Larryh86GT
1st Lieutenant
- Joined
- Jan 20, 2018
- Location
- Near sunny Buffalo New York
It's a slippery slope. You start with the 1 "best" item to represent the CW and you don't stop there. But you have
to love the hunt.
to love the hunt.
Need to win the lottery to own a nice one!I would love to own a LeMatt.
Indicative weapons of the ACW might include: a Springfield Model 1861 or Enfield Model 1853 rifled musket, a Colt or Remington Army/Navy revolver, or a Model 1840 or 1860 cavalry saber. They all look great on display. Have your friend do extensive research on his final decision and purchase the best piece he can afford from a reputable seller.
The point here is simple, I've seen lots of fakes out there. Once he's cut his teeth on a few more common firearms, and learns to tell the difference between authentic antiques and intentionally misrepresented copies, THEN he can pursue more unusual and desirable specimens.
That's my two-cents worth.
[QUOTE="Package4, Need to win the lottery to own a nice one!
To own a LeMatt, probably the lottery is a necessity. But a nice Confederate Navy, English made LeMat wouldn't hurt too awfully bad.
It is a relic/parts gun to nearly anyone but me. The trail is cold from the end of hostilities (after which, I presume it was converted to the set trigger it now wears) to the early 1970's when my G-father and GG-father unearthed three rifles while digging around a known Klamath River indian settlement that was forcibly vacated by mining concerns post-WWI. No original wood remained on any of the weapons, one went to a crooked attorney in the 1980's, the other two were given to me, as gramps' favorite grandchild. I've returned the M1873 1st Model to service, now it is the Whitney rifles turn.Scrubby - What condition is your M-1841 Rifle in now?
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I think that the above is the correct advice/philosophy. I have seen a number of ACW guns like Starr's and Whitney's for sale and they have no appeal for me, so i didnt buy them. Yet an 1849 Pocket Colt with 4 inch barrel (it has to be the 4 inch barrel!!!...sigh) is a MUST HAVE for me...in fact I need a pair of them! A fun little gun for hunting squirrels! Thats an item that "speaks to me" Doesnt matter if anyone elsee considers it an essential part of their collection. If you feel a real.passion or excitement for it, thats what you buy.Look at a lot until you find something that talks to you, until you do it is just a collection If all you do is follow someone else, or buy only on value its not you.
I have no interest in one in mint condition, it has nothing to tell you. find a good one. that you can handle and fondle
I owned - until it was stolen in a smash-n-grab burglary, that is - a LG&Y (Lamson, Goodnow, & Yale) M.1861 Special Model musket dated 1863 that was essentially the same as Colt's and which served as the pattern for the Springfield M.1863.Here is my favorite tip for getting Civil War artifacts inexpensively. Lamson Goodnow & Co. was one of the major suppliers of cutlery and other stuff before, during and after the war. In 1855 they became Lamson and Goodnow Mfg. Co. so if you can find something marked & Co. it is of the era. A worn out dinner knife could have been carried by a soldier. I don't know where you live but here in Virginia it is amazing what you run across in flea markets, junk shops and auctions.