Repros I'd like to see...

[Drayton Calhoun]

 The Freeman, the Savage and, oddly enough, the Pettingill. Also, the Manhattan and the Bacon. They are all interesting in their own right. The last four were made in enough volume to make them practical. The Freeman, well, I just think it looks cool and it was purchased, privately, during the War. Heck, even a .22 rimfire version of the Volcanic would be cool.

[ZVP]

 Wasn't the Manhattan a Colt open top C&B copy? If I am not mistaken it was .31 caliber. I think I saw one at a Gun Show for $135. It was missing most of it's plating though.
To the best of my knowlege there are 3 copies of Colt .31's and a trio of Remingtons but no other .31 revolvers are reproduced.
It would be cool to see some of the lesser brands reproduced!
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Wouldn't it be great if H&R or Iver Johnson resurfaced and offered some of their Break-Tops again?
ZVP

[Montana Slim]

I introduced a friend to BP revolvers a few years ago (we were 14)....and helped him put together a .36 Navy from a kit. His Dad later gave him a Manhattan revolver as a gift. It was a knock-off of the 1851 Navy, .36 caliber. I don't recall seeing other Manhattans, but that one I will remember well...we shot it quite a bit.

Can't say I have a deep hankering to shoot many of the less-popular percussion revolver models...there could be a reason they faded away   But, just for collecting...well...I'd consider that at least. I have a Starr, DA and while I can make it shoot border-line acceptable...it's more of a novelty to me.

My wish list includes:
- #3 Smith SA with the authentic (.44 Russian) caliber and cylinder/barrel design.
- Merwin Hulbert

Slim

[Drayton Calhoun]

I guess one of the things I liked about the Manhattan was the cylinder engraving and the fact that the grip and frame were all one piece.

[Cal Fornia]

I introduced a friend to BP revolvers a few years ago (we were 14)....and helped him put together a .36 Navy from a kit. His Dad later gave him a Manhattan revolver as a gift. It was a knock-off of the 1851 Navy, .36 caliber. I don't recall seeing other Manhattans, but that one I will remember well...we shot it quite a bit.

Can't say I have a deep hankering to shoot many of the less-popular percussion revolver models...there could be a reason they faded away   But, just for collecting...well...I'd consider that at least. I have a Starr, DA and while I can make it shoot border-line acceptable...it's more of a novelty to me.

My wish list includes:
- #3 Smith SA with the authentic (.44 Russian) caliber and cylinder/barrel design.
- Merwin Hulbert

Slim

Here you go:

http://www.merwinhulbertco.com/

http://forum.merwinhulbertco.com/ubbthreads.php

Me, I'd like to see a repro of the Kerr revolver:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Kerr_revolver.jpg

http://www.michaelsimens.com/Admin/mikesimages/A-915-2.jpg

http://www.michaelsimens.com/Admin/mikesimages/A-915-1.jpg

[Fox Creek Kid]

The "Golden Days" of the repros are over I am afraid. CAS is in decline nationally. It peaked in the early 2000's. 

[St. George]

True.

Tooling up for an expensive reproduction weapon of interest to a 'very' small group of potential buyers isn't cost-effective.

Especially when those same potential buyers want top-quality pieces at Ruger prices.

No reliable secondary market exists when looking for the additional customer base, as their hunting and self-defense needs are already met with existing production - and 'collectability' doesn't exist when there's no history behind the piece.

Vaya,

Scouts Out!

[Forty Rod]

True.

Tooling up for an expensive reproduction weapon of interest to a 'very' small group of potential buyers isn't cost-effective.

And yet.....

"transitional" Henrys

Spiller and Burr

Griswoldville

Dance and Brothers

Whitney Navy

Starr

Rogers and Spencer

Take-down 92 Winchesters

but NO S&W American/First Model Russian revolvers!  Go figure.

[Fingers McGee]

What I'd like to see:

Cofer revolver

Shawk & McLanahan revolver

Columbus Firearms Co. revolver

as well as those already mentioned:

Volcanic

Manhattan

Savage

[Fox Creek Kid]

And yet.....

"transitional" Henrys

Spiller and Burr

Griswoldville

Dance and Brothers

Whitney Navy

Starr

Rogers and Spencer

Take-down 92 Winchesters

but NO S&W American/First Model Russian revolvers!  Go figure.

Forty Rod, all those pretty much used existing tooling with only a few "tweaks" here & there. I too have hoped & begged for a 1st Model American as it would only be a few tweaks on the CAD program and they could use the Schofield ejection system (which the Uberti Russian uses as well).

FWIW, one time I was speaking with Maria Uberti about the then projected Armisport Spencer and she mentioned that her father Aldo had tinkered with the idea in the past but gave up as he said it would be too difficult. Go figure.