anyone familiar with U.S.-made stainless Colt reproductions?

[hrt4me]

purportedly made in Montana a few decades ago, but none of these have any markings on them at all...

 

[2 shots]

look very well made.. freedom arms? north american arms? very nice

 

[Stantheman86]

look very well made.. freedom arms? north american arms? very nice

These do just jump out as having that Freedom Arms look to them

 

[hrt4me]

These do just jump out as having that Freedom Arms look to them

would any commercial entity not have labeled and serialized them?

 

[SDSmlf]

These do just jump out as having that Freedom Arms look to them

They do have that look. Corresponded with and spoke with **** Casull a number of times. I believe I still have a number of FA catalogs in a folder, I will have to check, but without a serial number on it, I have doubts…. I still carry one of his five shooters when I absolutely want to be able to punch a hole in a nasty critter, but not a topic for here. For what it’s worth, the FA guns I have owned all had actions that functioned like a solid bank vault door. How does this particular gun’s action feel?

 

[Blackpowderwarrior]

Ya know.... Stainless looks good on a 1851 navy!

 

[hrt4me]

The current owner of these 8 stainless Colt reproductions bought them individually via auction, and he believes an individual in Montana had manufactured each one from billets of stainless steel, but there was no provenance.

I wonder if there was ever a stainless 1860 and/or 1862 to complete this set...?

 

[CyrusP]

That cutaway model is fantastic! I love cutaways.

 

[Zulch]

Beautifully made for sure. Thank you for sharing hrt4me

 

[XVIIc Wheelock]

Kinda sorta looks like this one...G-e-n-u-i-n-e ! Purchased new many, many decades ago...unfired...a real beauty!!

 

[user 48679]

They look like cutaway salesman samples or demonstration models to me.

Pretty, and cool !

 

[Willy]

Kinda sorta looks like this one...G-e-n-u-i-n-e ! Purchased new many, many decades ago...unfired...a real beauty!!

I bought one like that unfired new in the early 80s in Texarkana. (It didn't stay unfired long) But I seem to remember mine being Euroarms. I messed around and let a buddy talk me out of it, thinking I'd eventually find another one. These are first pics of one I've seen since let alone one for sale.

 

[hrt4me]

Well, mystery solved, definitely *NOT* Freedom Arms (nor Euroarms)!

These beauties were made by the late Master Machinist Glen Marose of Missoula, Montana. Based on that info from @Seth I., I am now able to find a few other past auctions featuring his work, such as:

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-...of-reproduction-colt-revolv-2113-c-bcf4a1d9f0

These twenty-three guns were made by Master Machinist Glen Marose of Missoula, Montana. Mr. Marose made facsimile Colts in the highest quality that were never numbered, marked nor finished, but are exact near copies of the patterns he made such as these. Mr. Marose was born in 1936 and started making guns in the 1950s. He supplied facsimile Colt parts for many years from the 1960s through the 1990s to several parts companies. His facsimiles are among the very best made, and many have been finished and sold as originals.

* that lot sold for ~$35k four years ago

 

[hrt4me]

And:

https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/lot-451239.aspx

 

[hrt4me]

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/en-gb/item/65566914_a-lot-of-2-reproduction-colt-a-1860-thuer-and-m

 

[hrt4me]

https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?inventoryid=451235

 

[hrt4me]

https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/lot-451233.aspx

 

[hrt4me]

https://auctions.morphyauctions.com/lot-451243.aspx

 

[Stantheman86]

They do have that look. Corresponded with and spoke with **** Casull a number of times. I believe I still have a number of FA catalogs in a folder, I will have to check, but without a serial number on it, I have doubts…. I still carry one of his five shooters when I absolutely want to be able to punch a hole in a nasty critter, but not a topic for here. For what it’s worth, the FA guns I have owned all had actions that functioned like a solid bank vault door. How does this particular gun’s action feel?

I also carry an NAA little 5-shot .22 "unmentionable" almost daily

I've never seen the percussion NAA Mini talked about here.

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

I also carry an NAA little 5-shot .22 "unmentionable" almost daily

I've never seen the percussion NAA Mini talked about here.

I've had a couple of the percussion revolvers. They are well made and very functional. Dan