50cal.cliff
58 Cal.
Isn't that always the question what is it and what's it worth?
I was over to an old friends house last night and he told me he had something to show me and asked me if I could tell him anything about it?
I knew that they had recently returned from a trip up to Michigan to his wife's mothers place. They were bringing back some furniture that had belonged to his wife's Dad who had recently passed from cancer!
This is what he pulled out of a box.
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This picture show what I believe is the Uberti mark!
I almost cut it out of the pic but at the top you can see the 44Cal. stamp.
On the bottom of the brass trigger guard is stamped a serial number. It is either a "T" or an "R" but, I believe it is a "T", the number is T5527.
I told him after looking at these markings, that the first mark which looks like a shield that it was a proof mark for the gun, and I explained what it meant to proof a gun. There is another proof mark somewhere on the gun as I remember seeing it, even though it doesn't show up in the pictures. It was either on the cylinder or the barrel but I can't remember right at the moment!
The second mark is a somewhat circular mark,although it is not a circle, as it has serrated edges, (for lack of a better explanation, as I could not really make out what it was) and has PN under it.
It is followed up by XXVI. I told him I was unsure what the last two markings meant but figured it had something to do with the manufacturing date or the model. However I wasn't for sure but, I knew some guys who could probably tell me all about it!
I told him as much as I could about it and that I was not extremely keen on black powder pistols,but I though it was Uberti replica black powder gun, 44cal.
He said that his wife's Dad had had it for some time as my friend's wife remembered going out behind the barn to shoot it, as a kid.
Her Dad was a dairy farmer and of German descent.There is an area in that part Michigan were she is from that most folks are pretty much from German decent.
My buddy's father in law's wife, (his mother in law) was born and raised in that area and when his father in law and mother in law were first married his mother in law spoke no English at all, just German. Her husband taught her English after they were married as he was German but had been brought up speaking English!
His mother in law is still alive and still today has a heavy German accent as well as the Michigan brogue. I have meant her before a couple of times and I have to listen really close to understand what she is saying!
Back to the pistol. I can tell you this much, it is 44 cal. as it is stamped on the side of it.
What model it was and how old it was I wasn't sure. And then of course he asked how much is it worth?
I told him I was unsure but I knew where to go to ask and get the info for him. So here I am guys! enlighten me so I can pass the info to my friend.
Oh, and this is the one he is most intrigued with but he has got another that actually intrigues me more.............. It is a flint lock replica but that is for another post as I don't have pics of it yet.
OH, on a funny side note. I was explaining how the pistol was loaded and about coating the end of the cylinder with grease to prevent a chain fire.
He turns to his wife and says, "you know that circular can that was in that box and I thought was some kind of boot polish or water treatment, I know what it was for now"! :wink:
I was over to an old friends house last night and he told me he had something to show me and asked me if I could tell him anything about it?
I knew that they had recently returned from a trip up to Michigan to his wife's mothers place. They were bringing back some furniture that had belonged to his wife's Dad who had recently passed from cancer!
This is what he pulled out of a box.
This picture show what I believe is the Uberti mark!
I almost cut it out of the pic but at the top you can see the 44Cal. stamp.
On the bottom of the brass trigger guard is stamped a serial number. It is either a "T" or an "R" but, I believe it is a "T", the number is T5527.
I told him after looking at these markings, that the first mark which looks like a shield that it was a proof mark for the gun, and I explained what it meant to proof a gun. There is another proof mark somewhere on the gun as I remember seeing it, even though it doesn't show up in the pictures. It was either on the cylinder or the barrel but I can't remember right at the moment!
The second mark is a somewhat circular mark,although it is not a circle, as it has serrated edges, (for lack of a better explanation, as I could not really make out what it was) and has PN under it.
It is followed up by XXVI. I told him I was unsure what the last two markings meant but figured it had something to do with the manufacturing date or the model. However I wasn't for sure but, I knew some guys who could probably tell me all about it!
I told him as much as I could about it and that I was not extremely keen on black powder pistols,but I though it was Uberti replica black powder gun, 44cal.
He said that his wife's Dad had had it for some time as my friend's wife remembered going out behind the barn to shoot it, as a kid.
Her Dad was a dairy farmer and of German descent.There is an area in that part Michigan were she is from that most folks are pretty much from German decent.
My buddy's father in law's wife, (his mother in law) was born and raised in that area and when his father in law and mother in law were first married his mother in law spoke no English at all, just German. Her husband taught her English after they were married as he was German but had been brought up speaking English!
His mother in law is still alive and still today has a heavy German accent as well as the Michigan brogue. I have meant her before a couple of times and I have to listen really close to understand what she is saying!
Back to the pistol. I can tell you this much, it is 44 cal. as it is stamped on the side of it.
What model it was and how old it was I wasn't sure. And then of course he asked how much is it worth?
I told him I was unsure but I knew where to go to ask and get the info for him. So here I am guys! enlighten me so I can pass the info to my friend.
Oh, and this is the one he is most intrigued with but he has got another that actually intrigues me more.............. It is a flint lock replica but that is for another post as I don't have pics of it yet.
OH, on a funny side note. I was explaining how the pistol was loaded and about coating the end of the cylinder with grease to prevent a chain fire.
He turns to his wife and says, "you know that circular can that was in that box and I thought was some kind of boot polish or water treatment, I know what it was for now"! :wink:
