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Offline mazo kid

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I have this '51 Navy brasser.....
« on: July 04, 2021, 02:04:50 PM »
...and would like to know more about it. I got it used (so at a good price) and not functional. I took it apart many times, tweaking it, and now it is in working order. My question is...what is it? There is no makers' mark that I can see.
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Re: I have this '51 Navy.....
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2021, 02:09:06 PM »
The frame stamps.
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Re: I have this '51 Navy.....
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2021, 02:11:02 PM »
"Made in Italy" under barrel
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Re: I have this '51 Navy.....
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2021, 02:12:42 PM »
And this on the left barrel flat.
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Re: I have this '51 Navy.....
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2021, 02:15:34 PM »
The date stamp (BN) indicates 2000, but the frame looks newer than the barrel/cylinder. Sooo, parts gun, or? Any thoughts?
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Re: I have this '51 Navy brasser.....
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2021, 03:27:37 PM »
I think it's an unmarked Pietta. I think them and Uberti were the only ones still in business in 2000.
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Re: I have this '51 Navy brasser.....
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2021, 03:57:23 PM »
Hello Mazo,

What is the arbor diameter?

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Re: I have this '51 Navy brasser.....
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2021, 04:33:15 PM »
I'd say the frame is Pietta anyway.
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Re: I have this '51 Navy brasser.....
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2021, 09:46:17 PM »
I'm with Hawg. The samping characters look Pietta to me. Uberti was not doing brassers in 2000. Looks identical to my son's Pietta, finish and all.
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Re: I have this '51 Navy brasser.....
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2021, 07:29:07 AM »
Hi, I agree, a Pietta sold by Cabelas.

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Re: I have this '51 Navy brasser.....
« Reply #10 on: July 05, 2021, 10:12:05 AM »
Stampings definitely look like Pietta. I had the same gun in .44 and swapped a steel frame onto it. Not sure why it's not marked. Maybe a kit?
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Re: I have this '51 Navy brasser.....
« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2021, 10:57:19 AM »
Quote from: ShotgunDave on July 05, 2021, 10:12:05 AM
Stampings definitely look like Pietta. I had the same gun in .44 and swapped a steel frame onto it. Not sure why it's not marked. Maybe a kit?

Somebody probably did a barrel swap. I didn't think about that when I made my first comment.
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Re: I have this '51 Navy brasser.....
« Reply #12 on: July 05, 2021, 11:45:35 AM »
Yeah, I was thinking a barrel swap too, but it and the cylinder match as to finish. And there is a number stamped on the rear of the cylinder that matches the last 3 of the frame serial number. Did Pietta make a non-blue finish? And with a brass frame?
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Re: I have this '51 Navy brasser.....
« Reply #13 on: July 05, 2021, 11:49:24 AM »
Quote from: mazo kid on July 05, 2021, 11:45:35 AM
Yeah, I was thinking a barrel swap too, but it and the cylinder match as to finish. And there is a number stamped on the rear of the cylinder that matches the last 3 of the frame serial number. Did Pietta make a non-blue finish? And with a brass frame?

I believe that they did altho it was highly polished.
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Re: I have this '51 Navy brasser.....
« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2021, 01:05:47 PM »
The steel parts all look like they came in the white, and not had a finish removed. Did Pietta ever market a kit with the short barrel? But the brass looks pretty factory too. So that would probably indicate it's not a kit.

Maybe it's a "lunchbox gun". Some guy at Pietta snuck parts out of the factory in his lunchbox. Kinda like the Pyschobilly Cadillac.
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