Griswold & Gunnison - original or copy??

[Hoof Hearted]

I thought it was you 

Yer a "slippery"one you are!

By the way, why does your signature line:

"check out my ads on the CAS city classifieds" go to the page it is linked to???

[Pettifogger]

Saw one of the High Standards in the box at a gun show the week before last.  Didn't look as cool as yours.  Now you need to find another, antique it and shoot them in Frontiersman. 

[Hoof Hearted]

I have a High Standard Leech and Rigdon sitting right in front of me........
Send that Griswold over here and I'll do a little comparatating

[Wolfgang]

Here what I have discovered

High Standard Black Powder Revolvers
Griswold & Gunnison
Blued finish with a brass frame. Six shot single action. Commemorative gun came with a pine presentation case and a brass belt plate depicting the Georgia state seal.
These guns were a series of .36 caliber Cap and ball revolvers which began production in 1974 and ran through 1976. These are reproductions of the Confederate copies of the Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver. Note most Confederate copies of the Colt had round barrels not the octagonal barrel found on the Colt. The frames were made by High Standard in the U.S.A. the balance of the parts by Uberti. 
The guns were assembled and finished by High Standard.
Serial numbers for the Griswold & Gunnison ran from 0 through 2612.
O through 500 were catalog number 9333 a Commemorative gun which came with a pine presentation case and a brass belt plate depicting the Georgia state seal.
Serial numbers 501 through 2,612 came is an Arms of the Confederacy style box with no case or accessory buckle. This model was in production from, December 1973 through June 1974 except for a few stragglers
High Stadnard's link to Uberti came from a new president of High Stadnard, Don Mitchell, who had previously been with Colt in marketing and had started Colt's black powder reporduction program with Uberti.

Now to try and track down the artist

Very interesting.  Glad someone got this rather fine "replica" and for a decen't price. 

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

Does anyone know if the CS stamp is correct for this series by Hi-Standard

[RebHolister]

There is no CS stamp on mine or on others that I have seen. 

[Major 2]

there is a criptic letter and the 19 stamped on the loading lever
Orginials had a criptic inspector letter on the loading lever.