I've posted this one before. It's my GGGrandfathers 1861 Whitney Navy Revolver. GGG relieved an Union soldier of the revolver as the Union soldier no longer had a use for it. GGG was from Brownsville, TN and rode with NBF from 1862 - 1864/65.
I had a gunsmith friend cleanup one cylinder and nipple. Loaded it up with a 36 cal round ball over I think 15 gr of black powder and touched off one round just to be able to say I shot my GGGrandfathers civil war revolver. Yes, a very light load as we were shooting a 150+ year old iron frame revolver.
The only thing that had to be replaced to make the revolver functional was the main spring as someone had taken the original out of the gun. That probably explains why the original nipples are not crushed.
Class III
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