Navy Arms, the importer that began the black powder replica revolver industry in the U.S. in 1958 with an 1951 Navy revolver was founded by Val Forgett. Val Forgett Sr., the famous president of the company, was the man who suggested to Colt executives to make Colt 2nd generation black powder revolvers. Established first in Bogota, NJ then in Ridgefield, New Jersey, Navy Arms had its first revolvers, from 1959 to 1963, manufactured by Vittorio Gregorelli and and then Gregorelli and Aldo Uberti. These revolvers will be marked with the initials "G.U." under the barrel or on the barrel flats or on the barrel lug, indicating an association of Gregorelli and Uberti. It was Gregorelli & Uberti who got the industry under way in Italy.