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Griswold & Gunnison Revolver. Usage Conditions Apply. Description: This six-shot .36 caliber revolver was made under contract to the Confederate government. It is a brass framed copy of the Colt 1851 Navy revolver. Connecticut Yankee Samuel Griswold set up a cotton gin factory in Georgia in 1830.
21 paź 2017 · Griswold and Gunnison were rather unique among Confederate revolver manufacturers for their ability to actually create a reliable and high quality product and produce it on a regular and predictable schedule.
21 sie 2016 · Griswold i Gunnison odbudowali fabrykę i kontynuowali produkcję ale już na dużo mniejszą skalę. Produkowali broń do kwietnia 1965 roku. Uważa się, że Griswold jest obecnie jedną z najrzadszych konfederackich broni palnej.
14 gru 2016 · Learn about the history and features of the Griswold and Gunnison revolvers, the most produced and highest quality pistols in the South during the Civil War. These .36-caliber guns were based on the Colt Model 1851 Navy, but with some differences in design and production.
A Confederate copy of the Colt 1851 Navy revolver made by Samuel Griswold in Georgia. Learn about the history of this brass framed firearm and its connection to the Civil War and Sherman's march.
This Griswold and Gunnison Second Model six-shot .36 caliber brass framed revolver was made under contract to the Confederate government in late 1864. Based on the Colt Model 1851 Navy percussion revolver and manufactured by Samuel Griswold at his factory in Griswoldville, Georgia, c. 1864.
Griswold and Gunnison pistols were patterned after the Colt Model 1851 Navy revolver. Samuel Griswold, a transplanted Yankee, made more than 3,700 revolvers for the Confederacy. He initially produced infantry pikes, weapons which were obsolete long before the start of the war.
