Any info on a Navy Arms pistol

[chef50]

Not exactly sure what I have here. It's a .44 cal from Navy Arms.

 

[hrt4me]

brass frame, .44 caliber, copy of Colt 1860 Army

 

[Loyalist Dave]

brass frame, .44 caliber, copy of Colt 1851 Navy

I think it's a brass framed copy of the 1860..., due to the round barrel. Don't the brass framed copies of 1851 Navy Colts have octagonal barrels? My Pietta "Confederate Navy .44's" do. Some call them fantasy revolvers (In truth the CSA never had such)

LD

 

[Phil Coffins]

Something like a Griswold and Gunnison but in 44 rather then a proper 36 calibre. Maybe started out as kit.
Its missing the wedge screw.

 

[chef50]

Closest I can find is a copy of a George Todd pistol made in Texas back in the war.

 

[chef50]

Wedge screw is on my desk.

 

[hawkeye2]

Fantasy gun, what Phil Coffins said. Made by Pietta many many years ago.

 

[William Lincoln]

Navy Arms imported early in the Replica arms movement. The demand
was high, so production was high with moderate dedication to
accuracy. Still this is a great looking piece.

 

[OldRust]

Chef50,

Nice looking revolver. I believe Navy Arms interpretation of a Confederate CW revolver. See the attached page from a 1975 Navy Arms catalog,
I believe you may have "B"

Thanks
O.R.

 

[Whitworth]

Resembles a Griswold and Gunnison Confederate revolver but in .44. Nice aging job, looks good.

 

[toot]

brass frame, .44 caliber, copy of Colt 1860 Navy

1851 NAVY! not an 1860 ARMY!

 

[chef50]

Thanks for all the very very useful info!!! I'll load up a few half loads and check it out, I'm not the original owner so I'll start out on the side of caution. Thanks again! Steve in Tenn.

 

[chef50]

One last question is there a recommended gap measurement between the cylinder and the throat of the barrel?

 

[Phil Coffins]

.002” to .003” with the cylinder held back. Others will tell you .006” to .010” but that causes fouling on the arbor.

 

[Grenadier1758]

My Navy Arms brass framed Colt copy of 36 caliber has a round barrel it was marketed in the 1960's as the "Reb" model. The steel framed model was the "Yank". Octagon barrel in steel frame.

 

[chef50]

Not exactly sure what I have here. It's a .44 cal from Navy Arms.

Any interested buyers in the audience??

 

[hawkeye2]

I think it's an indication of the concern for historical accuracy from back in the 60s and 70s that every revolver in the catalog photo is based on a 51 Navy, with the exception of the Spiller & Burr, and the corresponding description calls two of them 60 Armys.

 

[Cullen Bohannon]

Any interested buyers in the audience??

Sure.