Rest In Peace, George...

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Hard to say, but TCM viewed the 1941 Errol Flynn movie "They Died With Their Boots On" a few days ago and the final scene showed 'Custer' with a pair of Remington revolvers. I was surprised to see Anthony Quinn as Crazy Horse; I didn't realize he was that old.

I suppose the movie prop department could have looked up Custer's predilection for Remingtons...

The one in the auction has a curiously cut-away loading lever...I once owned an old original cap & ball Remington .44, it was huge and heavy...

That's because it's a Remington-Beals.

Anyway, G.A.C. had at one time or another almost anything that went Bang! I have a picture of him with a Colt Roots revolver during is West Point days. So, that Remington-Beals may very well be legit.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by kurusu

That's because it's a Remington-Beals.

A conversion, yes. The barrel looks shorter too. The auction also mentions it is a converted 'Navy' Remington. I didn't see anything like that in the short time I looked.

Watching the movie made me wonder what happened to the guidon, the pistols/carbines, canteens, etc. Sitting Bull's people must have salvaged anything they could use. It's strange that more hasn't turned up over the years. Some is on display in various museums and collections, but the bulk of the equipment seems to have remained undiscovered...

Originally Posted by cirelaw

Thank God it was none of our Georges!!!

There is no way I would ever hear about a member of this forum. I don't know any, and none live near me.

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

A conversion, yes. The barrel looks shorter too. The auction also mentions it is a converted 'Navy' Remington. I didn't see anything like that in the short time I looked.

Nope. It's got nothing to do with being a conversion. The Remington-Beals was the predecessor of the most recognized Remington Army and Navy models of the 1861 pattern. That loading lever is original and so is the 7,5 barrel, standard for the Navy model.

[sheepherder]

Mario. here's a Beals conversion you should appreciate...

http://milpas.cc/rifles/ZFiles/Pisto...20Gallery.html

http://milpas.cc/rifles/ZFiles/Pisto...REVOLVER..html



I hope those come out...The URL's look funky...

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

I find the story fascinating but not really LT Colonol Custer. He lost a bunch of family members that day. His brother was a two time Medal of Honor recipient.

I read that!

http://www.history.com/topics/native...little-bighorn

Several members ofGeorge Armstrong Custer's family were also killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, including two of his brothers, his brother-in-law and a nephew.

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

Mario. here's a Beals conversion you should appreciate...

http://milpas.cc/rifles/ZFiles/Pisto...20Gallery.html

http://milpas.cc/rifles/ZFiles/Pisto...REVOLVER..html



I hope those come out...The URL's look funky...

Wow! I did not know that conversion. Thanks.

It's the most complicated conversion I've ever seen.

[K.Wilhelm]

Perhaps, as George says, Custer did deserve his fate for: failing to listen to his scouts about the size of the enemy force he was dealing with; dividing his force into three; failing to bring up his two Gatling guns; and generally being a glory hound. But did his men deserve to share this fate?

Also, I have read that while Custer did have several different types of revolvers, he was carrying a pair of English made ones (I forget the name) that day. Bill