Griswold and Gunnison...original civil war Confederate revolver... range video
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- original Griswold and Gunnison a Confederate revolver built during the Civil War. copy of the Colt 1851 Navy. the frame was made of brass because of the limited production abilities of the Confederacy.
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Wow! I can’t believe I got to see a real original Griswold and Gunnison in action! Thank you 👍🏻
Glade to hear you enjoyed it. Hope all is well
I love that you fire these old guns. As I've told you in the past, adding your experience to the linear history of firearms like yours is beyond cool to me. Someone likely used that revolver in battle 150 years ago, and now it's once again alive in yours. wow.
Thanks!! there is something incredible about holding these old revolvers. This could have easily been the difference between life and death for some person. There could be a family lineage alive today because of this gun. All the scratches and little dents have stories to tell. I just wish I knew what they were. My favorite thing i see on guns that served in the Civil War. most have these dents right in front of the trigger guard where it looks like somebody put it up against a fence or braced it against something when they shot. I dont see this that much on civilian guns. but on military guns I do. they didn't care about scratching the gun. And I would much rather have a gun with scratches and dents then in perfect shape that lived in a box it's whole life
agreed
Excellent!
It's been a long wait but it's been worth it the old girl came out looking beautiful
Cant wait for the day the woods boys get to shoot the old girl.
She looks good glad you got her up and running
Hey slick sixguns thanks for coming by. Hope all is well. I have to catch up on your videos
Awesome, Snapper!
Thanks santee
I’m impressed! She’s a real beaut. What a great piece of history. Congrats! Thank you for shooting it, I would too.
Thanks i am glade you liked it m... Hope all is well
Firearms Addict sent me here. Sure glad he did. Thanks for sharing this ole girl. She's certainly worth the attention. Thumbs up! ~John
Thanks john glade you enjoyed the video
"Takes Glock mags.".....HA! Nice, real nice. Thanks for putting the fight back into the old gal.
Thanks brother. I am glade to see one fire myself
always a darn joy to watch cobber
Glade you liked it brother
Excellent job with the restoration!
Thanks!!
Beautiful piece of history. Great location to shoot it.
Thanks!! i am glade you enjoyed it.
Fantastic to see a Griswold and Gunnison being shot again, especially when you consider the barrel and cylinder are made of iron not steel.
Lol yeah not going to lie i was a little worried about that a first. But when this gun was being rebuilt we magnafluxed it to see if any cracking or over stress. I will have more videos on it in the future. but you can see the Twist in the cylinder for when it was made to help make it stronger.
That is definitely a thing of beauty just found your channel and subscribe 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks!! And welcome to the channel.
The first G & G ever shot on camera ....... pretty awesome!
great job brother! looks like a sweet shooter
Thanks yeah its been a very good revolver
Great video. For many years I've wanted to see a video of an original Griswold & Gunnison revolver being fired. And yes to my knowledge this is the first and only video of one being fired. It's difficult to even find photos of disassembly & of all the internal components.
Is the cylinder on yours the original twisted iron one?
I read somewhere that the area inside the frame where the trigger components & such are wasn't milled out with a traditional mill but rather done by hand with a hammer & chisel. The frames were cast though so I would think that the hollow space inside the frame was cast as part of it then just finished via hand filing probably.
Thank you. I have learned why there arent many others being shot. A very large portion are worn out and shot loose. This is what i was told by the Griswold and Gunnison owners club. its because of the very poor brass and other lower quality materials. This one was worn out and shot loose. but I wanted to shoot an original so I brought it back to shootable condition. Yes it has the Twisted iron cylinder. you can see the twists in the cylinder. The internals look crudely machined. But was done well enough that colt 51 navy internals fit... Well Kind of with a little fitting.
Great job restoring and shooting that piece of history!!
Thank you for sharing!
Glade you enjoyed it. 🤠
Looking forward to the range video brother.
Thanks i should have had this video out months ago
@@snappers_antique_firearms to be honest i've been trying to get out to the range but we've had some unpredictable weather here heavy rains and and morning temps in the low 30' + working nights makes it hard to muster the strength to get out there i'll try this thursday.
@@leadbullets4life we are having the same weather. Yeah working nights suck. I think these days i would work nights. when i retired i find myself up all night sleeping most of the day. I am hoping to get out to the range soon myself. i have some stuff i have been wanting to shoot. I did a lot of range videos in spring and never got them out. The g&g is one of those.
Excellent job bring that piece of history back to life and sharing it with everyone.
That was awesome! Thanks for all the work that you put into her to be able to share her with us. I cracked up when you said it takes Glock mags. 😂
Wow thank you so much for sharing the video on your channel. i am glad you enjoyed the video.
@@snappers_antique_firearms you’re quite welcome. It was super cool!
@@firearmsaddictloveguns thanks brother
@@snappers_antique_firearms anytime.’
AWESOME , Love those guns from the Civil War and the Wild , Wild West nice video pard !
Been looking forward to this
Thanks hope you enjoyed it. There will be more on this Griswold soon
Great video, I thought I noticed that the grip on that pistol seems to tail back a little more than the other, it definitely looks great and make sure to tell the camera woman that she did a superb job of videography, definitely a nice pistol by the way 😎👍🇺🇸
I sure will thanks brother. Also i need to catch up on your videos. I seen you posted but i have been crazy busy.
@@snappers_antique_firearms same here 😅👍...🤪🤪🤪
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Technically, it still hasn’t been fired on “film” lol ;) Great video bud, love seeing this old beauty shoot :)
😅 now i have to buy a old camcorder. Thanks Billy glade you enjoyed it.
@@snappers_antique_firearms haha yup! Good luck uploading it on tape or film though ;)
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Fun premiere
Thanks
I'm looking forward to seeing the video with an original Griswold and Gunnison. It's going to be awesome.
Coming soon!
I blame the misses on being excited but fabulous to watch
That is definitely true. Ever for its age its far more accurate than I am. I am just glade i am able to share this incredible piece of History. And hopefully this revolver will last another 150+ years
Have no doubt in her
Currently working on that nickeling project trying to learn it I actually have a coin from a plantation token from the 1880s trying right now
@@louisianagray8618 love to hear how it comes out. Nickel plating is very fun and rewarding
I'm trying to learn it so I can do my pistol grip frames
Glock mags in a Griswold? Great to see it shootI have been looking forward to this for a long time, but it was worth the wait! I wonder if the rifling would have something to do with how hard the gun shoots?
Great to see you gunsmith4570. I did measure the rifling and I don't remember off my head its size. I need to measure the barrel again. I know that I got the cylinder Gap very small when i had to make its arbor. It also could be the iron not expanding as much when it's fired so more energy spent propelling the bullet. I am not 100% sure. I need to buy a chronograph lol. If You have any ideas love to hear.
One thing I thought of was if it was possibly gain twist rifling? I have no experience with that but I know it was used to some degree in the 19th century.
I was going to get one until you said it takes glock mags, I don't have any.
I too had great trouble with this. Thank goodness they designed it to work if you didn't have any Glock mags. They thought of everything back then
@@snappers_antique_firearms Are they available with S&W mags? I have lots of them!😁
@@SmallCaliberArmsReview o no because of the rivalry of Smith & Wesson and Colt. Being I'm a colt guy it's Blasphemous to have S&W stuff😁... Ps dont tell anyone but i have some S&W gun. I have a image to uphold here.
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That’s pretty awesome. Just to be able to fire such a gun is just cool. It drops its lever like a Walker. Similar latch or just worn out? I have the Glock mags…. Just need the revolver now 😂
Thanks !! On the loading lever. the latch is just like the 51 navy. The spring is still strong but this gun for some reason has more felt recoil the the 51 navy. being this gun is mostly just a copy of the 51 navy but made by the Confederacy. I really enjoy this gun. Especially the grip angle. Until this gun i alway thought the 51 navy grip was perfect. But i do like the G&Gs grip more.
@@snappers_antique_firearms I have never felt a real one so I couldn’t speak on the grip. I could tell it’s shaped slightly different though.
@@JWheeler331 its bent back from the colt grip. It makes the revolver more pointable and also a little easier to get to the hammer
@@snappers_antique_firearms Nice. I didn’t think a 51 could get any more pointable. They point so natural already. I’d definitely like to check one out in person.
@@JWheeler331 i thought the same thing about the 51 navy. To me it was as close to perfect as you could get. But that slight bend in the G&G makes it feel just a like more relaxed at the wrist. Its very subtle but noticeable
Just curious but does she have any peening from the cylinder star contacting the brass receiver and arbor pin?
Yes. it was very very bad. The cylinder gap when indexed was very large and unsafe. It was the biggest repair i made to get her up and shootable again.
snapper i love the old confederate brass..is your revolver a reproduction or and oldie but a goodie? looks like the springs need replacing other than that! a great outdoor shooter, when i did my video 2 weeks ago i ran the balls dry and it did the same thing ...accuracy started to suffer but continued to fire, lubrication is a necessary must if your gonna shoot multiple rounds, but most real life combat shooting there were no lubricated balls stuffed on the loaded balls the biggest reason is most outdoor conditions were hot and the lube would run out anyways and lubricated wads would also make the powder wet and mushy causing misfires, and you can get away with just firing 6 rounds at your opponent even multiple rounds dry if needed.
Its a original made in late 1862 or early 1863. Yeah the accuracy was greatly reduced because of fouling. I have shot the revolver 1 other time and it did great but the video had no audio....🙄. I am in Arizona my father passed away a few days ago. When i get home i will send you out those Colt cartridge Works 36 caliber bullets .375 they actually have a lubrication ring.... When they were originally manufactured into combustible paper cartridges for the Civil War. they dipped the tip of the bullet in Lube. That was only paper cartridge and towards the end of the war. if you cast your own bullets like some units did. you had no lubrication on the bullets. I couldn't imagine that kind of fighting during the Civil War must have been unbearable. Thanks again brother.
@@snappers_antique_firearms my condolences to you and your family on your loss of your father I just had my dad's death anniversary October 31st 6 years.
@@leadbullets4life thanks brother i still am in kind of shock about it. My mom passed 3 months ago. And well best way to put it he was done. He did everything he could to be with my mother. I dont know how to really feel about it.
@@snappers_antique_firearms there's not a day that goes by I don't think of my dad this may sound crazy to you but he took me to Purgatory with him and I got to say goodbye and spend some time with him before he came back down
@@leadbullets4life dont sound crazy at all. I haven't had anything like that with my family but. When i got wounded in sep 2009 in iraq. 3 of my teammates and good friends were killed. 8 months later i was woken up to get dressed and go to first formation by my friend who died in sep. At this time i had to have help getting dressed and walking. He helped me get dresses and even road to base which was about a 25-minute drive. I still to this day don't understand what happened
What part of that gun is from a Griswold and Gunnison
Pretty much everything except the grips
The frame cylinder and barrel. The grips and internals all came from original colt 51 navy parts. Then modified to fit and be correct the the G&G
Thanks for sharing! Are you worried about the heavy charges?
Thanks !!! Not so much just because i used my homemade black powder. Its not very strong. When i decided to shoot this revolver we magnaflexed it to see if there was any cracks. i did test the cylinder and barrel. 99% of the time we use weak loads. I did want to demonstrate its full potential in the video. but that is not how it normally gets shot.