New Project - Hell on Wheels Griswold

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duelist1954

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I like the series "Hell on Wheels". I think it has improved a lot over the three seasons it's been on the air. Somethings they do with guns still drive me nuts, but they have gotten better since the first season.

One of the issues in the first season was the "Griswold" revolver that Anson Mount's character Cullen Bohannon carried. It was supposed to be a confederate Griswold and Gunnison revolver, but really it was a brass-framed 1860 Army revolver, which looks nothing like a real G&G.

From what I've read, they couldn't get a G&G replica for the pilot episode, so hey went with the 1860, and then they were stuck with it.

Anyway, I decided to put together a revolver that could be transformed from the Hell on Wheels Griswold to something that looks more like a real Griswold & Gunnison.

I had to compromise on caliber. Real G&Gs were all .36 caliber, and the Hell on Wheels Griswold is .44 caliber...an obvious problem. I decided to stick with .44 Caliber.

To do the project I picked up a .44 caliber brass-framed Navy:

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I had some junk 1860 Army parts in the parts box, and I had a .44 caliber G&G barrel, so here are the results:

Hell on Wheels Giswold:

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More correct looking Griswold & Gunnison:

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I have seen original CS revolvers, and it is interesting to compare them with the repros; the repros are a lot better made, of a whole lot better material. If the actual origin was unknown, I suspect most of the folks here would reject a real G&G or S&B as junk.

Jim
 
I've heard before the frames on the real ones were mostly bronze, not brass (taken from bronze bells or whatever was available). So the original frames have a more pinkish look (more cooper?). Bronze is harder and less malleable than brass and not as easy to stretch like the 100% brass frame repros do.
 
I've heard before the frames on the real ones were mostly bronze, not brass (taken from bronze bells or whatever was available). So the original frames have a more pinkish look (more cooper?). Bronze is harder and less malleable than brass and not as easy to stretch like the 100% brass frame repros do.
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Bronze with a high copper content called gun metal or red brass.
 
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