Smokin'Joe
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While shopping at Kittery Trading Post I saw a Pocket Navy that appeared to be an antique. It turned out to be a Palmetto made in Italy and sold by Dixie Gun Works. I knew that Palmetto revolvers had the reputation of being of poor quality but the price was right and I liked the way it looked. The worse thing that could happen is I would wind up with a nice wall hanger.
The barrel address read Hartford Pocket Model in a small crisp font and Dixie Gun Works, Inc. in a larger faint font. The cylinder had no scene but it did have the serial number and the Palmetto logo to the left of the serial number. There are no markings at all on the frame.
I wanted to restore this revolver and found it needed a hammer and a cylinder stop. With a little kitchen table gunsmithing I coaxed an ASM hammer to function properly. The cylinder stop, however, was a whole different matter. I had never seen a cylinder stop that looked like this one and DGW was not able to supply me with a replacement as Palmetto has long been out of business.
I ordered cylinder stop #MP0333 from DGW with the hopes of somehow getting it to work.
After much more time than I had planned for this project I was able to modify the DGW cylinder stop to work in my project gun.
This revolver has turned out to be a very reliable shooter. With a load of 18 grains of FFF Goex, a .375" ball and number 10 Remington caps I have never experienced either a misfire or a cap jam in over 150 rounds. It shoots straight and about 4 inches high at 7 yards. I would hesitate to tackle another project like this again but I am pleased with the results of my efforts.
The barrel address read Hartford Pocket Model in a small crisp font and Dixie Gun Works, Inc. in a larger faint font. The cylinder had no scene but it did have the serial number and the Palmetto logo to the left of the serial number. There are no markings at all on the frame.
I wanted to restore this revolver and found it needed a hammer and a cylinder stop. With a little kitchen table gunsmithing I coaxed an ASM hammer to function properly. The cylinder stop, however, was a whole different matter. I had never seen a cylinder stop that looked like this one and DGW was not able to supply me with a replacement as Palmetto has long been out of business.
I ordered cylinder stop #MP0333 from DGW with the hopes of somehow getting it to work.
After much more time than I had planned for this project I was able to modify the DGW cylinder stop to work in my project gun.
This revolver has turned out to be a very reliable shooter. With a load of 18 grains of FFF Goex, a .375" ball and number 10 Remington caps I have never experienced either a misfire or a cap jam in over 150 rounds. It shoots straight and about 4 inches high at 7 yards. I would hesitate to tackle another project like this again but I am pleased with the results of my efforts.
