expat_alaska
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I have long been interested in the scarcity of the S&G revolver in these modern days. It is believed that no more than a few dozen were produced, if that.
There are only three documented S&G revolvers extant in the present day, two are brass-framed .36 caliber with octagonal barrels (SN 6 and 23) and one with an iron frame and part round/part octagonal barrel (SN 12M). [Reference Confederate Handguns, Albaugh, Benet, Simmons (1958)].
I have found references to a SN 25 that was supposed to be housed in some museum in the Southeast US, but I will have find it in my files. IIRC, when someone went looking for it, the museum was no longer in possession of it.
In my searchings, I found a site (I wish I could keep better records) with SN 25 that had many photos of it.
This is photo heavy, but I believe to be pertinent. My friend in SC has a last name very similar to the engraving on the backstrap's owner's last name, so I showed these photos to him. His wife is somewhat of a geneologist and looked the Captain's name up, and it turns out he is a very distant relative of my friend. What a find in my mind!
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The serial number 25 is very evident on many parts, and I seriously do not think it is a fake, rather it is the missing revolver from the above mentioned museum.
That would make it #4 insofar as S&G revolvers extant.
That revolver has got to be worth big bucks if substantiated. No provenance that I am aware of.
My friend used to be a member of a BP forum, but the strict mod did not like his attitude in several posts and ended up getting banned, and he has not been online since. It has been nearly two years since his/our involvement with this subject, so I cannot recall if he owns the revolver or if it something I am not recalling correctly.
Regards,
Jim
There are only three documented S&G revolvers extant in the present day, two are brass-framed .36 caliber with octagonal barrels (SN 6 and 23) and one with an iron frame and part round/part octagonal barrel (SN 12M). [Reference Confederate Handguns, Albaugh, Benet, Simmons (1958)].
I have found references to a SN 25 that was supposed to be housed in some museum in the Southeast US, but I will have find it in my files. IIRC, when someone went looking for it, the museum was no longer in possession of it.
In my searchings, I found a site (I wish I could keep better records) with SN 25 that had many photos of it.
This is photo heavy, but I believe to be pertinent. My friend in SC has a last name very similar to the engraving on the backstrap's owner's last name, so I showed these photos to him. His wife is somewhat of a geneologist and looked the Captain's name up, and it turns out he is a very distant relative of my friend. What a find in my mind!
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The serial number 25 is very evident on many parts, and I seriously do not think it is a fake, rather it is the missing revolver from the above mentioned museum.
That would make it #4 insofar as S&G revolvers extant.
That revolver has got to be worth big bucks if substantiated. No provenance that I am aware of.
My friend used to be a member of a BP forum, but the strict mod did not like his attitude in several posts and ended up getting banned, and he has not been online since. It has been nearly two years since his/our involvement with this subject, so I cannot recall if he owns the revolver or if it something I am not recalling correctly.
Regards,
Jim
