ARMINIUS 44 mag

Arminius was a budget brand out of Germany. They sold under a handful of names. The double actions are the ones I have messed with, and they are a bit quirky. I suspect the single actions to be a more straightforward copy of the SAA and likely not out of Zamac like the double actions.

Is your revolver frame magnetic?
Does it still rotate the cylinder but won’t cock?

The Arminius is the predecessor to the Bounty Hunter; made by Weihrauch in Germany and imported by EAA. These revolvers can be traced back to Sauer & Sohns who also made the Herters single actions and the Hawes Western Marshall. These are steel-frame revolvers with a beefier cylinder than the Colt SAA.
https://eaacorp.com/product/weihrauch-bounty-hunter/

Somebody (before you did ) played Hopalong Cassidy with it too much.

For post-WWII revolvers, Arminius was a trade name used by the H.W. Weirauch company of West Germany (later just Germany). Sometimes guns and parts are listed under Weirauch. (There was an unrelated pre-WWII German company named Pickert that used the Arminius on name on revolvers too.)

Weirauch is mostly remembered for the double-action zinc-alloy frame revolvers that WestKentucky mentions. But the Single Action Army replicas they sold were all steel.

Seeing them listed as selling 44 Magnums gave me quite a jolt back in the early 80's, because I assumed it was one of their zinc DA guns. That seemed like a remarkably iffy proposition.

"These revolvers can be traced back to Sauer & Sohns..."


I had one labeled as such. It shot just fine. As the OP said, the trigger was VERY light.

I gave it to my FIL a few years back. He replaced the springs and refinished the grips.

It's still going strong and he shoots it very well.

Ironically, I won it for a $299 bid.

Similar in size a the Ruger Super Blackhawk ..
Best I remember, mine had recessed chambers

Be thankful you only have $300 in it.
It sounds like parts might be available; otherwise it is a wall hanger.
Moon

Is the trigger a little sluggish in its movement? If it engages solidly after a moment's hesitation, perhaps it's not engaging completely immediately.
Moon

I would do a disassembly and full cleaning. That gun is likely around 50 years old. A lot of crud can build up in an exposed trigger assembly in 50 years.