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the naval scene had nothing to do with the navy, it was an early attempt to prevent counterfeiting,
colt figured people may copy his revolvers, but they would not bother to copy the engraving,
it was an easy way to tell a fake from the real thing,

I thought I should post an update on this,
I contacted VTI about getting a new bolt, they informed me that the correct ASM part was not available, and a Uberti bolt would be too short to work properly,
so it appears that is what someone did, the tried to use a Uberti bolt, with no other recourse I attempted to make the bolt I had work as well as possible, first thing I did was remove some material from the frame and the bolt where they contact each other in order to get the bolt to protrude further out of the frame, I was able to get a fair amount of additional engagement with the cylinder stops this way, I also increased the spring tension on the bolt,
of course this threw off the timing, which I then corrected, but I couldn't figure out how to add a hammer stop,
at this point the revolver was working better, not perfect but better, and that is how it stayed, at least for a while
recently I saw a youtube video by gungoon about fanning a cap and ball revolver, in it was a pic of his hammer stop mod, I immediately grabbed my Dragoon and ran out to my drill press, I had gotten stuck on stopping the hammer, I never thought about stopping the main spring, this mod works great and is invisible when the revolver is back together,
after adding the stop, it occurred to me that chamfering one edge of the cylinder stop, and beveling the edge of the bolt would allow the bolt to engaging earlier,  and BINGO! it is FIXED! it works 100% now, the bolt catches every time, no problem no matter how fast I cock the hammer 

I have never seen any of the High Standard repro guns. Any pictures?

I tried posting some pics of mine here with no luck
so I posted them on the 58 Remmy board
same thread title "High Standard Griswold & Gunnison"

1st model Dragoon,
when you cock the hammer with any vigor the cylinder tends to over rotate past the next chamber
not every time but often enough to be annoying, it is fine when you cock it slowly
is this common with oval bolt Walkers and early dragoons?
there is quite a bit of rearward hammer travel left after lockup should occur, allowing the hand to continue rotating the cylinder if the bolt does not drop into the notch
also the bolt does not appear to have very much engagement into the cylinder notch, it protrudes approximately 30-35 thou above the frame, and the notches in the cylinder measure 60 thousands deep, it looks as though someone filed down the bolt for some reason and when it is at half cock the bolt is approx 40 thou below the opening in the frame, cylinder to frame gap when assembled is 6-8 thou with a feeler gauge
my thought is to fit a new bolt, and/or attempt to limit the hammer travel, any thoughts?

I have always wanted a Walker just because it is ridiculously heavy, and I have shot one on occasion,  the appeal is in no small part due to its legendary status, however, the more I look at the Dragoons the more I like them, they are a much better balanced revolver, and I do like the Colt roll mark on the barrel, plus I can always shoot my friends Walker, the best they will do is $250 not a bad price, but not great deal,
if it is still there next week it may come home with me, thats only 5 BP revolvers, and the Kentucky rifle makes an even half dozen,
it's not an addiction till you have over a dozen, or two, right? I can still get a Walker later, ...and a Centaur, plus another Remmy, .....couple of flintlocks perhaps? .....maybe a cannon..........

saw it in a local shop, don't know much about ASM, just that they are out of business,
date code makes it 1980, neat thing is the Colt address on top of the barrel,
and black powder ASM on the side, looks to have been shot some but it is in nice clean condition
they are asking $285 (but will take a reasonable offer) should I just wait and get a Walker, (I really want a Walker)

a bit more history I have found out about these
they were made for three years 1974, 1975, and 1976,
they were assembled by High Standard in the US, using Uberti parts
I will try and post some pics of mine A.S.A.P.  (Ah Suck At Photography) 
well I had to give up, not one of my pics would post, 

saw one of these in a local shop
guess I should have bought it