Gun identification Alert, what is this pistol?

[phantomak47]

One of my friends asked me to figure out what this is that he inherited, he has zero knowledge of firearms. I need some high road help on this one as I am somewhat puzzled, I do not have access to view this pistol as he lives out of state.


1. What is it?

2. what is its approximate value?

 

[hunter3705]

It's a Remington Army model percussion revolver, could be either .36 or .44 caliber. It's actually a civil war era gun, and the type was used by officers and cavalrymen of both sides. And somebody has bent the !@#$ out of the hammer. As far as value, I'd check gunsamerica, auction arms, and gunbroker and look for similar guns in similar condition to get in the ballpark. It looks a little rust-pitted, and the "custom" hammer isn't going to help the value either, so you have to sort of factor that in. Hope this helps, Alan

 

[Loomis]

Top strap means not a colt.

 

[senior]

eyes not as good as they were, but looks to me like one i have, maybe a .36 1958 army copy by pietta

 

[jim147]

Pull down the lever and look under the barrel for any markings. Hard to go by a picture as a lot of company's made these.

 

[owlhoot]

Yep, it is a 58 Remington and it looks to be all original except for the hammer. And that may or may not hurt the value a little. The hammer looks like it has been modified for fanning, buit that wasn't actually done much before Hollywood. Or the hammer could have been modified so a man with an injured or severed thumb could cock the gun by raking the hammer across his saddle pommel or some part of his body while riding. His other hand would have held the reins. It's a shame there isn't a little history available on the gun. It might be an interesting story.

 

[RichardB]

Are there any markings on any parts of it? What do they read?

 

[Jim K]

It is certainly a Remington, but without scale or caliber it could be either the New Model Army .44 or the New Model Navy .36.

In that condition, it is probably original, not a reproduction, but I can't be certain.

The hammer looks like it might have been modified to fold. Some factory guns in the post-CW era had folding hammer spurs, and someone may have wanted one on the Remington.

Jim

 

[phantomak47]

I will get some more info this weekend.

 

[M203Sniper]

I'll take it!
















oops.

 

[phantomak47]

Bumping my old thread, any other thoughts?