Uberti Griswold & Gunnison Sheriff's model

[Fingers McGee]

A couple of weeks ago, I picked up a Navy Arms/Uberti sheriff's model Griswold & Gunnison off of GunBroker for $125.00. The lister thought it was a Pietta - I can't figure out how since it has a big, clear Uberti logo on the frame - and not used very much. Date code makes it a 1970 maunfacture that probably had a few caps popped in it and put away dirty. The brass was corroded and dirty; the nipples a little crusty; but, the cylinder did not appear to have had powder and ball loaded in the chambers. Barrel came clean with a couple of patches soaked in Balistol and the chambers didn't really need much more. There wasn't a trace of oil or grease on it anywhere and one nipple was missing (???????). There was a small surface rust spot on the barrel by the lever latch. About 5 minutes with a little RB-17 and 0000 steel wool and you can't tell it was there. All the internals were black and crusty; but not really rusty. Hammer spring musta come off a 3/4 ton dodge, it was that heavy.




Tore it down, put the frame, backstrap, and triggerguard in the sonic cleaner for about 15 minutes, sprayed the internals and nipples down with Balistol and let them sit a couple days, then started wiping everything down & polishing the brass. After cleaning it up, replacing the missing nipple and changing the hammer spring, it turns out to be a right nice pistol. One thing I noticed. The serial number was stamped on the frame; but the barrel, frame, backstrap, triggerguard, cylinder, and arbor all had an assembly number stamped on them

 

[J-Bar]

Fingers, that is a fine project gun. And the photos are terrific. Congratulations on making a savvy purchase.

Do I recall you once saying that G&G's are all .36s?

...so, when you gonna get it dirty again??

 

[Hellgate]

Nice looking pair of fuzzy navies in the background too.

 

[swopjan]

Wow, those internals looked gross! Never seen a "sheriff's model" G&G but it cleaned up nicely, looks to be a fine gun now. Good catch!

 

[Fingers McGee]

Doug, Prolly get it drty next time at the range, and all G&Gs were .36 cal.

Hellgate. The fuzzies aren't navies. They're CH Rigdon Augusta models

 

[1KPerDay]

Dang... cleaned up nice!

 

[Hellgate]

I wondered why I was having trouble seeing the octagon of the barrels.

 

[eddiegun]

Fingers,

Nicest group of pictures I've seen in awhile.

It's always neat to see some character on these c&b's.