Need Some Help With A Sm Black Powder Only 44 Cal. Is It A Replica????

jncsellers · October 6, 2006, 06:55 PM

OK HERES THE DEAL I DONT KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO ASK THIS BUT IF NOT PLEASE REDIRECT ME. I HAVE THIS BLACK POWDER REVOLVER I GOT FROM MY FATHER I WANTED TO KNOW IF IT WAS A REPLICA OR IF IT IS ORIGINAL. I WILL POST SOME PICS IF I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW. IT IS BLACK AND BRASS ON THE SIDE IT SAYS (SM BLACK POWDER ONLY CAL. 44 MADE IN ITALY) . THE BARREL IS ABOUT 12 INCHES LONG. THE BUTT HAS A SERIAL NUMBER E45436 IT DOESNT SAY WHO MAKES IT IT DOES HAVE SOME MARKS ON THE BOTTOM IN FRONT OF THE TRIGGER (BH , PN WITH A STAR ABOVE IT AND TWO CROSSED GUNS WITH A STAR ABOVE IT. IF YOU COULD HELP THAT WOULD BE GREAT I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND STILL NOTHING. PLEASE HELP.

drdirk · October 6, 2006, 07:34 PM

It is an Italien made replica. Proably Pietta.

bubbygator · October 6, 2006, 09:54 PM

Pietta "Colt 1860 Army" - $187 new

l.cutler · October 7, 2006, 04:48 AM

It is a replica, but a brass framed model 1858 Remington, not a Colt.

sundance44s · October 7, 2006, 06:24 AM

Not meaning to be a smart azz .. but it`s not a colt or remington replica ... it`s just a Itilian made cap and ball revolver ... probally made from 1970 to 2006 ...yours is somewhere in between .

LEE3370 · October 7, 2006, 07:53 AM

Howdy,
What you have is known as a brass framed Remington bison. It was made by Armi San Marco in 1996. It is not a direct copy of anything ever made originally, just a real neat revolver. I have a pair of them and just love they look and shoot.

Right now I am using 20 grains of 777fff, a wad, and a .454 ball in them.

Cabelas sells them for $180 but they are made by Pietta.

ASM went out of business around 2000.

Lee

October 6, 2006, 06:55 PM	#1
jncsellers Junior Member Join Date: October 6, 2006 Posts: 1	Need Some Help With A Sm Black Powder Only 44 Cal. Is It A Replica???? OK HERES THE DEAL I DONT KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO ASK THIS BUT IF NOT PLEASE REDIRECT ME. I HAVE THIS BLACK POWDER REVOLVER I GOT FROM MY FATHER I WANTED TO KNOW IF IT WAS A REPLICA OR IF IT IS ORIGINAL. I WILL POST SOME PICS IF I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW. IT IS BLACK AND BRASS ON THE SIDE IT SAYS (SM BLACK POWDER ONLY CAL. 44 MADE IN ITALY) . THE BARREL IS ABOUT 12 INCHES LONG. THE BUTT HAS A SERIAL NUMBER E45436 IT DOESNT SAY WHO MAKES IT IT DOES HAVE SOME MARKS ON THE BOTTOM IN FRONT OF THE TRIGGER (BH , PN WITH A STAR ABOVE IT AND TWO CROSSED GUNS WITH A STAR ABOVE IT. IF YOU COULD HELP THAT WOULD BE GREAT I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND STILL NOTHING. PLEASE HELP.

October 7, 2006, 06:24 AM	#5
sundance44s Senior Member Join Date: February 6, 2006 Location: Hernando , Ms. Posts: 579	Sundance44s Not meaning to be a smart azz .. but it`s not a colt or remington replica ... it`s just a Itilian made cap and ball revolver ... probally made from 1970 to 2006 ...yours is somewhere in between .

October 7, 2006, 07:53 AM	#6
LEE3370 Member Join Date: January 9, 2005 Location: Perry County Indiana Posts: 67	BP revolver Howdy, What you have is known as a brass framed Remington bison. It was made by Armi San Marco in 1996. It is not a direct copy of anything ever made originally, just a real neat revolver. I have a pair of them and just love they look and shoot. Right now I am using 20 grains of 777fff, a wad, and a .454 ball in them. Cabelas sells them for $180 but they are made by Pietta. ASM went out of business around 2000. Lee

October 6, 2006, 07:34 PM	#2
drdirk Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2004 Location: houston, tx Posts: 179	It is an Italien made replica. Proably Pietta.

October 6, 2006, 09:54 PM	#3
bubbygator Senior Member Join Date: September 2, 2004 Location: Sarasota Posts: 130	Pietta "Colt 1860 Army" - $187 new

October 7, 2006, 04:48 AM	#4
l.cutler Senior Member Join Date: October 18, 2005 Posts: 275	It is a replica, but a brass framed model 1858 Remington, not a Colt.