Gun Show not sure what I got

The problem with hanging theives in AZ is you gotta find a tree first!!! at least that's the impression I got. LOL.

I'm back home in CA now so I'm laying low so as to not draw undue attention otherwise my state reps will be here to take it away! :mad:

The more I look at it, the more I think I want to keep it in the white. If I try to defarb it, It might lose the look and get all shinny... I dunno for sure we'll see how it progresses.

I have some internal slicking up and buffing out to do and some nipples to buy and the stock to finish up. Some uneven gaps that I think I can fix. Got some little tasks that should keep me busy for a little bit.

When I got back from the show our friends were asking about the "Anti's demontration" ... huh? I said. I guess it was all over the news but I never saw nobody.

There were a couple ammo sellers that had security guards to regulate the loooong lines to purchase ammo though :eek: I never saw that before.
 
I think you got a screaming deal!
I did an ASP (Armi San Paolo) '60 Army kit much like that one 25 years ago...it's still in my safe and one of my favorites today!:D
 
What a rip off! New ones only went for maybe $20... in the 1860's. I suppose they would have brought $26 easily enough in the California or Alaska gold fields at the time. ;)

Good find.
 
I don't suggest removing any markings. As it is, it is an honest repro. If markings are removed it will look like a piece of complete junk that someone has messed with and maybe tried to pass off as original.

Jim
 
Removing markings wont make it look like junk, not to most people anyway. A lot of people do it for personal satisfaction. Its not going to fool anybody unless new markings are added. I did it to one of mine and then rusted it up and smoothed it off. It looks like a 150 year old gun except it has no markings whatsoever. It wasn't done to fool anybody.
 
When new I guess they would have sold for $20 or so back in the day. What was that about a months pay? Probably more!

I'm going to get it up and working before I decide on defarbing. I like the old worn look and will likely leave it. There are some small issues with it so far.

The trigger isn't resetting and even though it looks well timed, the bolt has a nasty burr I'd like to take down.

The side of the frame has a few nasty scratches from a Ham-handed screwdriver operator, but that's cosmetic. I'm afraid once I get those scratches taken out I'll have a large shinny patch that will have to be dealt with.

I cleaned it while I had it tore down and have it a nice oil coat and put it all back together, for now.

I need to order some nipples next.
 
I was sharing my find on another forum I spend time on and someone is claiming I actually have a mix of parts. He says that CVA and ASM would never be on one gun.

It's my understanding that ASM made the gun and CVA marketed or sold it as a kit project.

Can anyone provide evidence that can set us straight one way or the other?
 
It's my understanding that ASM made the gun and CVA marketed or sold it as a kit project.
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That would be correct. CVA was nothing more than an importer and marketer. They sold guns that were made by ASM and other makers.
 
robhof

You done very good. I've got 4 ASM's and they all work fine, some needed some TLC to get right, but they all work fine now, for that price you can't go wrong, even if it were a wall hanger, but it looks shootable and that's great.:eek::D:D:rolleyes:
 
Beg to differ...

He says that CVA and ASM would never be on one gun.
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I have two revolvers very similar to OP 1860. They are brass frame rather than steel but before I went to work on them, the frame was marked with the CVA logo and the barrel had A.S.M. at about the "5 o'clock" position (Looking from behind the revolver.)
 
Its not unusual to see CVA and ASM on a gun but what really threw me for a loop was the first NIB ASM I saw with both CVA and Traditions logos on the frame.:eek::D
 
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