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Hawg · August 31, 2011, 03:47 PM

OK, gonna stick my two cents in. The so called 1851 Navy .44 is a fantasy piece. It does have all the earmarks of a 51 including the smaller grip frame. It used the rebated cylinder and stepped frame of the 60 army. Another thing is a brass framed revolver was never marketed by Colt. A .44 brass frame was never marketed in the first place by anybody. The brass used back in the day was red brass or gun metal as it was called back then which is bronze with a high copper content. It would probably stand up to full power .36 loads unlike today's brass frames. That's probably why there were never any brass framed .44's made. They knew they wouldn't hold up.

August 31, 2011, 03:47 PM	#27
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,189	OK, gonna stick my two cents in. The so called 1851 Navy .44 is a fantasy piece. It does have all the earmarks of a 51 including the smaller grip frame. It used the rebated cylinder and stepped frame of the 60 army. Another thing is a brass framed revolver was never marketed by Colt. A .44 brass frame was never marketed in the first place by anybody. The brass used back in the day was red brass or gun metal as it was called back then which is bronze with a high copper content. It would probably stand up to full power .36 loads unlike today's brass frames. That's probably why there were never any brass framed .44's made. They knew they wouldn't hold up.