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Samuel Griswold (December 27, 1790 in Burlington, Connecticut – September 14, 1867 in Clinton, Georgia) was an American industrial pioneer in the 1820s based in central Georgia. He was the founder of Griswoldville village, an industrial site.
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. The village of Griswoldville grew around the factory.
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. The village of Griswoldville grew around the factory.
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.
21 sie 2016 · Griswold i Gunnison, znany po prostu jako Griswold, stał się jednym z najbardziej znanych rewolwerów wykonanych dla wojsk Konfederacji. Dziś też jest jednym z najrzadszych.
The Griswold and Gunnison Confederate Revolver was produced in Griswoldville, Georgia between 1862-1864. Its predecessor was known as the Griswold & Grier (which is really the same gun, just different markings), but the designer, Samuel Griswold, later rechristened it as the Griswold & Gunnison, naming it after his business partner, Arvin Nye ...
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.
