Found one of these for a great price recently and brought it home today.  This one appears to have a two-digit serial number.  The "case colors" are very vivid and bright and the bluing is very nice.  The barrel is marked with Navy Arms, so that's who imported it.  I've not been able to find too much info on these.  It looks like they aren't making them any more and probably haven't for some time.  If anyone has any more info about these, like when they were made, how many, current value, etc., I'd appreciate it.







Rob

That's pretty cool. I bet it is a hoot to shoot with wadcutters.

Couple of years ago picked up one of these in .357 Mag and one in .22 Hornet.  Gave the 357 to my dad and kept the 22 Hornet.  2 Hornet is Fun to shoot and really loud! Very well made and not a lot of info online that I recall.  My 2014 std catalog of Fireams shows it chambered in .22LR, .22 Mag, .22 Hornet, .222 Rem, .223, .45 Long Colt or .357 Mag.  NIB $500, exc $375, VG $250.

My Dad had an original in .22 LR in the 1950's he kept in the car.  I saw him shoot a rabid dog with it in the Black Hills when I was a kid.

That's very cool. I have always liked the Rolling Block design.

I plan to shoot it on Thursday.  I'll report back.

Rob

I own 2 originals in 50-40

they are a hoot  my advice is load up a few 38 spc rounds with triple 7 and enjoy the sweet smoke

I know nothing about the reproductions

nice find OP

Army Navy Clot on the left?  

I should insert the "score" brag here.  Marked $178.99, a very good price as it is.  But they had 10% off all used guns, so with tax the total was $175.11.  I paid partly with a $50 gift card that I paid $40 for and had a coupon for $20 off a $100 purchase.  So my total Out The Door cost was $145.11.

Did I do OK?  : )  I guess I'll find out when I see how it shoots.


Oh...if I'm going to shoot it with "black powder", I'd shoot it with Black Powder.  But probably won't.


Rob

Philippines Alaskan 1912 colt Army

Shot it today.  It shoots!  It shoots well!  This was my first 5 shots (and the only ones I have pictured so far).  This was at 30 feet offhand with some cheap, generic .38 Special loads (158 gr LSWC).  The first 4 are in the only long hole with #5 dropped down a bit.



Note that this was using a center hold, so it was hitting about 4" high of POA (and a bit left).

I also fired some Fiocchi 142 gr FMJ TC .357 Mag loads.  They actually shoot even better!  With a 6 o'clock hold they were striking the center (so 3" high). at 50 feet, standing and with the foreend rested on a bag,  5 rounds  made one rectangular hole about 3/4" across (like the 5 pips on a die with 4 in the corners of a square and the fifth removing the center).

The trigger is smooth and creep-free, but pretty darn heavy.  I was struggling to get good shots off before getting fatigued in my trigger finger.  I'll first try a full dis-assembly, cleaning and lube and see if that helps.  If not, anyone know how to fix a rolling block trigger, or know a smith who does?

So, yeah...I'm pretty pleased with my bargain .357 single shot.

Rob

That pistol looks to be accurate indeed

Here's the other target.  The center group is 5 .357 rounds fired while standing with the pistol rested on a bag at a range of 50 feet.  Measures 0.85 inches center to center extreme spread.  I had another .357 group of 4 shots into 0.51".



Note the two .38 Special groups above center.  Both were using the same ammo as the previously shown group but using the same technique as the .357 group.  Much larger than the freehand group at 30 feet.  Don't know if I just got really lucky with that first group or just that it doesn't like this ammo but it didn't show its displeasure at the closer range.  The small group at 30 feet measures 0.87 inches and the better group shown here at 50 feet (top group) is 1.67 inches.

BTW...I just looked up the proof codes on the barrel and the mark "XX7" should indicate proofing in 1971!  It does have a two-digit serial number.

Rob

I know a guy who has one of those that he bought new 40 years ago.  He shoots it 50-150 times per outing about 3 times a week.  It hardly has any rifling left and likes to pierce primers.  He enjoys the hell out of it.