Help identify Italian made 1851 Navy revolver

Luciano · November 12, 2012, 06:09 PM

I got an Italian reproduction of the Colt 1851 .36 cal. Looking for the maker. All I could find was C.O.M. stamped under the barrel. It also said Made in Italy on the side. Any idea who made it?

SDC · November 12, 2012, 06:20 PM

"COM" is the logo of "Contrini Officine Meccaniche di Contrini Giovanni", or Giovanni Contrini.

Luciano · November 12, 2012, 11:40 PM

Thank you sir. Ok so it may have been made in the '70s. I just picked it up at a gun show unfired but with surface rust and with the a defective locking pawl. Not bad for 75 "dollari".

Captainkirk · November 13, 2012, 01:00 AM

+1 on the long Italian moniker...
I also have a COM 1851 Navy. Not the greatest quality and required a bit of tuning, but it's a decent gun for the price.

Doc Hoy · November 13, 2012, 07:59 AM

Nice find and good price.

I have a Sheriff's model of that revolver (Mine is brass frame.)

The one I have has a loose arbor which occured at least in part as a result of a chain fire event.

I don't shoot it any more but when I did I liked it.

November 12, 2012, 06:09 PM	#1
Luciano Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2006 Posts: 111	Help identify Italian made 1851 Navy revolver I got an Italian reproduction of the Colt 1851 .36 cal. Looking for the maker. All I could find was C.O.M. stamped under the barrel. It also said Made in Italy on the side. Any idea who made it?

November 12, 2012, 06:20 PM	#2
SDC Senior Member Join Date: January 23, 2001 Location: People's Republic of Kanada Posts: 1,575	"COM" is the logo of "Contrini Officine Meccaniche di Contrini Giovanni", or Giovanni Contrini. __________________ Gun control in Canada: making the streets safer for rapists, muggers, and other violent criminals since 1936.

November 13, 2012, 01:00 AM	#4
Captainkirk Member Join Date: September 21, 2012 Posts: 99	+1 on the long Italian moniker... I also have a COM 1851 Navy. Not the greatest quality and required a bit of tuning, but it's a decent gun for the price. __________________ "You gonna pull those pistols, or whistle Dixie?"

November 13, 2012, 07:59 AM	#5
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Chesapeake, VA Posts: 3,343	Captain Kirk + 1 Nice find and good price. I have a Sheriff's model of that revolver (Mine is brass frame.) The one I have has a loose arbor which occured at least in part as a result of a chain fire event. I don't shoot it any more but when I did I liked it. __________________ Doc My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Thomas Jefferson

November 12, 2012, 11:40 PM	#3
Luciano Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2006 Posts: 111	Thank you sir. Ok so it may have been made in the '70s. I just picked it up at a gun show unfired but with surface rust and with the a defective locking pawl. Not bad for 75 "dollari".