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Mate ya keeping us in suspense here 
Hurry up hurry up :lol:
Hurry up hurry up :lol:
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Ok are yas ready lol
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I have it sitting in my copy and paste on my phone
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Ba ha ha ha ha
Don't shoot the messenger though
Well done, might want to clean your weapon there you have let the rust get to it a bit
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Was thinking ya might have snuck out to Stuart Town & found the big one.steveo1 said:
Cool find, is it real? What do you do when you find a relic like that, I mean I know it's not going to work but do the police want to know about finds like this? Would be pretty crap getting pulled over for an RBT and they see that in your finds bucket and............next thing you're on the news getting pulled out of your car and.....
It is a nug if you spell it backwards.
It is a nug if you spell it backwards.
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That's a Cool find
It looks like a Colt revolver either a 1848 Baby Dragoon or a 1850 Pocket or an 1851 Navy model.
They came in .31 or .44 caliber and were either five or six shot.
They were single action meaning you had to cock the hammer each time you wanted to shoot.
You can see it has a lever action on the front of it to release the barrel.
They had a rifled barrel in 4, 5 and 6 inch lengths respectively.
Those were the three most popular revolvers used by the diggers on the Australian goldfields.
The Colt although more expensive was favoured over the British revolvers because of the interchangeability of the parts and they were relatively easy to repair. The American diggers from Californian gold rushes brought them over with them first and later they were imported.
The most popular British revolver was known as the Pepperbox because it was self-cocking, just squeeze the trigger and shoot.
A museum might be able to tell you more about it.
They came in .31 or .44 caliber and were either five or six shot.
They were single action meaning you had to cock the hammer each time you wanted to shoot.
You can see it has a lever action on the front of it to release the barrel.
They had a rifled barrel in 4, 5 and 6 inch lengths respectively.
Those were the three most popular revolvers used by the diggers on the Australian goldfields.
The Colt although more expensive was favoured over the British revolvers because of the interchangeability of the parts and they were relatively easy to repair. The American diggers from Californian gold rushes brought them over with them first and later they were imported.
The most popular British revolver was known as the Pepperbox because it was self-cocking, just squeeze the trigger and shoot.
A museum might be able to tell you more about it.
Bloody nice find there.
A few years back I found a Light Horseman's Officer's Pistol wrapped in leather and grease proof paper buried
in the ground where a house once stood. It looked like it was only cleaned the day before.
Canberra War memorial now has it.
That pistol would be classed as nonoperational and not a threat. Looks like the powder has done a real good job of corroding it.
I would check with the local constabulary about it as gun laws are rather,,,, Strange.
Well Done.
Hex Barrel too so it is pre 1900's
A few years back I found a Light Horseman's Officer's Pistol wrapped in leather and grease proof paper buried
in the ground where a house once stood. It looked like it was only cleaned the day before.
Canberra War memorial now has it.
That pistol would be classed as nonoperational and not a threat. Looks like the powder has done a real good job of corroding it.
I would check with the local constabulary about it as gun laws are rather,,,, Strange.
Well Done.
Hex Barrel too so it is pre 1900's
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That is cool! That would make my day.
By far the best find ive seen on this forum yet mate, Holy crap thats awesome.............damm, if only that thing could talk
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I totally agree and what stories it would telldwt said:By far the best find ive seen on this forum yet mate, Holy crap thats awesome.............damm, if only that thing could talk
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stick it a bucket of molasses and water 9:1 mix ratio for a couple of weeks,the best way to get rid of rust without any damage to the original metal
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Great find steveo1!
As far as I know if the gun is over a certain age then it won't have to be registered. Here's the following for NSW which is my state, not sure what state you are in steveo1
http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/__data...rms_Registration_FACT_SHEET_November_2013.pdf
As far as I know if the gun is over a certain age then it won't have to be registered. Here's the following for NSW which is my state, not sure what state you are in steveo1
http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/__data...rms_Registration_FACT_SHEET_November_2013.pdf
Wonder what else that "ld Timer buried" there, gets you wondering.
