For the record, the "Manhattan Conversion" is "authentic" to the Old West so far as Type IV and Type V Manhattan Navy Revolvers concerned. Technically it is known as a "Kittredge Spring-Plate, that was patented by Ben Kittredge of Cincinnatti, Ohio on March 8, 1864, U.S. Patent # 41,848.
You can actually go to the U.S. Patent Office website and pull up the patent on-line for all the details, all you need is the date of the patent and the patent number!
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