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And now, for Joe, something not so "light in the muzzle"...

By The Armorer on October 12, 2011 | | Comments (8)
The Arsenal of Argghhh!'s 1863 Starr Single Action Army revolver in .44 caliber.
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By Acad Ronin on October 12, 2011 9:13 AM
And is that a former Army footlocker it is resting on? The color, hinges, and condition look familiar.
 
By John of Argghhh! on October 12, 2011 9:28 AM
I don't remember off the top of my head.  It's either a Warsaw Pact night vision crate, or a Japanese optics crate.  I'll check when I get home.
 
By Joe in N Calif on October 12, 2011 1:27 PM
Yeah!  Thanks, John, that's the ticket!  Do you also have one of the first models that was a sort of action-and-a-half?
 
By Quartermaster on October 12, 2011 6:33 PM
 Joe, you've arrived at the Castle. Mine was about Guineas. Love me some Guineas. Boom, boom sticks too. I'm more into modern arms than smoke poles.
 
By John (Not The Armorer) on October 12, 2011 9:38 PM
All you ever need to know about Starrs is in this 3 part series.

Note that although we host the pages, we never met the author.  We used some of his stuff for reference and when he died we got permission to keep it available since it was so darn good.

http://armscollectors.com/mgs/starr_revolver_week_1.htm
 
By Joe in N Calif on October 12, 2011 11:32 PM
Ohh,....good page!  Bookmarked. The Starr has intrigued me for quite a while - the double action that is really a single action with a trigger shaped cocking lever.  And the US Ordance Dept. wanted a conventional pure single action because you could shoot to fast with the double action.

QM, I like modern firearms too.  I just prefer the lines and feel of the older models.  
 
By John of Argghhh! on October 13, 2011 7:37 AM
Acad Ronin - I have too many crates... that one is US, for the M65 BC Scope.
 
By Dennis on October 13, 2011 12:17 PM
Aaaaaaagh.....

I've only ever seen one of these 'in the flesh'. I was in high school, about 1971. A pawn shop in town had one; MINT condition, cased, with all the little contoured holes properly filled with whatever belonged in them...

My buddy and I didn't have the stinking $25 they were asking. (We also didn't know what it was at the time, just that it looked neat!)