Freeman Army .44 Revolver

[Greg407]

A few days ago I posted about a rare Freeman Army .44 Revolver. These were only made for one year (1863-64) and in total only 1700-2000 were ever produced. I mounted the cleaned gun on a piece of reclaimed wood that I found near the site where I found the gun. The bullet mold, which is from the same era, was found at a different location last year. I was also able to repurpose some of the hundreds of square nails I've dug over they years to hold the gun and mold in place. I borrowed the round ball from a friend until I dig one of my own.

Here are some pics of the cleanup process:

Fresh from the dirt:



After a light scrub with a toothbrush and soapy water:



I had never done electrolysis before, so I had to set up the bath from scratch. There was much trial and error, but I finally got it going pretty good.



After first stage of electrolysis:



After final stage of electrolysis:



Mounted:

 

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[releventchair]

Very nice. Congrats!

 

[d2]

That is nice, very nice!!!d2

 

[kingskid1611]

Good job, Congrats!

 

[SeabeeRon]

Really cleaned up nice Greg! Love how you mounted it!

 

[stefen]

 

[MakingMemories]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!!!!

 

[UnderMiner]

Very nice find and display!

 

[Orbit]

I would love to find that. Congrats on the find and the display.

 

[Simon1]

That is a neat find and then to make it as a wall hanger with all period correct items is just fantastic.

 

[Simon1]

I take it you did not find any ammo in the cylinder ?

 

[Greg407]

Thank you all for your comments! It was a thrill from the moment it came out of the dirt and through the process of cleaning it.

Simon, no it was unloaded. There were some older casings a lot of old iron out there, but nothing contemporary to the gun that I found.

 

[relic nut]

Great job on the display:thumbup: love the way you did it. Thanks for reposting, I enjoy seeing the finished product. HH RN

 

[ParatroopVet]

That looks amazing! Well done!!!

 

[basque-man]

That is awesome. Especially against the old wood! Nice job!

 

[Chadeaux]

Nice job!

 

[RON (PA)]

Looks great...did you use any coating/wax/preservative on the gun

 

[Randyg12]

WOW! What a find and great job on cleaning it up! That must have blown your ears off

 

[stefen]

What makes this find unique is the limited production...

Kinda wonder the number of actual survivors in collections or junk drawers.

Still a unique conversation piece...

 

[pepperj]

Great mounting job, nice way of repurposing the nails and using the mold on the mount..