Just FYI, for you collector-types:
Been doing a bit of reading lately, both on Jim Davis' excellent site:
http://rprca.tripod.com/Home.htmland also the article that Fingers posted on the Schneider & Glassick:
http://blackpowdersmoke.com/revolvers/index.php?topic=207.0(I think this was posted here as well, but couldn't find it)
Many times in the past I've seen "Colt Brasser" 1851 Models. Never paid 'em much attention; never had much interest in brassers.
But, after doing a bit of reading on the subject, I find that:
*Colt never made a brass-framed revolver
*Colt never made a .44 Navy
*All the Griswold & Gunnison models had round barrels
*The only known S&Gs (only three in existence) had plain unmarked cylinders in .36 cal.
So, what then, is a brass-framed 1851 replica, plain un-engraved cylinder in cal. .36, with an octagon barrel? You know, the cheap one on the auction sites touted as a "brass Colt 1851 Navy"?
It's an unintentional Schneider & Glassick. Something that actually existed, but the replica maker didn't know, in almost certain terms. Why else would they sell them as a brass 1851 Navy, and label them as such?
Do I have your interest yet?
It certainly caught mine! Which is why I started looking, and found one. And Fingers is right; many times you'll find them listed as a brass 1851 Navy (by the uninitiated) and dirt-cheap at that.
NOW do I have your interest?
Just for comparison purposes:
*.44 cal, with rebated cylinder; NOT S&G
*.36 cal with Ormsby stage coach scene; NOT S&G
* Round barrel; NOT S&G
But if you find that brass framed, octagon barrel .36 cal Navy with a plain steel cylinder.....chances are it's not the run-of-the-mill gun they think it is, and would make an interesting addition to anyone's Reb gun collection.
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