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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

Dance Brothers and Spiller & Burr Black Powder Revolvers

With most of the major arms manufacturers situated in the Northern states when the South seceded from the union, the Confederacy was at a distinct disadvantage in terms of arms procurement at the outbreak of the U.S. Civil war. Urgent requisitions for firearms were issued by the new government, which resulted in anything that could shoot - from obsolete flintlocks to new weapons seized from federal arsenals and everything in between - being pressed into service. It quickly became apparent that the South would have to manufacture its own weapons to prevent shortages.

1862 Dance Brothers Revolver

J.H. Dance and Company, a wood and metal shop specializing in the manufacture of cotton gins and grist mills, answered the Confederacy's call for arms by producing a revolver patterned after the Colt Dragoon. Though their distinctive revolver (easily recognizable due to its flat-sided steel frame devoid of the semi-circular recoil shields behind the cylinder on all Colts) was reportedly of excellent quality and reliability, no more than 500 were made before the end of the war. To this day the Dance Bros. revolver remains one of the most valuable and highly sought after Civil War pistols: an original in VG condition will easily fetch upwards of $50,000.00 USD.

1862 Spiller & Burr Revolver

Lieutenant Colonel James H. Burton, together with wealthy Virginia investors Edward N. Spiller and David J. Burr, also answered the Confederacy's call for the manufacture of weapons. Though the Confederate army had officially adopted and contracted for the production of copies of Colt's 1851 Navy revolver (please visit our 1851 Navy page for our extesive selection) Col. Burton chose to copy the solid frame design by Eli Whitney Jr. which he felt was superior to the Colt Navy. Shortages in materials, work force, and having the factory moved to keep it from falling into enemy hands meant less than 1,500 of the brass framed Spiller & Burr revolvers were produced before the war ended.

Now you can own an excellent reproduction of these rare Confederate revolvers at very modest prices. Pietta's percussion revolvers are produced using the latest computer-controlled CNC machinery for maximum consistency before being individually hand assembled, fitted, and finished by European craftsmen.

	1862 Dance Brothers .44 w. Walnut Grips (steel) 1862 Dance Bros. steel frame single action black powder revolver in .44 calibre with brass backstrap and trigger guard, European walnut grips, and 8" round barrel.
PT-DAN44	(sold out) $339.00
	1862 Spiller & Burr .36 w. Walnut Grips (brass) 1862 Spiller and Burr brass frame single action black powder revolver in .36 calibre with brass backstrap and trigger guard, European walnut grips, and 6.5" octagonal barrel.
PT-SPB36	(sold out) $269.00