Pietta Vs Centaur

[Bad Karma]

I have a C series 1851 that does seem a little better fitted.

THEY DID SOME NICE WORK…

My F series Dragoon and Pocket Navy are Ubertis and if not for the Colt stamp , no one would know the difference

If USFA had made percussion Colts they would have blown everything else out of the water.

THAT’S A FACT. INSTEAD… WE GAT A ZIP GUN…

As far as Centaures, how did the Colt machinery that was lost in the 1863 fire make it to Belgium and used in 1959 to make Colt 1860's?

A QUESTION I’VE NEVER HEARD ANSWERED TO MY SATISFACTION…

 

[Long Johns Wolf]

If memory serves and as far as it concernes the eastern side of the Big Pond this little story of the "Centaures were produced on original Colt machinery" goes back to a paper published in German gun journal DWJ in 1973 by two gun scribes E. Modrau & H.S. Stavenhagen.
The title was CENTAURE COLT - EINE REPLIKA, DIE KEINE IST (Centaure Colt - a replica that is not a replica).
The simple fact is, however, these two gentlemen either did not properly make their homework back then ... or they tried to make fun of all of us ... 50 years later.
Because no Colt machinery from the 1860s survived long enough to make it into the 20th century.
No Centaures were manufactured in Belgium between 1959 and 1973 on old Colt machinery, Fabriques d'Ames Unies de Liège had their own machinery for that purpose.
Long Johns Wolf

 

[steak]

I have a 1862 Colt Pocket Navy . Were these made by Uberti and finished by Colt ?

 

[CaptainVane]

I have a 1862 Colt Pocket Navy . Were these made by Uberti and finished by Colt ?

Does it have a Uberti symbol? U in a squiggly square? Or more importantly a date code on frame by trigger, usually right side.

 

[Hawk54]

I have a 1862 Colt Pocket Navy . Were these made by Uberti and finished by Colt ?

I would post this question in a new thread in the pistol section and post a picture of both sides and the top of the barrel. Ask for help to identify the revolver. You are just attaching this to an older thread that is unrelated to your question so it probably won't get the attention and responses you are looking for.

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

I have a C series 1851 that does seem a little better fitted

My F series Dragoon and Pocket Navy are Ubertis and if not for the Colt stamp , no one would know the difference

If USFA had made percussion Colts they would have blown everything else out of the water

As far as Centaures, how did the Colt machinery that was lost in the 1863 fire make it to Belgium and used in 1959 to make Colt 1860's?

They were making "brevette" Colts in Belgium in period. They may have had the old machinery still on hand.

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

They are like the Santa Barbara 1858's. They're "better " but almost no one knows about them

The Spanish Remingtons are definitely a cut above the Italian guns. Fit and finish is far better and they are very close to the originals in appearance. The Santa Barbaras also are made from modern ordnance steel. These old revolvers have won many contests in Europe yet are almost entirely unknown here.

 

[Bad Karma]

They were making "brevette" Colts in Belgium in period. They may have had the old machinery still on hand.

But they didn’t. The FROCS website dedicated to the Centaure revolver has pretty throughly debunked this one.