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Yours is an early one, possibly/probably before the Army Contract of 5000, delivered Jan 1865 thru Sept. 1865. All were too late for issue in the Civil War. the were warehoused. Most of the 5000 were bought from Army by Bannerman in 1901, but a few were sold commercially as well. bannerman's invoice do not account for all 5000 either, 4,982 or so, but not 5000.
I have an original R & S that is S/N 5365 and has been converted to 44 Henry Rim Fire. This is a very professional conversion and unique in the fact that it uses a floating firing pin to fire the Rim Fire Cartridges. In 30 plus years of collecting guns, and handling numerous conversions, this is the very first conversion that I have ever seen that uses the floating firing pin to fire rim fire cartridges. Most just used the flat of the hammer that fired the caps, modified to fire the Rim fire cartridges. It also in not in the good shape that the Bannerman guns are usually found in. Most Bannerman guns are in excellent shape. Mine has a lot of pitting. It was found in Del Rio TX and is believed to have went through the Mexican revolution.
Post some Pictures of your family gun, we'd love to see it.
Yours is an early one, possibly/probably before the Army Contract of 5000, delivered Jan 1865 thru Sept. 1865. All were too late for issue in the Civil War. the were warehoused. Most of the 5000 were bought from Army by Bannerman in 1901, but a few were sold commercially as well. bannerman's invoice do not account for all 5000 either, 4,982 or so, but not 5000.
I have an original R & S that is S/N 5365 and has been converted to 44 Henry Rim Fire. This is a very professional conversion and unique in the fact that it uses a floating firing pin to fire the Rim Fire Cartridges. In 30 plus years of collecting guns, and handling numerous conversions, this is the very first conversion that I have ever seen that uses the floating firing pin to fire rim fire cartridges. Most just used the flat of the hammer that fired the caps, modified to fire the Rim fire cartridges. It also in not in the good shape that the Bannerman guns are usually found in. Most Bannerman guns are in excellent shape. Mine has a lot of pitting. It was found in Del Rio TX and is believed to have went through the Mexican revolution.
Post some Pictures of your family gun, we'd love to see it.