Need too id a revoler
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the rifleer
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It looks like an 1860 colt to me. 
bedbugbilly
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It's a brass framed "repro" like others pointed out. It's hard to tell who mfg. it as over the years, there have been several that reproduced the "60 Army with a brass framed. What would help further to possibly identify the maker is if you could give some close up photos of any of the markings on the frame, barrel, etc. Then it might be easier for someone to pin down the mfg. of it. Thanks!
junkman_01
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It looks like a '61 NAVY to me because the cylinder is not rebated, the grip is the short '51 grip and the chamber walls are too thick for a .44!
I am picking nits here but......
I think this revolver does not have a historical prototype (that I am aware of..please correct me if I am wrong) therefore it is a stretch to call it an "1861 Navy" unless we purposely leave out the word, "Colt" even though "Colts Patent" is stamped on the port side. (I use the word "Port" instead of "Left" because we think it is in Navy caliber.) Certainly if it is a .36 which we believe it is, it is "Navy" caliber and certainly it has many common features with an 1861 Colt but the most glaring difference is the brass frame. As it has no basis in history, we might just as well leave out the year as well.
Nearly everyone who posted, referenced this and so I am not claiming a new addition to the thread. Not trying to say that I caught something that no one else caught. There are many folks on the forum who are far better informed about the history of these revolvers than I am. I am just being argumentative.
Lets talk about pistols which do have a place in history. The G&G, S&G, and L&R are not (to my knowledge) refered to by any specific year except in the Cabela's catalog when addressing pistols which look like the G&G and S&G. Did the manufacturers refer to these revolvers as 1851s because they had copied the design of the 1851 Colt? Did they refer to the revolvers by their first production year or company design year? Or did they simply call them by a name and not a year at all?
If we call the revolver referenced in the OPs question, an 1861 Navy on the strength of the argument that it closely resembles an 1861 Colt Navy, then we might as easily call it a G&G because it has a brass frame that looks like the G&G brass frame and is in .36 caliber. I have several pistols which have very long names. ("Pistol that looks like an 1860 Colt but has a brass frame" or "Pistol that looks like a G&G except that it is .44 caliber.")
When I started accumulating BP revolvers I was not in the least bit interested in historical accuracy. In point of fact I probably have not changed much in the feeling. But it does bother me when manufacturers cobble together pieces of this and pieces of that and then infer some connection with an actual piece. In cases where there was aprototype, call it by its correct name.
Now having said this, let me hasten to add that probably half of my revolvers are not even close to historically accurate. And I don't know the real names of the other half.
Perhaps I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.
I think this revolver does not have a historical prototype (that I am aware of..please correct me if I am wrong) therefore it is a stretch to call it an "1861 Navy" unless we purposely leave out the word, "Colt" even though "Colts Patent" is stamped on the port side. (I use the word "Port" instead of "Left" because we think it is in Navy caliber.) Certainly if it is a .36 which we believe it is, it is "Navy" caliber and certainly it has many common features with an 1861 Colt but the most glaring difference is the brass frame. As it has no basis in history, we might just as well leave out the year as well.
Nearly everyone who posted, referenced this and so I am not claiming a new addition to the thread. Not trying to say that I caught something that no one else caught. There are many folks on the forum who are far better informed about the history of these revolvers than I am. I am just being argumentative.
Lets talk about pistols which do have a place in history. The G&G, S&G, and L&R are not (to my knowledge) refered to by any specific year except in the Cabela's catalog when addressing pistols which look like the G&G and S&G. Did the manufacturers refer to these revolvers as 1851s because they had copied the design of the 1851 Colt? Did they refer to the revolvers by their first production year or company design year? Or did they simply call them by a name and not a year at all?
If we call the revolver referenced in the OPs question, an 1861 Navy on the strength of the argument that it closely resembles an 1861 Colt Navy, then we might as easily call it a G&G because it has a brass frame that looks like the G&G brass frame and is in .36 caliber. I have several pistols which have very long names. ("Pistol that looks like an 1860 Colt but has a brass frame" or "Pistol that looks like a G&G except that it is .44 caliber.")
When I started accumulating BP revolvers I was not in the least bit interested in historical accuracy. In point of fact I probably have not changed much in the feeling. But it does bother me when manufacturers cobble together pieces of this and pieces of that and then infer some connection with an actual piece. In cases where there was aprototype, call it by its correct name.
Now having said this, let me hasten to add that probably half of my revolvers are not even close to historically accurate. And I don't know the real names of the other half.
Perhaps I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.
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There were alot of prototypes out there that never made it into production. I went to the Colt Collection at the Hartford, Ct State Library a few years ago and they had several unusual prototypes - Dragoons with topstraps, a .44 "Army" with the hinged loading lever of the 1851 .36, etc. Maybe Colt experimented with brass framed guns that he never produced. My theory is - if it shoots, and it's safe, then it's fun.
Check this out: (I know it's not Colt-made but it's still interesting)
Check this out: (I know it's not Colt-made but it's still interesting)
madcratebuilder
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That's a very interesting brass frame 61 navy clone. The "Colt's Patient" on the frame is not a common stamp mark on clones. I can't make out the stamp mark on the grip panel.
How about more photo's. Is it for sale?
How about more photo's. Is it for sale?
