Approximately 14,500 Beals Navy revolvers were manufactured in the early 1860s before production was switched to the Model 1861 and then to the New Model series. Only 1,500 of these are estimated to have been accepted by the U.S. government and of these only 500 were purchased for the Army and have inspection marks. It has the large German silver cone front sight, standard Beals and Remington barrel markings, top strap groove rear sight, double wing cylinder pin, smooth grips, matching serial numbers, small inspection marks and a "CGC" cartouche on the left grip panel.

Very good. The barrel and cylinder retains 40% of the original blue finish and the balance has an established brown patina. The trigger guard has a dark aged patina. The grips are very good but are slightly undersized and have chips on the edges and a few dings. The action functions fine and the markings are crisp.