What revolver do I have?
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Prob. Colt copy maybe with that round bbl. maybe a Griswold and Gunnison or maybe a Dance and Brothers don't know for sure the picture is comming thru kinda cloudy on my screen (old computer)
someone will jump in here and give a good discription soon, but it does look like it's a 44 cal.
someone will jump in here and give a good discription soon, but it does look like it's a 44 cal.
Looks like a Pietta grip. One of those not so historically accurate reproductions from Italy. Griswald and Gunnison revolvers had round barrels but I think they were .36 cal only but I could be wrong. I have one that looks just like it and I think they called it an 1860 Confederate or something like that.
Don
Don
Agree with Don, grip looks like a Pietta (lots of flare on the bottom). Chef has the Navy Arms model correct. A lot of these were box labeled " Reb 60 ".
An earlier Navy Arms of the same model would likely be made by Uberti.
You can further identify and date your Navy Arms revolver with this excellent reference:
http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/236956/
An earlier Navy Arms of the same model would likely be made by Uberti.
You can further identify and date your Navy Arms revolver with this excellent reference:
http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/236956/
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The gun is based on a Confederate pistol although the caliber is not typical of the Confederate pistols of this size.
The Confederates specified that the gun companies that wished to make Cap & Ball revolvers for them should use the .36 caliber Colt "1851 Navy" pistol as the model to copy.
To simplify production, the Colts octagon barrel was often (but not always) made round by the Confederate companies.
Also, due to the need for iron and steel in the South for other tools of war, brass was often substituted for the Colts iron frame.
The caliber of the pistol in the photos is the creation of the Italian companies who felt that a .44 caliber gun would be more attractive to buyers in the US so they cut the clearance for the larger area of the cylinder (the rebated or stepped area) in the frame and installed what basically is a cylinder for the Colt 1860 Army .44 caliber pistol.
These brass framed guns are safe to shoot but it is advisable to use fairly light powder loads.
A load of 18-23 grains of 2Fg, 3Fg black powder or Pyrodex RS or P or some triple 7 powder will work well.
The Confederates specified that the gun companies that wished to make Cap & Ball revolvers for them should use the .36 caliber Colt "1851 Navy" pistol as the model to copy.
To simplify production, the Colts octagon barrel was often (but not always) made round by the Confederate companies.
Also, due to the need for iron and steel in the South for other tools of war, brass was often substituted for the Colts iron frame.
The caliber of the pistol in the photos is the creation of the Italian companies who felt that a .44 caliber gun would be more attractive to buyers in the US so they cut the clearance for the larger area of the cylinder (the rebated or stepped area) in the frame and installed what basically is a cylinder for the Colt 1860 Army .44 caliber pistol.
These brass framed guns are safe to shoot but it is advisable to use fairly light powder loads.
A load of 18-23 grains of 2Fg, 3Fg black powder or Pyrodex RS or P or some triple 7 powder will work well.
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Yep. Pietta G&G in the non-historically correct .44 version.
A very nice gun, in my opinion.
A very nice gun, in my opinion.
My chart has the As starting with 1975(AA) and ending 1990(AZ)they skipped a few letters over the yrs for some reason so there are only 16 A series. My chart starts with X being 1954 and stops with CD being 2009. Was told it pertains to Pietta and any Italian made but who knows for sure. I have a remington new army with BI and it was told to be a 1997 and that matches the list.
