We've been working closely with Steve Krolick from Novelty Ordnance to provide shooters, collectors, and reenactors with the most highly detailed, historically accurate, Confederate pistols for a few years now, so when we say that this is without a doubt, the coolest, most extensively detailed CS pistol that we've had the opportunity to offer, its definitely not a statement to be taken lightly.
This custom Dance Brother's pistol is the result of many hours of research and labor. Built by Steve Krolick of Novelty Ordnance, nearly every square inch of this revolver has been fabricated to reflect one of the rarest Confederate pistols ever produced.
This pistol is an early Navy (.36) caliber model. It was copied from original guns pictured in the book Dance Brothers: Texas Gunmakers to the Confederacy. There are only a handful of original Dance pistols left and even fewer of the early Navy model. Steve began by cutting off the flash shield from a Colt style frame. He then re-contoured the frame to a taper exactly like the originals. He also turned the barrel round and gave it the correct taper before mounting on the correct 1860 Army-style brass sight.
Steve then turned his attention to the detail work. He started by re profiling the loading lever latch to the correct style. Then he moved on to the hammer; completely cutting, welding, filing and re-shaping it so that it no longer resembles the distinct hammers found on Colts and is now distinctly "Dance style". Steve also modified the wedge key to be "springless" another feature found on original CS revolvers. Serial numbers were then stamped in all of the appropriate places using appropriately styled and sized stamps. Finally, Steve finished this fine pistol by re-shaping and finishing the grips and patining the whole gun to give it the look of a gun that was "rode hard and put away wet.".
This is pistol is as close to the real thing as possible. This is not a re-worked Pietta Dance pistol, which aren't even remotely historically accurate, this is a custom built, meticulously copied Dance Bros revolver that you won't find anywhere else, especially not for this price-similarly built pistols have been sold at the Rock Island Auction for over $1800!
This pistol is the perfect addition to anyone's Confederate or Texas Collection/Display. These one won't last long so don't wait!
