What are the Roman numerals? I can't make them out.
Here's some info on Replica Arms from another forum (2008)
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/t...ca-arms.39327/
Last edited by Battis; 01-15-2024 at 11:08 PM.
XXIII would be 1967.
http://www.powderhombre.com/mbpproofmarks.pdf
Replica used Uberti for the 1860s and 1861s. I collected Replica Arms, Marietta, Ohio revolvers for quite a while. ASM for the horse pistols and the babies, Uberti for the bell models.
Kevin
Knowledge I take to my grave is wasted.
I prefer to use cartridges born before I was.
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At the infancy of the replica industry, makers marks were not commonly used. Or, if used, only sporadically. There are certain “tells” that can help identify who made what. ASM seemed to always have long heads on the screws of the horse pistols that stuck out from the frame, typically where the grip frame joins to the main frame. On the 31 caliber Pocket Models, the thing I remember most is the triggerguard is too small for my finger to get in once the hammer is cocked.
The quality of the revolvers from Replica Arms, Ohio, is usually very good.
Oh, and the reason I know about the belt Models being made by Uberti? Wes Kindig told me when I bought a pair of 1861s from him. When Replica was bought out by Navy Arms, he was able to make a deal with RA and purchase much of the inventory. He sold it at his shop, The Log Cabin Shop in Lodi Ohio.
I do wish I had grabbed one of the Plainsman Rifles that Replica had built by Pedersoli. Very nice rifles.
Kevin
Knowledge I take to my grave is wasted.
I prefer to use cartridges born before I was.
Success doesn't make me happy, being happy is what allows me to be successful.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |