sackettboys
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Back in the what I call the heydays of blackpowder replicas (late 70's thru early 90s), I ran the gaunlet of pistols from a Westerner Arms .44 cal 1860 w/shoulder stock, various .31s, .36s and .44s Colts & Rems up a Navy Arms .58 cal 1855 pistol carbine. I remembered one revolver in particular, a steel framed .31 1848 or 1849 with a part octogon and round barrel. It looked like a mini Leech and Rigdon but in .31 caliber.
I started looking again for one but no one seemed to be making this pistol with a part octogon and round barrel or had ever made a .31 with with this style barrel. I started thinking after all these years I must had gotten it confused with something else (my memory isn't the greatest these days).
But I stumbled across one on a auction site and lo and behold it has come home to me.
Now for the particulars, barrel length is 5 3/4" long, steel frame, 5 shot cylinder w/stagecoach scene. No makers mark other than the word Marco (Armi San Marco?) on the left side of the frame. Made in Italy stamped underneath the barrel. .31 cal is stamped by the rammer hinge and the Italian proof marks and date code XXV (1969) are on the right side of the frame.
Not as polished as a Uberti or Pietta, but still an interesting piece. I have only seen one other like this, has anyone seen any others? Now I need to get a Leech and Rigdon to go with her.........
I started looking again for one but no one seemed to be making this pistol with a part octogon and round barrel or had ever made a .31 with with this style barrel. I started thinking after all these years I must had gotten it confused with something else (my memory isn't the greatest these days).
But I stumbled across one on a auction site and lo and behold it has come home to me.
Now for the particulars, barrel length is 5 3/4" long, steel frame, 5 shot cylinder w/stagecoach scene. No makers mark other than the word Marco (Armi San Marco?) on the left side of the frame. Made in Italy stamped underneath the barrel. .31 cal is stamped by the rammer hinge and the Italian proof marks and date code XXV (1969) are on the right side of the frame.
Not as polished as a Uberti or Pietta, but still an interesting piece. I have only seen one other like this, has anyone seen any others? Now I need to get a Leech and Rigdon to go with her.........