I have been offered, at a reasonable price , a C&B pistol which is described as:
1. Made by Uberti.
2. A brass frame .44 Colt Navy.
As far as I know, and which is borne out by the Uberti web page and Colt history, Colt never produced any brass frame pistols, and did not make the "Navy" in .44 cal but only in .36. Uberti also only made .36 steel frame Navy replicas. Pietta and others however produced many so-called replicas that had no historical precedent.
The pistol unfortunately is at the far side of our rather large country and I cannot view it, all contact has been by phone. A local Colt collector told me that back in the 1960's Uberti did produce replicas of the Confederate Griswold & Gunnison copy of the Navy Colt with brass frames, but he can't remember if any were in .44 cal.
Comments and advice please.
1. Made by Uberti.
2. A brass frame .44 Colt Navy.
As far as I know, and which is borne out by the Uberti web page and Colt history, Colt never produced any brass frame pistols, and did not make the "Navy" in .44 cal but only in .36. Uberti also only made .36 steel frame Navy replicas. Pietta and others however produced many so-called replicas that had no historical precedent.
The pistol unfortunately is at the far side of our rather large country and I cannot view it, all contact has been by phone. A local Colt collector told me that back in the 1960's Uberti did produce replicas of the Confederate Griswold & Gunnison copy of the Navy Colt with brass frames, but he can't remember if any were in .44 cal.
Comments and advice please.