Help identify these revolvers please * lots more pics added

[Brutus]

I was under the impression that purely because the south used a different material for these fames, that they were manufactured in .36 calibre & none in .44 calibre.

This one appears to be a .44 cap&ball.

 

[antiqueguy]

Just to stir the pot, "everybody knows" that Remingtons had iron frames. So did Thompsons.

But I had a BRASS 1928 Thompson in my hands about a year ago. Made in Turkey.

Legend is that the South sacrificed its church-bells to make pistols. Bells are not Brass: it gives too harsh a note.

They are Bronze. Copper and Tin, not Copper and Zinc.

That frame is not Brass. I would suggest a metallurgical analysis of the metal itself, and of the age of the patina.

With the equipment available today, it can be done.

If those are fakes, they are the best ones I have ever come across.

The Raisin Pie still stands.

a brass 1928 now that would be something to have

 

[fraserdw]

From the Remington 1858 forum. "the markings have instead been placed post-war by a surplus seller such as Bannermans (which was known to place CSA markings on civil war era weapons to increase the value)" The brass frame is curious and no one seems to be able to explain it.

Edit: Cook and Brother Armoury in Athens Georgia manufactured the Calhoun revolver, (a 1858 Remington re-worked to use cheaper materials). Except for the loading ram and markings, this looks like a Spiller & Burr, also made in Georgia. It might be a parts guns made up by an enterprising individual post war or on the battle field.