Tucker & Sherrard
From the many Posts on Forums that I have seen, it seems that the replica Confederate revolvers have more interest than the run of the meal Colt replicas. Most of these, with the exception of the Schneider & Glassick and the Griswold & Gunnison, were made in fewer numbers. There was only fifty Uberti .36cal. Dance revolvers ever made. I have only seen two of these show up for sale in 17yrs of collecting. They were serial #3 & 4. Of course I bought these. There were only forty-four Uberti Texas Commemorative .36cal. Dance sets. There are six finished frames and cylinders out there to round this off to fifty sets. Six barrel were returned to Uberti because the markings on the barrels were unfinished. Never returned. Known sale of one of the Commemorative sets was over $3000.
The Pietta Dance revolvers are a story of their own. Fewer than thirty five .36cal. produced that are marked Dance Firearms Co. Angelton, Texas. There were four .44cal Dance made serial #48, 49, 50, & 51. Don't look for any of these, RPRCA already owns all four. RPRCA also owns thirteen of the thirty five .36cal revolvers. Pietta delivered another 75+- .36cal Dance but they are marked Pietta. A one showed up on Gun Broker several years back. A few are these are still available but they sale for around $1000
The Pietta .44cal were first made with rebated cylinders and later changed to a straight cylinder, shorter in length with an 8" barrel instead of the 7 1/2".
If you ever see one of these 7 1/2" barrel, rebated cylinder in .44cal, you better buy it. Just over 100 of these were sold before the change to the current 8" barrel with straight cylinder.
The low serial numbered Navy Arms Griswold & Gunnison revolvers that have the GU intials on the right side of the barrel flat above the wedge are very collectable and are bringing $400+. The Schneider & Glassick seems to be the most common with the plain unengraved cylinder being the most desirable for historical accuracy. The same is true for the Griswold & Gunnison.
Who says replica percussion revolvers aren't collectable. As shooting wanes, collecting grows.
. You can still get the Dance and Starr. Is it because they sell in lesser numbers therefore command a higher used price?
