Photo below: the left arrow points to the stylized ASM logo the right arrow points to the datecode. on the lower right side of the barrel logo. Also, if it is an ASM it will have either SM. Prior to 1975 ASM stamped the datecode in Roman numerals on the right side of the frame, along with the proofmarks. The Old Model started production in 1861 with the slightly improved New Model Army coming out in 1863. It was a revolver so good that it nearly bankrupted the company. I am trying to find out when this was made. That lead to a number of revolvers being sent to the front lines the most popular of which was the Remington New Model Army. ASM puts that info on the bottom of the frame adjacent to the barrel lug when the datecodes were alpha characters in a rectangle. I have a cap and ball 44 cal pistol which is stamped made in Italy. Pietta always has the proofmarks and the datecode on the right side of the frame. Yours has a "D" prefix, which really sounds to me as an Armi San Marco revolver. Some older guns that Pietta made for some importers will have it on the bottom of the backstrap.ĪFAIK, Pietta never had an alpha prefix to the serial number (I have 6 Pietta Navies dating from 1990 to present). On the Pietta revolvers from at least 1990 forward it will be the first characters on the infamous Pietta billboard on the right side of the barrel. If it is a Pietta, there will be a "cartouche" somewhere on the revolver.
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