #27 - Jun 10th, 2010 at 7:57pm
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thanks,  I was afraid I was losing my marbles faster that I had figured.  they looked awfully dang familiar in the photo.

Any idea where they came from?
  
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Reply #28 - Jun 10th, 2010 at 10:12pm
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terry buffum wrote on Jun 24th, 2009 at 2:40pm:
Here is my Remington 1901 with Stevens Pope .22 barrel and Pope tang sight.  I have not gotten up my nerve to start lightening the color case hardening yet.
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Very neat pistol Terry! I've used Flitz metal polish to tone down case colors. I start with a rag with Flitz on it, and once I see how it works I often have to use Flitz on 0000 steel wool to get it where I wanted. It's not very agressive, so it can gradually work up to the level you want.
  
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Re: Remington Rolling Block Pistols
Reply #29 - Jun 10th, 2010 at 10:14pm
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shoothog wrote on Jun 6th, 2010 at 6:28am:
A pair of number fours in .22 lr converted to pistols.
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Those are gorgeous! I've got a custom built #4 also, but still a rifle with 3 barrel engraved set.
  
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