Mal's gun

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PENNAUSAMIKE

Tuesday, June 9, 2009 12:06 AM

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Originally posted by Beatlesfan:
Update:

It arrived, and it's done! It actually came mostly put together, which was kind of nice. SNIP
Had to put in the cartridge.....

AHHHHH!!!!!
The same non-gun-guy mis-naming of the ammunition holding "MAGAZINE" as Joss uses!

A "cartridge" is the individual brass-primer-powder-bullet combo that loads into the chamber to fire the bullet.

Some people call the magazine a "clip" which isn't exactly right either, but it is closer to correct and sort of accepted to mean the same as "box magazine".

Joss even corrupted Canadian non-gun-guy Nathan Fillion, who said in the blooper reel, "My cartridge fell out of my gun."

So there is the info for the day;
the device that holds the ammunition is the magazine, whether it's a box or a tube.

BEATLESFAN

Tuesday, June 9, 2009 12:10 AM

I actually called it a cartridge because of the blooper :P "The cartridge fell out of my gun..."

Still, it's not fallin' out of this one. Hopefully. I used practically half a tube of super glue D:

RIPWASH

Tuesday, June 9, 2009 3:04 PM

I is officialy jealous.

No way I can come up with near enough that amount of cashie money anytime in the near future. Dangit.

Ah well . . . congrats on your purchase Beatlesfan! Shiny!

Does the kit come with recomendations of what paint to use? If not, does anyone know that information?

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BEATLESFAN

Tuesday, June 9, 2009 3:09 PM

It said to use Bluing agent like Blue Wonder. I ordered the Blacking agent to try to give it the look from Firefly. When I got it, it was already partially weathered, and I liked the look so I decided to keep it like it is.

WASHNWEAR

Tuesday, June 9, 2009 4:24 PM

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Originally posted by Beatlesfan:

Whoa! - watch where you're pointing that thing!

Man, that is cool - congrats, BeatlesFan! Canon or not, "hero" or not, official or not, that's one shiny sidearm. Thanks for the photos...not that I was in serious danger of running out of things to covet...

EDIT: 'Cause I just can't seem not to...

donttalkbackjustdrivethecarshutyourmouthiknowwhatyouaredontsaynothinkeepyourhandsonthewheeldontturnaroundthisisforreal

Still...what would Rorschach do?

BEATLESFAN

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 1:59 AM

It's the series gun, which is my preference. It has that not-cartridge in it that's not in the movie one. That threw me off for a while when I hadn't seen the movie yet :P

GOODWOLF

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:14 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Beatlesfan:
It said to use Bluing agent like Blue Wonder. I ordered the Blacking agent to try to give it the look from Firefly. When I got it, it was already partially weathered, and I liked the look so I decided to keep it like it is.

One of the things I had thought of doing, and haven't given up on entirely, is to get a sidkit, keep it silver and add white "ivory" grips perhaps with an inlaid Independents triangle design.

Call it the Officer's Model. :)

BEATLESFAN

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:18 AM

Ooo I like the sound of that. I thought of doing something "different" to this one, but in the end I'm just way too much of a traditionalist. Maybe I should grow a big black mustache...

PENNAUSAMIKE

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:32 PM

If you look at the pictures of mine, I used semi-gloss black and VERY lightly applied gold Rub-N-Buff on the raised edges.

I am hesitant to use any blueing or blackening agent on my Sidkit because blueing is a controlled rusting process,
which I'm afraid will degrade the metal over the long haul.

Mike

MAGHAFFAR

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 7:18 PM

On the subject of owning a Mal's gun, I thought, yeah, that would be cool,
but then I started looking at actual firing civil war replicas, and I ended up buying a Uberti
(the best manufacturer of them) 1858 Remington .44-cal.

Here's a good site for good quality working civil-war replicas at good prices:

http://www.fcsutler.com

This is where I bought my Uberti 1858 Remington -- the Millenium matte black finish.
Plus there's the conversion cylinder you can buy that lets you fire .45-cal Long-Colt "cowboy" ammunition.

FC Sutler also carries the gun used to make Jayne's gun -- a 9-shot LeMat (.44 cal)
with a shotgun barrel as well.

Another good site, especially for supplies without any hassles (as in percussion caps) is

http://www.dixiegunworks.com

There's nothing like taking the ol' browncoat & 1858 to the range
and watching people's reaction when you start shooting the black powder gun.
Most people have never seen one before in action. Plus it's a lot of fun.

Anyway, just my 2-cents if anyone wants to investigate further. Plus, anyone in the SoCal area
(Inland Empire / Chino specifically) who'd like to go shooting, drop me an email.

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