I finally entered the ranks of the cap and ball revolver fans. I found a beautiful 1858 remington at the Gun store and persuaded the guy to part with it for the princely sum of $175.00. When I got home I measured the chambers and the bore all of which came out to .444 dia. The pistol looks to be unfired and pristine which is amazing because the proof marks show it to be made in 1960. It is all blued, no color hardening and with a brass trigger guard. No worn spots in the blueing and no scratches either.
Timing is almost perfect with the bolt dropping just before rotation stops. There were some burrs on some of the cylinder notches from the bolt, but I removed them with a swiss pattern file.
My problem is in the mfr. mark. On the underside of the barrel is stamped in cursive writing "G. U". then "made in Italy". It has the proof marks from the proof house and the date in roman numerals XVI. This equates to 1960. I can't find the manufacturers mark anywhere except the G U I described. Can anyone tell me who made this gun? I'm pretty sure it was Navy Arms that imported it but it doesn't have the uberti mark on it.
Timing is almost perfect with the bolt dropping just before rotation stops. There were some burrs on some of the cylinder notches from the bolt, but I removed them with a swiss pattern file.
My problem is in the mfr. mark. On the underside of the barrel is stamped in cursive writing "G. U". then "made in Italy". It has the proof marks from the proof house and the date in roman numerals XVI. This equates to 1960. I can't find the manufacturers mark anywhere except the G U I described. Can anyone tell me who made this gun? I'm pretty sure it was Navy Arms that imported it but it doesn't have the uberti mark on it.