Remington Revolver Army or Navy?

[emmagee1917]

Johnny , Pat was listing total sales while you are listing War Dept buys. That's 179,400 vs 114,000 , so 65,400 were private sales . Pat was pointing out the 25 to one ratio you said as being an exaggeration. If Pat's figures are right , there are 129,900 .44s ( 1,900 + 6,000 + 122,000 ) vs. 49,500 .36s ( 14,500 + 7,000 + 28,000 ) so it is not 25 to 1 . It would be 72 % .44 vs. a 28% .36 rate , or about 3 to 1 odds in favor of the .44.

Of course collectors tend to snag one of each example for thier collections , so let's say 25% of the .44s are tied up by these people , that would leave 50% free to be seen/sold. But if each of them has a .36 too , they would reduce the number of free ones to 3% of production. In other words , for every 50 .44s you'd see , you'd see 3 .36 , which does come close to the 25 to 1 ratio you said.

Chris