Pictures, pictures, pictures......

[ShotgunDave]

Good eye Marshal. yes, mine is an Army grip as well. When I was looking at them in the various ads, it seemed that the .38 chambered guns had Navy grips and the .44's and .45's had Army sized grips.

[Marshal Will]

Is that one a Uberti, Dave?

[Bishop Creek]

Here is my 1851 Navy Colt Richards .38 conversion made by American Frontier Firearms. Firing pin is in the conversion ring with the rear sight on top and not on the barrel. It still has the loading lever like the "Man with No Name" revolvers made later by another manufacturer. I bought it in 1999. The loading lever often drops when firing so I contacted Walt Kirst in an email and asked if either one the cartridge ejectors he sells for Pietta and Uberti Navy revolvers would fit and he replied that he was uncertain if they would as AFF's Dave Anderson used Armi San Marco parts to build his guns. So I'm kind of hesitant to purchase one. If anyone has experience with that I sure would like to know.
 

[Marshal Will]

That's mighty nice looking. If it was polished before plating, maybe the notch in the ramrod keeper got rounded off. Perhaps that can be recut slightly with a fine file.

[Zulch]

That's beautiful Bishop Creek! Thank you for sharing. I'm sure someone here will know about this AFF. I'm anxious to hear more about it.

[Bishop Creek]

That's mighty nice looking. If it was polished before plating, maybe the notch in the ramrod keeper got rounded off. Perhaps that can be recut slightly with a fine file.

Thanks Marshal, that might be worth a try.

[ShotgunDave]

Is that one a Uberti, Dave?

Yessir.

[Marshal Will]

Is that one a Uberti, Dave?

Yessir.

Thanks. They seem to do the best job of re-creating the original grip shape(s). I feel that other than the arbor length needing to be corrected, they are better made than Piettas. The arbor fix is no big deal.

[Miguel Loco]

Great to see all these pics! You guys have some fantastic stuff! These are most certainly a very special Colt.

[dangt]

This is not my prettiest, just the oldest.  Can you make out the date code?

[Zulch]

That’s nice dangt! I cannot make it out.

[dangt]

XX9

The year I bought the Euroarms '51 Navy new.  Finished the conversion in 1999.

[Zulch]

I guess that is a 1973?

[Hawg]

My oldest is a 58 Remington I bought new. The date code on it is was XXV.

[Marshal Will]

My oldest is a 58 Remington I bought new. The date code on it is was XXV.

XXV = 1969