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Black Powder Accessories

We now offer a wide selection of accessories for muzzleloading firearms enthusiasts. Powder flasks, powder measures, tools, spare parts, and more for flint and percussion arms.

• Black Powder Accessories

New Pietta Shipment!

We've just received a large shipment of Pietta 1873 Peacemaker and Pietta black powder revolvers! Our new offerings include the following:

• - 1851 Navy Models
• - 1860 Army Models
• - 1862 Sheriff's
• - 1858 New Models
• - 1873 Peacemakers

Quick Facts

• - Pietta has been making firearms for over 40 years
• - All Pietta revolvers are hand-fitted and hand finished
• - Pietta make revolvers for several well-known U.S. brands
• - All Pietta products are backed by a one year warranty
• - Marstar is Pietta's authorized Canadian distributor

Starr Model 1858 Double Action Black Powder Revolver

The Starr revolver was a revolutionary design well ahead of its time. Named after its inventor, Ebanezer Townsend Starr, the Starr percussion revolver featured a unique trigger which, unlike the double action revolvers designed much later, only served to rotate the cylinder and cock the hammer. Once this was accomplished, the trigger pressed a second actuator located at the rear of the trigger guard - thereby cocking and firing the revolver with a single pull of the trigger.

The Starr double action (or 'self-cocking') revolver also featured a then unique hinged frame which permitted the cylinder to be changed, made fitting percussion caps easier, and also facilitated cleaning. Though the Starr revolvers were second only to the Remington New Model and Colt percussion revolvers in total number purchased by the U.S. military, its high production cost forced its inventor to produce a simplified single action model in 1863 and led to the Binghampton, NY-based firm's closure soon after the end of the U.S. Civil War and the resulting drop in demand for military sidearms. Superb though Eban Starr's revolvers were he could not compete with the likes of Colt, Remington, and Smith & Wesson.

Pietta's Starr Model 1858 Double Action revolvers are faithful reproductions of the originals, incorporating the increased safety of modern metallurgy, the unmatched consistency of computer controlled precision machining, and the irreplaceable old world craftsmanship of fitting and finishing every revolver by hand. We are proud to present the revolver which breathes new life into this innovative and historical design.

	Starr 1858 Double Action .44 Percussion (blued) Steel-framed black powder revolver in .44 percussion with European walnut grips. Double action design uncommon for its era (originals saw use in Civil War).
PT-STARRD-44	(in stock) $599.00