[Shenandoah]

I have a Navy .44 brass frame. Brass works. The Confederacy used them. Legend has it that a church in the South donated its brass bell for the first run of Griswold & Gunnison revolvers.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

That was Macon, GA. All the church bells in town but one were taken down and melted to be cast into cannons at the Confederate States Arsenal in Macon. Griswoldville is 10 miles north east of Macon and some of that brass may have ended up being turned into pistol frames. If it is .44 cal it is not a Navy. Navy Colts were all .36 cal. Iron frames are better. The Confederates only used brass because iron was scarce.