1851 colt navy

[rlsmithjr]

I have a 1851 colt navy made in Italy for Lyman in 36 cal. can anybody tell me some things about this revolver. I have shot black powder revolvers for years and muzzleloading rifles is all I use to hunt. Have just never come across this type revolver before. Are they strong built guns? any help would be great thanks.

 

[Malachi Leviticus Blue]

Lyman brand labeled Italian Cap & Ball Revolvers made by Uberti and Armi San Paolo but did not make Cap & Ball Revolvers themselves. I'm not sure if they branded any other manufacturers C &B Revolvers. Uberti has been pretty consistently good quality through the years. Some folks talk down the ASP's but I tend to prefer their dimensions.

Not sure when Lyman stopped offering them but I'd guess a Lyman marked revolver to be from the '70's so what shape it's in today could be all over the map depending on the road it's traveled.

 

[rlsmithjr]

perfect shape has not been fired in the last 20 years was given to me as a gift just would like to find who made it so I could maybe get extra nipples

 

[Malachi Leviticus Blue]

Follow this link to a nice little primer on interpreting the marks on your Revolver.

http://www.powderhombre.com/mbpproofmarks.pdf

There will likely be a manufactures mark on the revolver somewhere. This document shows examples of Uberti and ASP marks.

 

[rlsmithjr]

I found it eruo arms now to find extra nipples for the gun Armi San Paolo

 

[Fingers McGee]

Tresso Nipples from the Possible Shop

http://possibleshop.com/s-s-nipples-cb.html

 

[rcflint]

51 Navy

Your best bet is to take out a nipple and measure it... Uberti changed threads years ago when they made parts for Colt's reissues, to #12 from the metric. Yous may be old enough to use the metric nipples, which would be the ones for the Pietta, rather than Uberti.