That revolver sounds like it's in mechanically excellent shape.

I knew a guy who worked in navy supply for submarines years ago who told me stories. One was when they desperately wanted to replace the old coffee maker but the commanding officer wouldn't sign off on it. Eventually the guy got creative on the forms calling it a "water filtration and percolation unit". What do you know, it got approved!

A box of cartridges are going for about the cost of a gun today history repeats.

So happy when I see a new video from the Duelist.

My favorite kind of gun. A mechanically sound antique revolver with honest, well aged finish wear.

"Remington was in big financial trouble." I feel like I've heard this story a few times before....

Those stories ad icing to the cake.

I too am a retired Navy Supply Officer so I can attest to people complaining if they have nothing better to do! Good video, enjoy the history!

Funny, I just bought a Pietta New Model Army a few minutes ago. Thank you for your videos as alwais !

Great history lesson, thanks.

A real Dirty Harry! 😳. That’s some really good shooting too! 👍👍😎

I have an Ohio Concealed Handgun License. 2 45 acp handguns, a legal Mossberg short barrel 12 ga shotgun with a pistol grip, a Marlin Model 336W 30-30 rifle, and a Panzer two barrel 22 cal derringer. I am looking forward to getting a cap and ball black powder handgun. I want one that has an over the cylinder bar in the frame.

I have one that's been converted and I need to sit down and look at it good enough and close enough to be able to send you what I have on it. It looks somewhat different than the one you just showed. I think I'll take some pictures of it and send them to you maybe you can see a little of what I'm talkin about and you can give me your take on it. Have a great day and stay safe!

Awesome! I didn't know that the Remington Navy was built on a smaller frame than the army.

More intriguing history. Always stuff to learn. Thanks and keep it up please.

Thanks for the education.

I love the history of the guns! The thing about your videos the most is how educational it is! Thank you! I wouldn’t have known how to slick up my 1861 navy without your informative video on the subject!

Thanks for showing your new model navy, great vid and history lesson using an original gun. Living in the UK we don't have the privilege of using cartridge pistols, so have to watch you to get my fix.

Please do some videos on gun belts for these. Also please mention left handers.

Maybe it is just the Remington originals I have seen but the guns I have saw are always in much better condition than Colt revolvers to include cartridge conversions from the same time period. A friend of mine in the early 70's who was about 88 when he past away in 1985 owned several original Remington' and colts. He had two Remington 44 cal cap n ball and a 38cal Remington cartridge conversion that looks like reproductions they were in such good shape. Too bad Uberti didn';t do a better job coping the Remington cartridge conversion to be a closer copy.

Thank you for entertaining us! Glad to see you Outdoor. In Germany it is still forbidden, due to neverending Lockdown regulations.... Can you Imagine, ShootingIndoor/Outdoor? You must bei careful Not to infect yourself🥴

Another fine, educational vid. Thanks Mike!

sounds like you have a neighbor who's also a shooting enthusiast ! I know you mentioned those woods were not exactly safe because of shady types roaming around but its good you are not entirely alone out there. Thanks for the fun video !

Wow 150yrs old shoots great , NICE work Mike, that's a lot of knowledge to take in , thanks for the lesson. Henry just started making they're own revolvers they look like the 1889 Colt , but 4" barrel

Good to see you `re still going out and having fun. Shoot sharp`s the word, right? I got the Pietta New Navy revolver in .36 and it is tuned and shoots very good. I would love to have an original like your Navy conversion! Best regards from Snapshot in Norway.

So awsome see your videos

I would think the big change was getting rid of the percussion cap. Half the flame goes out the side of the nipple, Only a small area of the primer over the nipple hole goes into the powder. The nipple end can be damaged by the hammer strike deforming it over time. The cartridge flame cannot escape and must all go into the the powder charge.

Loving the history 👍

The healed Lee 36 cal loaded in the short Colt with about 3 grains of BE seem to work the best for me out of my conversion.

Wish I had at least one actual antique pistol. But I have to admit I would still shoot my replicas more than the original. Enjoyed the video and stay safe. We old folks don't heal up very fast after a fall on the ice.

I always think the old look better than the new, be it a p51 mustang, to 1873 winchester. Its not about even shooting one, I just love the engineering.

Another great video, Mike. Thanks for the lesson on a cool revolver and an interesting time in American history.

Its amazing. :) we support you in all your efforr to show us power of black powder guns 😄 thx and greatings from poland 😍

I always give Mike’s videos a thumbs up even before I’ve watched as I KNOW it’ll be a great, informative watch! Many thanks Mike! Blessings from England.

Really nice revolver !

Thanks Mike. Great info on Rem conversions.

you should used the chronograph on the black powder hand loads, get result how fast those babies traveling .

Very impressed with your knowledge and perspective of old firearm history!

Excellent, a Navy model used by the Navy!

I've seen these slicked up with Nicole plating and pearl or ivory grips. Mostly in the smaller frame revolvers. They make a rather handsome set of 36 ( or 38) cal. Weapons. The shorter barrel length is more comfortable for civilian.use. I like um. Bob

Beautiful revolver, thanks for sharing.

In my opinion This is one of the best videos of yours, this gun is great authentic/ original and no matter how many conversion videos including the historical education you make about that certain era , I just can’t have enough of them, I hope you can come up with also an original/authentic 38 or 44 caliber 5,5” barrels of 51 and 61 colt navy and army models , wether old ones or not does not matter really , I know it must be extremely difficult to find original pieces like these, I was also expecting to see the cylinder swap you showed in one of your previous videos like Clint Eastwood did in “Pale rider” ; would like to know how it would work in this though :), Also just my opinion to say if you may, make comparison shooting and explanation videos with the new ones and the authentic ones, like to hear your comparisons for having sights on or off or shooting straight , heavy or light etc. We can’t get our hands on such pieces anyway, your videos are as far as we can get and learn to feeling them and those times, thank you again,! Was Great video to say again, much obliged...

My first cap and ball revolver is an ASM(Euroarms) NMN. I believe it is on a smaller frame than the NMA although the bore circle of the cylinder is almost identical on both. Uberti and Pietta have similar bore circles but the length of the cylinders vary. I really need a bigger sample size to confirm the variations. Time to take them out and see how they are shooting before it gets too dry and the fire danger raises.

It was great to see a new video from you Mike. It seems like the weather out there has been tough so it may have been difficult for you to get out and shoot. Thanks for the history to go along with the revolver. I don't worry about the accuracy of these guns too much. I just like that they shoot safely and can put all the rounds on a man sized target. That's all that really matters. Thanks for posting and sharing a great piece of history with us. Stay warm brother.

Awesome video, totally cool and interesting revolver, fantastic history and stories. Enjoyed every second of this video.

Dude 😮! I went to Cabela’s and all they had was Winchester, 244 smokeless ball powder. The guy behind the counter told me it would work. I loaded my naa super companion with 1 1/2 grains. I heard conflicting things but I’m scared to try it now. 😅 yeah, I’m definitely taking the powder out. It’s really not worth it.

Awesome Thanks for letting us see your first shots from your antique.

Awesome revolver being that many years old enjoy keep it up.

Thats a magnificent firearm, I hope it brings you joy.

You have so much knowledge in your head. You should consider writing a book. Before your brain turns to jello

Great video, nice to see the old guns still going

Love your work Mr B

Fantastic history Mike. Thank you. Cheers.

Really enjoyed your video, Mike. You pack so much information amongst the video clips that make your vlog entertaining and educational simultaneously. I wanted to ask if you have met another youtube creator, the black powder maniac shooter? I believe that he lives in ky but recently put up a montage video of shooting black powder firearms w/ friends in 6 states including out near Pittsburgh over the last year or so. He definitely enjoys shooting black powder and flying in airplanes on his channel.

Mike, good to see you again back out at WSSA. Probably don't remember me, but I was one of the cowboys in charge of the Westshore Posse running Cowboy Action matches at WSSA from the mid 1990's to early 2000's. We also put on the annual match called "Susquehanna Roundup" for many years. Went by the alias of Marshal Quinn. Keep up the great videos.

I really do wish they made correct size replicas of the Remington in all sizes. Because the belt size model is something I would love to have

Always interesting how many of these old guns shoot "high" by our standards, not to point of aim. Personally I am convinced that was deliberate. It was intended that you aim at his belly button or belt buckle, or possibly even his knees.

Love the intro music. Another great video!

Excellent job Mike!

Great video Mike, love the gun and glad it showed up finely.

Another very interesting video, thanks Mike.

Mike I was Abe to icky up an original hammer for my New Model Army Remington and in fact I found two more and I just won one on Invaluable for $20 but still waiting on the sites Shipping invoice.

Very informative ..What a sweet shooter and very interesting conversion

This was a great and very interesting post!👍🏼

Seeing this I can understand why Wild Bill Hickok chose to stay with his percussion Navy's and the round ball.

Thanks for the great video and history lesson

Very good video

cool video Mike :-) thanks

Another informative video

Its a bit confusing sometimes all the 38 caliber cartridges. 38 long colt, 38 short colt, 38 special, 38/44, 38 S&W. Need a score card to keep up

Interesting and believable story re: naval procurement. Whatcha bet that someone's palm was greased by Colt to replace the Remingtons? :) Excellent vid, as per your usual!

That would be a helluva gun for a spaghetti western.

great work well done.

Great video and very educational!

Really great film they might not look as good as colts but shoot better, any more antiques to show us

Nice revolver wouldn't mind owning one

Awesome video! Thanks!

Great content, very entertaining! Thank you!

Nice revolver! I wish uberti would make a Remington Navy. I have a New model Army it's a great gun design, I don't get many cap jams like I do with the Colts. The sights are also much better.

Another entertaining and insightful video, sir. Can you recommend any books for people wanting to collect the various New Model revolvers?

I sure enjoy your story telling and history lessons. Have you thought of doing a podcast?

I had R&D Gun shop convert a Remmy 36 cal for me, back in the 1990s, when I was into the Cowboy Action thing. Full up conversion AND nickel plated! Also, I had them leave the barrel at .375 (Because I am a tard or just a purist). I don't think I've fired the revolver since 1997. I have a box of BP hand loads, packed somewhere, done about that time, using a Lee Hollow based bullet. I also have an NEI mould for a .375 heel bullet with a single grease groove, that I am looking forward to using again, now that I have the 39 LC heel bullet crimp die. I may try Eras Gone's .36 bullet, too. I also have another .36 cal Rem with an R&D conversion cylinder and three percussion cylinders...again...ALL nickeled, set into a case that I made up.

In the 1960s I had a Navy Arms 36 cal Remington that I would swear was a smaller frame than the Army?

Revisiting this video on 3-19-2023. I was using a .357 HBFN in my 1851 Uberti that I converted to .F38 LC that shot very well. I put a new front sight on that made it very accurate. Unfortunately I ran out of the bullets and no longer trust the seller to buy more because the last box were not made from pure lead and the hollow base does not expand. I have the 1851 Colt conversion and a Remington Navy percussion with coversion cylinder that need a pure lead hollow base bullet. Do you know how I could get some to use for reloading ? They were 150 gr. HBFN of pure lead. Any other suggestions?

Doesn't shoot bad! Love your antique guns and watching you shoot them! Wish I could shoot a few rounds through them myself! Btw, where did you get that awesome buckskin jacket? Looks like we're about the same size and I'd like to find one.

Maybe the navy was using reloads with (possibly deliberately) contaminated powder or a known bad batch (powder or pre-made cartridges) to skew the "test results".

Looks like my last blog got redacted the thing is I cock going up not going down. - You're a great pistol shooter Mike ;o) And you have one of the best GUN Channels on youtube.

I was wondering if you could make some more reloading videos, specifically more like the von you made for the 38 when you used different dies to do one cartridge and maybe some other reloading stuff and ofcourse some stories greetings from Norway

I have hard time figuring out the problem with 36 cal conversions. An 1858 Rem 44 cal with conversion to 45 Colt works great but the 36 cal Navy dont work with 38 Colts unless heal or hollow base bullet..........

Heard the story about the navy complaining about these revolvers. Heard it was the ammo that the navy was using.

I bet the designer of this cartridge coversion pistol was right-handed, because the fiddly bit of pushing the cartridges into the chambers must be done with the righ hand, while held in the left with the grip of the pistol facing the shooter's hand (so it would be quick to load a few and then fire them at a neaby threat). If you tried to do this eft-handed (held in the right, loaded by the left), then the loading gate would be under the pistol and inaccessable, if the grip of the pistol is pointing towards the shooter's dominant hand and ready for threats.

excellent video thumbs up from me

For second I though you where it the Yukon... Hope you stayed warm.

The .38 short colt sounds a mite more "Throaty" than the others.

It would be interesting to see how accurate it would be with a standard flat base 38 Special bullet loaded with black powder. Maybe the skirts of hollow base bullets are too thin. An excellent review!

Hey Mike, thanks for another extremely informative video! BTW, if the overall spread of those three groups is not to your overall satisfaction, then maybe you should sell the gun to me. 😂 Thanks again Mike Great Video! 👍🏻

Good stuff, Mike. Love the content, Like the way you describe the action. As always thank you for showing us. Joe Security.

Load that long colt brass with round ball and that old critter might just shoot close to point-of-aim.

I'd like to see the colt sales test we're the salesman put it under water telling his story then pulled it out and fired it.?mike

Fascinating! I did not catch bore diameter. You must have slugged the bore. Seeing the performance of the hollow based bullets makes me curious. Thanks, Mike.