When ordering reproduction firearms from Regimental Quartermaster, please be aware of the following:
- Due to state law in New Jersey, we are unable to ship firearms there.
- We can not ship our reproduction Firearms outside of the United States.
- Before firing any of the listed firearms, we recommend a thorough cleaning of the rifle or revolver. We offer guides on care and maintenance of the firearms in our book section.
- We recommend that any live firing should be done with an experienced shooter present.
- Must be 18 years of age to purchase any firearms.
The inventor, Ebenezer Townsend Starr, was born into a family well known in the business environment of New York. His factories produced different guns but he devised three revolvers only: a double action .36 caliber, a double action .44 caliber and a single action .44 caliber. The project of the first revolver, named Starr D.A. model 1858 Navy .36 caliber, was for military use due to the small caliber. This pushed Starr to start production of a new weapon in .44 caliber, the Starr D.A. Model 1858 Army .44 caliber, that led to a contract with the American government for 20,000 revolvers. Unfortunately, towards the middle of 1863, he was forced, due to the strong competition of Colt, Remington and Smith & Wesson, to turn his genial revolver into a single action, still in .44 caliber. He could then produce an efficient and affordable weapon, the Starr S.A. Model 1863 Army .44 caliber. In December 1864 he signed another contract for 25,000 revolvers. Before the end of the war the quantity produced was 47,754 pieces, however after 1865 the Starr could not be competitive, so two years later he stopped production of the guns.
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