Dixie Gun Works, Double Diamond, Whitney repro

Fingers McGee · October 26, 2012, 12:13 AM

Just picked this up this afternoon. Came with display case, flask, mold, and some conicals & roundballs cast from the mold. The only markings are 'Dixie Gun Works, MS.' on the top of the barrel; '.36 Cal.' and 'Blackpowder Only' on the right barrel flat; and 'Made in Italy' on the left barrel flat. There are no markings on the frame at all. There are two proof marks, a double diamond, and a six digit serial number starting on 01 on the cylinder. That is it. It's been used; but not abused; and has no rust on it at all. Person I bought it from said it had been in his gun safe for 10-20 years.

Captainkirk · October 26, 2012, 12:24 AM

You dog, you!

Roshi · October 26, 2012, 03:08 PM

Nice pistol!

drftrman · October 26, 2012, 04:52 PM

That is a beautiful pistol, and it is aged to perfection!

Beagle333 · October 26, 2012, 07:53 PM

Gee, that's a nice 'un!

Fingers McGee · October 26, 2012, 11:47 PM

Quote:

You dog, you!

Ooooooowwwwwwww

Fingers McGee · October 26, 2012, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by drftrman

That is a beautiful pistol, and it is aged to perfection!

I figure it's about 50 years of sitting in a gun safe. The original blue has turned a nice brown patina

GNLaFrance · October 27, 2012, 01:47 AM

Yeah, I'll just be sitting over here in a corner, eating my heart out with envy...

flibuste · October 27, 2012, 04:15 PM

hello,

"double diamond" probably stand for manufacturer : "euromanufacture" which became "palmetto" later.

regards

Fingers McGee · October 27, 2012, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by flibuste

hello,

"double diamond" probably stand for manufacturer : "euromanufacture" which became "palmetto" later.

regards

flibuste, do you have a reference link for that?

Captainkirk · November 9, 2012, 05:12 PM

I'd like to see that link as well. I have a Dixie double diamond '58 Remmy that I'd like to restore

jlb43 · November 10, 2012, 02:37 PM

Nice piece. I love the color. I picked this one up a couple of weeks ago. No patina but NIB or close to it. I did not get any accessories but I did get the original box.

Fingers McGee · November 10, 2012, 02:58 PM

Nice one jlb43. Now that I've gotten one, I need another so I can use them for CAS.

The hammer spring on mine seems to be from a Mack truck. How's yours? Do you have a picture of the original box?

jlb43 · November 10, 2012, 04:08 PM

Fingers

The hammer is pretty stout. Maybe it hits the cap a little harder giving more power. LOL

I really like this gun and the way it "feels" in my hand.

Here is the lovely box.

Happy shootin.

Jim

October 26, 2012, 12:13 AM	#1
Fingers McGee Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2008 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,734	Dixie Gun Works, Double Diamond, Whitney repro Just picked this up this afternoon. Came with display case, flask, mold, and some conicals & roundballs cast from the mold. The only markings are 'Dixie Gun Works, MS.' on the top of the barrel; '.36 Cal.' and 'Blackpowder Only' on the right barrel flat; and 'Made in Italy' on the left barrel flat. There are no markings on the frame at all. There are two proof marks, a double diamond, and a six digit serial number starting on 01 on the cylinder. That is it. It's been used; but not abused; and has no rust on it at all. Person I bought it from said it had been in his gun safe for 10-20 years. __________________ Fingers (Show Me MO smoke) McGee - AKA Man of Many Colts - Alter ego of Diabolical Ken; SASS Regulator 28564-L-TG; Rangemaster and stage writer extraordinaire; Frontiersman, Pistoleer, NRA Endowment Life, NMLRA, SAF, CCRKBA, STORM 327, SV115; Charter member, Central Ozarks Western Shooters Cynic: A blackguard whose faulty vision see things as they are, not as they should be. Ambrose Bierce

October 26, 2012, 03:08 PM	#3
Roshi Senior Member Join Date: December 21, 2010 Location: Houston Posts: 169	Wow! Nice pistol!

October 27, 2012, 01:47 AM	#8
GNLaFrance Member Join Date: June 29, 2008 Location: Near Baltimore, the Soviet Socialist Democratic People's Republic of Maryland Posts: 81	Yeah, I'll just be sitting over here in a corner, eating my heart out with envy... __________________ Guy N. LaFrance Collector of Curios & Relics, Maryland Designated Collector Maryland Shall Issue, GOA, NRA, SAF, JPFO Grand Army of the Frontier, National Congress of Old West Shootists

November 9, 2012, 05:12 PM	#11
Captainkirk Senior Member Join Date: September 21, 2012 Posts: 102	I'd like to see that link as well. I have a Dixie double diamond '58 Remmy that I'd like to restore __________________ "You gonna pull those pistols, or whistle Dixie?"

November 10, 2012, 02:58 PM	#13
Fingers McGee Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2008 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,734	Nice one jlb43. Now that I've gotten one, I need another so I can use them for CAS. The hammer spring on mine seems to be from a Mack truck. How's yours? Do you have a picture of the original box? __________________ Fingers (Show Me MO smoke) McGee - AKA Man of Many Colts - Alter ego of Diabolical Ken; SASS Regulator 28564-L-TG; Rangemaster and stage writer extraordinaire; Frontiersman, Pistoleer, NRA Endowment Life, NMLRA, SAF, CCRKBA, STORM 327, SV115; Charter member, Central Ozarks Western Shooters Cynic: A blackguard whose faulty vision see things as they are, not as they should be. Ambrose Bierce

October 26, 2012, 12:24 AM	#2
Captainkirk Senior Member Join Date: September 21, 2012 Posts: 102	You dog, you!

October 26, 2012, 04:52 PM	#4
drftrman Member Join Date: January 11, 2005 Posts: 24	That is a beautiful pistol, and it is aged to perfection!

October 26, 2012, 07:53 PM	#5
Beagle333 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2012 Location: Back in the woods a piece Posts: 764	Gee, that's a nice 'un!

October 27, 2012, 04:15 PM	#9
flibuste Junior Member Join Date: July 29, 2008 Posts: 11	hello, "double diamond" probably stand for manufacturer : "euromanufacture" which became "palmetto" later. regards