Maker of Griswold and Gunnison repro?

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Hello all. I've enjoyed reading through posts regarding the G&G 1851 Navy repro. I've been researching my late dad's Griswold repro. It's brass frame, round barrel, smooth cylinder. It has the usual Italian Proof marks on it but I can't find the makers mark. The date code on it is XXII for 1966 I believe. It has a serial # 03208. I'm just curious how to narrow down who made it. Any help is very much appreciated.
 
Ok will do. I tried to take pics the other day of markings bit it's hard to get the to show. I'll try it again. Thank you
 
Ephraim Kibbey said:
What he said and the butt grip frame strip!!!
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and every little corner of everything too.

I have a pair of Uberti Walkers that I purchased base on photos from Alaska.
I was a bit disappointed when they arrived that I saw no evidence of the manufacturer.
I even queried the seller and asked him what made him think they were Ubertis.
The response was something like every BP revolver I've ever purchased was an Uberti.
On the 3rd or 4th time I scoured the revolvers (months later) for marks I finally found the classic Uberti logo much smaller than I'd ever seen before down low on the corner of the frame nearly invisible.
You might not be so lucky, but there may be evidence to find yet.
 
Uberti also sometimes hid their mark under the trigger guard. If the underside of the frame, just forward of the trigger guard looks like it has the Italian Proofs partially covered by the guard, the Uberti logo may be under there too.
 
Malachi Leviticus Blue said:
and every little corner of everything too.

I have a pair of Uberti Walkers that I purchased base on photos from Alaska.
I was a bit disappointed when they arrived that I saw no evidence of the manufacturer.
I even queried the seller and asked him what made him think they were Ubertis.
The response was something like every BP revolver I've ever purchased was an Uberti.
On the 3rd or 4th time I scoured the revolvers (months later) for marks I finally found the classic Uberti logo much smaller than I'd ever seen before down low on the corner of the frame nearly invisible.
You might not be so lucky, but there may be evidence to find yet.
Click to expand...
Malachi Leviticus Blue said:
and every little corner of everything too.

I have a pair of Uberti Walkers that I purchased base on photos from Alaska.
I was a bit disappointed when they arrived that I saw no evidence of the manufacturer.
I even queried the seller and asked him what made him think they were Ubertis.
The response was something like every BP revolver I've ever purchased was an Uberti.
On the 3rd or 4th time I scoured the revolvers (months later) for marks I finally found the classic Uberti logo much smaller than I'd ever seen before down low on the corner of the frame nearly invisible.
You might not be so lucky, but there may be evidence to find yet.
Click to expand...
Malachi Leviticus Blue said:
and every little corner of everything too.

I have a pair of Uberti Walkers that I purchased base on photos from Alaska.
I was a bit disappointed when they arrived that I saw no evidence of the manufacturer.
I even queried the seller and asked him what made him think they were Ubertis.
The response was something like every BP revolver I've ever purchased was an Uberti.
On the 3rd or 4th time I scoured the revolvers (months later) for marks I finally found the classic Uberti logo much smaller than I'd ever seen before down low on the corner of the frame nearly invisible.
You might not be so lucky, but there may be evidence to find yet.
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Oh wow! That's cool. I'm still looking.
 
XXII is 1966 as the manufacture date. Since it has both Italian proof marks and the date code it was marketed as an assembled revolver from the factory and is not a kit gun. In the 60's there were still many small Italian manufacturers that had not been driven out of business by the likes of Uberti, Pietta, Armi San Marco, and Armi San Paolo. These manufacturers had marks that were COM (a consortium of small arms makers), GLB, PR, GAMI, RAG (RiGArmi), and others. Completely disassemble it and you may be surprised.

Regards,

Jim
 
expat_alaska said:
XXII is 1966 as the manufacture date. Since it has both Italian proof marks and the date code it was marketed as an assembled revolver from the factory and is not a kit gun. In the 60's there were still many small Italian manufacturers that had not been driven out of business by the likes of Uberti, Pietta, Armi San Marco, and Armi San Paolo. These manufacturers had marks that were COM (a consortium of small arms makers), GLB, PR, GAMI, RAG (RiGArmi), and others. Completely disassemble it and you may be surprised.

Regards,

Jim
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Oh wow!! That's great information. Thank you so much. I will do that. Excited to see.
 
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