The Firsthand Story of Val Forgett, Jr. clearing Bannerman's Island.

This is the first-hand account of how Navy Arms founder, Val Forgett, Jr. cleared the famed Bannerman's Island of all live ordnance before its sale by the Bannerman Family in 1958. Less well known is that this job to clear the island is how Val obtained the funding for his first contract with Gregorelli-Uberti for the first replica 1851 Colt revolvers made by Navy Arms. The cost to begin the project was $5,000.00, which in 1958 was massive. (The average cost of a new home was $19,000.00). This video was recorded at a meeting of the Armor and Arms Club of New York in the 1990's and includes Val's personal photos shown as he describes the process of removing hundreds of tons of volatile explosives, carefully as possible, while under a deadline to get it done.