Is there any historical basis for this revolver?

There were some confederate-made guns that did use brass, owing to the general shortage of steel in the south, and limited manufacturing capability. But I don't think there were any made like this one.
 
I've researched and asked a similar question here before, so I'll supply the answer. There were no 1851 Navy pistols produced in .44 caliber....only .36. That's proably the biggest ding.

And, as pointed out, there were brass framed pistols produced in the South because of steel supplies, but I doubt that there were any produced in that barrel length. While I'm fairly certain that Colt made some "Sheriff" length barrels (and pocket pistols in .31 caliber), I don't think you'd have had the combination of shorter barrel in brass frame produced in the South during the CW.

Hope this helps.
 
No 51 Navies in .44, no brass frame .44's, no short barreled 51's that I'm aware of. There may have been some cut off later but I don't think Colt offered the option.
 
rjwolfe691 said:
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It is a total Italian fantasy gun. As Hawg said, there were no:

- .44 caliber navies
- .44 caliber brass framed guns
- short barreled '51s

The only brass framed Colt style revolver made in the south was the Griswold and Gunnison and it has a round barrel. Some include the Schneider and Glassick; but it was never put into production or bought by the Confederacy

There is an example of a short barreled, iron framed, round barreled CH Rigdon in .36 caliber; and, you could special order Colts with barrel lengths other than 7 1/2 inches (and I'm not sure if that applied to the C&Bs or just the SAAs); but most examples of short barreled '51s are gunsmith modified models.

But.................. don't let any of this dissuade you from getting one if you like it's looks and feel. I've got a couple steel framed .44 Navy Marshalls models that are fun to shoot.
 
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In a word, No. None. Zilch. Nada. Zip. Zero. Nyet.

Sam Colt was a businessman. He would make any barrel length you wanted to pay for, but his production line produced no 5 1/2" barrel 1851 Navies.
 
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