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POSSIBLY, J.H Dance & Brothers Civil War Confederate Revolver, CAL: .44, MFG: circa mid 1860's, SN: 221, Single Action Percussion Revolver, 8'' barrel. The Dance Brothers operated two factories during the Civil War, the first in Columbia, TX & the other in Anderson, TX. The first location was a private enterprise & the second, a move after the Confederate Government purchased the works. In these factories, approximately 135 .36 caliber & 350 .44 caliber revolvers were manufactured. It is said that after the move to Anderson, production never got going & only a few were produced at the Anderson factory. The wood grips are very good, there is a chip in the left grip, along with other minor contusions, scrapes & dings. The bottom of the right grip has the SN impressed into it. The metal finish has fully worn to metal gray, with consistent pitting throughout the metal surfaces. The thick oval brass trigger guard with has been buffed, with a couple small areas of cleaned pitting. Bore is fair, rough & pitted, with what appears to be a total of (7) lands & grooves with very shallow, if any twist rate. Brass blade front sight. The serial number 221 can be found on the bottom of the barrel housing, frame, trigger guard, cylinder, butt & barrel wedge. The ''CSA'' marks can be found on the left side of the frame & left side of the trigger guard. Although not many examples were marked ''CSA'', it is said there are a few that do exist. These pistols closely resemble early Colt revolvers, but never a specific model, as they were compiled of different parts from different models, such as the .44 cal 1848 Dragoon & the .36cal 1851 Navy revolvers. The absence of the recoil shield is the most distinctive feature of these revolvers. A lot of speculations circulate about this matter, but one of the simplest explanations would be that the available steel cakes for casting the frames were not thick enough to allow shields to be made. Yet, a part of the production has been provided with recoil shields, & there is even one known specimen that shows evidently that it was first made with shields, but that the shields were cut away afterwards. Due to the time period in which these were made & the supplies that were readily available, it's hard to say what consistencies the original revolvers had. There is no maker's name on Dance revolvers, but most of them bear serial numbers. On some examples, those numbers are replaced by various combinations of zero's, diamonds & stars; others bear no marks at all. Those examples are believed to have been sold on the civilian market. While there is no documentation to prove this is an original Dance Bro's revolver, it is still a very neat example of what the Confederate Army used back in the 1860's. Antique, No FFL Req. - Value: 2000 to 20000

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POSSIBLY, J.H Dance & Brothers Civil War Confederate Revolver, ... Item # 4353 Current bid: US $1000   Bid increment: US $0 Your minimum bid or spread bid: (Minimum bid: $1000) (Do not include a dollar sign in your bid amount)   Your bid is a contract - Place a bid only if you're serious about buying the item. If you are the winning bidder, you will enter into a legally binding contract to purchase the item from the seller.

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