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AKexpat · June 27, 2019, 03:03 PM

It is an Armi San Marco replica of a Colt 1860 Army Revolver, .44 caliber, "civilian" model (3-screw frame not cut for a shoulder stock), with a manufacturer date code AP (1986), found on the bottom of the frame with the serial number, triangular ASM logo, and both Italian proof house marks. It appears to be in very nice shape for a 33-year-old gun. Is the spare cylinder the same as the one on the pistol?

If you wish to check the spare cylinder fit on the gun, DO NOT use any screwdrivers. Lay the revolver horizontally, right side facing up, on two small blocks of wood with enough room between the two blocks to allow the wedge room to be moved out of the barrel lug. Use a third small block of wood against the wedge and use a plastic mallet on the wood to drive the wedge out. Put the hammer in the half-cock position, unlatch the load-lever, and pull down on it so that the rammer/plunger presses against the cylinder until the barrel moves off of the 2 locating pins on the front of the frame. Slide the cylinder off of the arbor. Using the spare cylinder, reassemble in reverse order.

If you decide to clean it, DO NOT use anything acidic (like vinegar) as it will remove the bluing and frame case colors in a New York minute. Only use alkaline cleaners.

I also have an ASM 1860 Army except it is a 4-screw frame cut for shoulder stock (date code BC/1993) but I obtained an Uberti full-fluted cylinder for it in addition to the original round rollmarked cylinder:

Thanks for posting it, sir!

Regards,

Jim

June 27, 2019, 03:03 PM	#3
AKexpat Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2014 Location: SW WA State Posts: 490	It is an Armi San Marco replica of a Colt 1860 Army Revolver, .44 caliber, "civilian" model (3-screw frame not cut for a shoulder stock), with a manufacturer date code AP (1986), found on the bottom of the frame with the serial number, triangular ASM logo, and both Italian proof house marks. It appears to be in very nice shape for a 33-year-old gun. Is the spare cylinder the same as the one on the pistol? If you wish to check the spare cylinder fit on the gun, DO NOT use any screwdrivers. Lay the revolver horizontally, right side facing up, on two small blocks of wood with enough room between the two blocks to allow the wedge room to be moved out of the barrel lug. Use a third small block of wood against the wedge and use a plastic mallet on the wood to drive the wedge out. Put the hammer in the half-cock position, unlatch the load-lever, and pull down on it so that the rammer/plunger presses against the cylinder until the barrel moves off of the 2 locating pins on the front of the frame. Slide the cylinder off of the arbor. Using the spare cylinder, reassemble in reverse order. If you decide to clean it, DO NOT use anything acidic (like vinegar) as it will remove the bluing and frame case colors in a New York minute. Only use alkaline cleaners. I also have an ASM 1860 Army except it is a 4-screw frame cut for shoulder stock (date code BC/1993) but I obtained an Uberti full-fluted cylinder for it in addition to the original round rollmarked cylinder: Thanks for posting it, sir! Regards, Jim __________________ To be governed – is to be watched, inspected, directed, indoctrinated, numbered, estimated, regulated, commanded, controlled, law-driven, preached at, spied upon, censured, checked, valued, enrolled – by creatures who have neither the right, nor the wisdom, nor the virtue to do so. - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Last edited by AKexpat; June 27, 2019 at 03:31 PM.