Dixie Gun Works sales a replica of the Model 1855 pistol with this shoulder stock. I thought about buying it but didn't need a stock and didn't want to pay for one. Besides, I didn't want to waste lead with a .69 caliber.
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Model 1855
But I can't say these were used in large numbers. It is a cool pistol.
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I completely forgot about that
thing Dixie sells. Those repros were made by "Palmetto Arms" in Italy which went the way of the dinosaurs about ten years ago and Dixie still has them, but once their gone, their gone for good. The problem with them is not the caliber, but its faithfulness to the original, or lack thereof. Also I've always seen them listed in .58 caliber.
They don't look anything like the originals other than barrel length and style, and the stock. They use a Mississippi Rifle/Zouave style lock and bolster on the barrel, the pistol grip in the stock is curved at an oddball angle unlike the original, the barrel band is from a Zouave looking nothing like a M1855 barrel band and the rammer is a different style. That may not seem like much, but when the two are put next to each other they look like two different guns.
Still, according to an old
Guns of the Old West Magazine article from 2010 back then Dixie only had less than 250 left, and seeing how the manufacturer is long dead, and it still being listed as in stock for $600 ten years later, I would grab one now, because I doubt any company will ever make a repro of it again with a sales record like that. Of course Palmetto didn't have a great reputation for quality, but that was their reputation.
I've thought of grabbing one for myself, historical incorrectness and all, but that's a lot of money for me. Also it ain't a pistol carbine without the stock!