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Old September 29, 2008, 11:12 AM   #27
bprevolver
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Augusta Revolver or Schneider & Grassick?

There has been much confusion about what is called an “Augusta” replica revolver. Uberti or no one else has ever made a replica of the Confederate Augusta revolver. The original Augusta revolvers were copies of the Colt 1851 Navy with steel frames and 12 cylinder stops. What Uberti produced was a brass frame Griswold & Gunnison with Dragoon style barrel(half round). Other manufacturers produced a brass frame revolver with an Octagon barrel. This is what is referred to as the Augusta revolver by Blue Book, just one of numerous questionable entries. The nearest revolver to this brass frame, octagon barrel, 1851 Navy type revolver is the Confederate Schneider & Glassick. To be historically correct it would have to have a plain cylinder(no engraving) and in .36cal. They were produced in .44cal. as well. Some of the manufacturers of the Schneider & Glassick are Pietta, Armi San Marco, Armi San Paolo, and Investarms. There are many, many of these revolvers in all variations distributed by distributors who marked their guns. This is was makes them collectable.
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