midland man
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seems like when I try to see about getting this 1858 brass Remington fixed up or even talk about brass framed revolvers no one seems to wanna talk about these guns. so are they not worth having? thanks!
The griswold and gunnison, spiller and burr, and whitney revolvers were the only brass framed black powder revolvers ever made during the black powder revolver era. These were made by the confederacy.
I think that's all the brass framed C&B revolvers made in the 19th century, probably missed one though.
Spiller & Burrs were Confederate copies of the Whitney and were brass framed. Whitneys are -- or were -- steel (or iron) framed. Did Whitney ever make brass framed Whitneys?
If it's a Pietta made gun, then I believe the internals and cylinder are going to be out of the same bin that the steel framed guns use,
Now it is only good as a wall hanger, I do not shoot it anymore, and it certainly is not worth trying to fix it.
I would not put the money into any brass frame.