April 3, 2023, 09:57 AM | #1 |
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A.S.M. 1847 walker
Hey all, new here but, I've searched and searched and cannot find another one.
I bought a Walker from an estate auction a few years ago. Unfortunately collector passed away family knew nothing of his collection and just wanted the $$$. Anyways, this piece is new never fired. First character of serial is "B". It has a ASM makers mark but has no proof marks at all from Italy. No date code either. It does have the A.S.M. 44 cal black powder only made in Italy under barrel. I have seen ASM made some in the 1890's but they had colt barrels correct? I know Italy didn't start proof marks until 1923 so does this mean my walker is over 100 years old? Seems there would be a reason why this was one of the very few out of 240 guns he never shot. Looking for age/value if its at all possible.
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Looking for a 1847 walker expert! A.S.M. with NO ITALIAN PROOFMARKS. has makers mark for ASM serial starts with a B. ASM italy blk powder only 44 blah blah on underside of barrel. Believe I have original GREEN box. Never fired! AGE/VALUE? Last edited by mudduckie; April 3, 2023 at 09:59 AM. Reason: forgot a sentence |
April 4, 2023, 11:29 AM | #2 |
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It may be a Walker made from a kit and not proofed. I doubt ASM was making reproductions much before the 1960s. I don't believe any original percussion revolvers ever wrote "Black Powder Only" on their barrels because black was the only powder out there. I owned an ASM Walker about 25 years ago but the cylinder started rubbing on the frame so I considered it poorly made, sold it, and bought a pair of Ubertis and never looked back. Yours may fetch a couple hundred bucks or more but it is no antique.
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Yeah, it was probably a kit gun from the 1970's or 80's. The Colt marked barrels were for Colt 2nd gens. Uberti supplied the parts for them and subcontracted Colt marked barrels from ASM. ASM got stuck with a lot of them when Colt ceased production in 1982 and used them on their own guns. No ASM is 100 years old.
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The ASM that I am familiar with is Armi San Markos.
I would not recommend them to anyone. I have no personal experience with their cap & ball stuff but do have some with their cartridge firearms and its like this... They look great!! They work like crap, if they work, at all. I would consider anything from Armi San Markos to be a wall hanger decoration, at best. That just my personal opinion, based on my limited personal experience. I hope you have a decent gun there, but I don't expect anything good. It's NOT a hundred + years old, it might be a kit built gun from the 1950s or newer. Armi San Marcos was considered the bottom tier quality Italian imports. Nicely finished, but poorly built.
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Actually the early ASM's were pretty good. It was the last few years quality control went to crap. The bottom of the barrel Italian guns have to be PR or Palmetto with Palmetto being a shade better.
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If you do plan to shoot it be sure to check the actual bore of the cylinder and the barrel. A lot of the early Italian imports had bores that measured at 0.440 and worked best with a 0.445 ball. I had three different replicas from the mid-1970's which were this way.
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Looking for a 1847 walker expert! A.S.M. with NO ITALIAN PROOFMARKS. has makers mark for ASM serial starts with a B. ASM italy blk powder only 44 blah blah on underside of barrel. Believe I have original GREEN box. Never fired! AGE/VALUE? Last edited by mudduckie; April 10, 2023 at 09:04 AM. Reason: forgot a sentence |
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Connecticut Valley Arms (CVA) used to offer muzzle loader kits but I don't know of which models.
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Dixie Gun Works used to list a ton of kits in the 70's.
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