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I have a couple BP guns a friend wants to try to sell. One is an older Pietta Remington. It's missing the dove tail front sight, a heavy mainspring and has a longer two piece grip. I don't know if the grip was on it bought or was hand made.
If any of you might know how/if it's older, I'd appreciate it.

The other gun is a brass framed 1851 .44 Pietta.
 

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There should be date codes on them that will tell you how old they are. Codes will be either a roman numeral or two letters in a box.

Pictures or description of all makings will also help.
 
Don't know about the Remmy .44 repro as I am not into them.

It would be nice to know the date code on the right side of the frame of the Pietta Navy brasser, as well as proof marks. Kit guns will normally not have these. The .44 guns are not anywhere near historically correct, but if there are any importer stampings (Navy Arms, EIG, et al,) that might hold some interest for some niche collectors that might add to value.

Guns like that sell all day long NIB/LNIB for $150 or less on places like GunBroker, and as little as $60 for a well-used pistol.

This is what I use to upload images. Free and easy peasy.

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Good luck in your endeavors.

Jim
 
Pics up, no marks other than black powder only, and PN, on the right side barrel. 881 under the loader lever and serial number on the bottom of the grip frame.
(on the remmy)
BI (1997) on the brass framed gun
 
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How do you know the remmi is a Pietta??

If it is then its been defarbed... Or youd see that billboard of theirs across the barrel... Hell, Im pretty sure you can see them from SPACE! LOL

Yeah.. Pietta doesnt MAKE a dovetail front sight.. Uberti does, but they are also done by gunsmiths and home hobbyists a lot. Either way Im pretty sure those are custom grips.
 
The grips are homemade. The loading lever, catch and cylinder are all replacements. The dovetails for the sight and catch didn't come on the gun.
 
Ok, cool, just figured PN might be pietta. Well, if y’all know anyone wanting another gun or two, send them my way!

Thanks!
 
The grips are homemade. The loading lever, catch and cylinder are all replacements. The dovetails for the sight and catch didn't come on the gun.
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You're right about the grips. Dovetails may have come on the gun if it was imported by Euroarms, or is an Armi San Paolo.
 
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You're right about the grips. Dovetails may have come on the gun if it was imported by Euroarms, or is an Armi San Paolo.
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I was going by what he said in his first post that it was a Pietta. It could also be a Uberti and ASP is Euroarms. Euroarms was a manufacturer not an importer.
 
Euroarms was a manufacturer not an importer.
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Euroarms was a manufacturer, and an importer (Euroarms of America).


ASP is Euroarms.
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Not really. ASP closed their doors, and Euroarms bought their assets (Euroarms was already selling long guns I think). Same thing happened when Euroarms quit and Pedersoli bought their assets. I wouldn't say "Euroarms is Pedersoli" though. It's possible that an ASP revolver is the same as a Euroarms revolver regarding dimensions and such, if that's what you meant. Anyway, my bet the gun came here under the ASP or Euroarms label. Never seen a defarbed Uberti that didn't still have the text stamped under the loading lever.
 
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You wont have to tear it apart. It will be on the outside somewhere. Maybe under the loading lever close to the frame.
 
Or under the cylinder pin right under the "wings" where the barrel meets the frame. I've seen the overlapping DGG of the early ASPs.
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Double stamp Pietta FAP from 76.

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Double stamp Pietta FAP from 76.
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Hawg, I am going to go off topic here for a minute.

I used to be an avid collector of error cent coins, and your pic instantly reminded me of a 1955 doubled-die cent. Of course it was produced in a different manner, but the image is priceless, sir!

My SIL has expressed a very high interest in error coins, so I gave her a book on the subject and 30 different error cent coins for Christmas.

Sorry for the interruption. Back to our regularly scheduled program...
 
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