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replica arms inc marietta ohio 1851 navy pocket pistol is what this guy has thinking of buying it. Wondering what it’s worth.
Uberti is the only one making them now and they aren't cheap. The one you are looking at probably isn't the equal of a Uberti but condition and want are the determining factor.
That is not a pocket navy. First Pocket Navys are not 1851 Navys, 2. Pocket Navys are .36 caliber and not .31. The pocket navy was built on the .31 1849 frame with a rebated cylinder (like the '60 Army) and a .36 barrel. What you have posted a picture of is an 1849 .31 caliber pistol. These are quite common used and not a premium item. I have 2 .31s marked Replica Arms, they were made by Army San Marco and are nothing special but are serviceable. As I remember I gave a friend $85 for one years ago and the other one was maybe $125 2 or 3 years ago but both are in extremely good condition. If it was very good and functions properly I wouldn't go over $125 but that's just me. Actually the reason I got the 2nd. ($125) one was it's a Wells Fargo (no loading lever) with a 6" barrel which is quite rare.
Got one with a 6" barrel, .310 bore diameter, .320 groove diameter, .310 chambers ...
and a .320 fluted reamer for when I get around to it.
Oh, and a .323 round ball mold too.
Just sold one (ASM .31 cal - ) for $150 - one issue - it was unfired but had been dry fired repeatedly resulting in nipple damage. I found the threads on the early ASM guns were M5.5x1 and all the replicas now are M5.5x.9 - there were no nipples anywhere that would fit that gun.
Jim, please create a separate thread about parts changing and keep talking! I too have scrounged and aborted and frankensteined various c&b revolvers, and find the exercise a fascinating subject. I'll share a couple of horror stories if you will! BTW, I once owned a 6' model like the one pictured above, it had curly walnut grips; it was my first c&b and I was 17 when I got it. Two years later, I had to hitch-hike to Georgia from Texas to work on a farm and left the Colt in the care of my father Charlie. Well, he got dry and sold it for some Old Forester and so it was gone forever. But it instilled a love of C&B revolvers that lasts to this day.Yes, and ASM usually created historically correct guns, unlike the Pietta revolvers these days. I am not sorry I sold it and the 1851 Navy .36 variants (to include Confederate "copies") fit my hand so much better. I have 9 of them, all Piettas, but Pietta only marketed 3 of them. As a dedicated parts changer, the rest were created using parts from VTI using Pietta 1851 Navies as a base.
Sorry, I am off topic and will cease and desist.
Regards,
Jim
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