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| − | The Griswold & Gunnison Revolver is a very fine piece of work. They were one of quite a few Southern-made copies of the excellent .36 caliber Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver (originally known as the Colt Revolving Belt Pistol of Naval Caliber. Another fine gun.) I don't have an original but I do have two copies of the Griswold & Gunnison that I am really proud of. The first is a reproduction by High Standard. It was made in about 1972 (I can't quite remember. I'll have to check again to make sure). I inherited it from my grandfather along with several other guns. When I got the gun it was in beautiful condition (it had barely been taken out of the box, although grandpa did handle and fire it a few times and of course clean it real good) and it still is. I don't shoot it too often anymore since it was my late grandpa's prized possession and is also pretty rare, but I do shoot it on occasion (special occasions naturally), especially when I wear one of my Confederate outfits or uniforms | + | The Griswold & Gunnison Revolver is a very fine piece of work. They were one of quite a few Southern-made copies of the excellent .36 caliber Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver (originally known as the Colt Revolving Belt Pistol of Naval Caliber. Another fine gun.) I don't have an original but I do have two copies of the Griswold & Gunnison that I am really proud of. The first is a reproduction by High Standard. It was made in about 1972 (I can't quite remember. I'll have to check again to make sure). I inherited it from my grandfather along with several other guns. When I got the gun it was in beautiful condition (it had barely been taken out of the box, although grandpa did handle and fire it a few times and of course clean it real good) and it still is. I don't shoot it too often anymore since it was my late grandpa's prized possession and is also pretty rare, but I do shoot it on occasion (special occasions naturally), especially when I wear one of my Confederate outfits or uniforms. The other one I have is a reproduction by Pietta of Italy. It's not as high quality as the High Standard, but I shoot it on a regular basis and like it just as much as I do the High Standard reproduction. Aside from the Griswold & Gunnisons I have some more Brevete Colts such as a reproduction Schneider & Glassick imported by Hawes, a reproduction Leech & Rigdon by Uberti, an original Rigdon & Ansley that an old Civil War Reenactor friend of mine gave me from his personal collection before he died, four Pietta reproductions of the J.H. Dance & Bros. Revolvers in .44 caliber, a rare Uberti copy of an old Tucker & Sherrard (Southern revolver based on the Colt Model 1848 Dragoon Revolver with a few differences (if you ever see one of these in a Civil War movie it's an anachronism because, even though the Tucker & Sherrard revolvers were made during the civil war, the war ended before they could be issued and they were never sold or used until 1867)). I also have a Pietta copy of a Spiller & Burr revolver. A lot of people try to say that the Spiller & Burr is a cross between a Colt and a Remington, but that's bullshit. It was based on the Whitney revolver, not Colt or Remington. |
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The Griswold & Gunnison Revolver is a very fine piece of work. They were one of quite a few Southern-made copies of the excellent .36 caliber Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver (originally known as the Colt Revolving Belt Pistol of Naval Caliber. Another fine gun.) I don't have an original but I do have two copies of the Griswold & Gunnison that I am really proud of. The first is a reproduction by High Standard. It was made in about 1972 (I can't quite remember. I'll have to check again to make sure). I inherited it from my grandfather along with several other guns. When I got the gun it was in beautiful condition (it had barely been taken out of the box, although grandpa did handle and fire it a few times and of course clean it real good) and it still is. I don't shoot it too often anymore since it was my late grandpa's prized possession and is also pretty rare, but I do shoot it on occasion (special occasions naturally), especially when I wear one of my Confederate outfits or uniforms. The other one I have is a reproduction by Pietta of Italy. It's not as high quality as the High Standard, but I shoot it on a regular basis and like it just as much as I do the High Standard reproduction. Aside from the Griswold & Gunnisons I have some more Brevete Colts such as a reproduction Schneider & Glassick imported by Hawes, a reproduction Leech & Rigdon by Uberti, an original Rigdon & Ansley that an old Civil War Reenactor friend of mine gave me from his personal collection before he died, four Pietta reproductions of the J.H. Dance & Bros. Revolvers in .44 caliber, a rare Uberti copy of an old Tucker & Sherrard (Southern revolver based on the Colt Model 1848 Dragoon Revolver with a few differences (if you ever see one of these in a Civil War movie it's an anachronism because, even though the Tucker & Sherrard revolvers were made during the civil war, the war ended before they could be issued and they were never sold or used until 1867)). I also have a Pietta copy of a Spiller & Burr revolver. A lot of people try to say that the Spiller & Burr is a cross between a Colt and a Remington, but that's bullshit. It was based on the Whitney revolver, not Colt or Remington.