Jesse James pistol

[SigP6Carry]

my first thought was "didn't he use Schofields in his later years?" and my second thought was "he was a confederate soldier, so he more pragmatically used .36 C&P revolvers based on the 1851 design."

Then I saw the picture, and the cylinder is clearly one piece with the recoil sheild, it looks like a stage prop.

 

[Scorch]

That handgun is a non-firing replica of a Griswold & Gunnison, and is missing the loading lever.

Look about 1/2 way down this page
http://gunsofold.com/civilwar_pistols.html

 

[SigP6Carry]

yeah, but the guns on that page are the spanish made metal replicas. Most of them have the really weird cylinder locks (is that what they're called?)
The Gris & Gun looked much more like a Colt than that thing does.
http://www.civilwarpreservations.com/newmus85.html

 

[Fingers McGee]

That handgun is a non-firing replica of a Griswold & Gunnison, and is missing the loading lever.

Look about 1/2 way down this page
http://gunsofold.com/civilwar_pistols.html

That's persactly what it is.

FM

 

[sundance44s]

Jesse James was quite the collector of pistols ...I remember reading after his death his mother was seen buying up alot of 2 dollar pistols at the local hardware store and swearing they were her sons when she would sell them to the turist that would come by .
The lady knew how to make a buck ...

 

[30-30remchester]

From what I can see I have to agree with a few others in as this is a fake revolver. There is a cottage industry that builts fake firearms slightly resembleing original, and use them in shadow box displays. This is what this appears to be.