Barrel inscription: ".38 Spc or U.S. Service Ctg." No other markings visible.
Those danged Latinos again.
This particular gun seemed tight enough. It probably would discharge a cartridge. Otherwise it scored about 9,5 on the one-to-ten ugly scale. Still, it would have been fun to have on the wall for a price less extravagant than $155. If nothing else I could make up a nice yarn about having had it analyzed by a crack metallurgist who confirmed it was made of melted Arbuckle's cans.
This particular gun seemed tight enough. It probably would discharge a cartridge. Otherwise it scored about 9,5 on the one-to-ten ugly scale. Still, it would have been fun to have on the wall for a price less extravagant than $155. If nothing else I could make up a nice yarn about having had it analyzed by a crack metallurgist who confirmed it was made of melted Arbuckle's cans.
I can't explain the ".38 Spc" except by speculating that the Mexican (or possibly Spanish) gun maker knocked it off after about 1909, by which time everyone still devoted the the . c. .357 diameter bullet gave up on the .38 Long Colt and started chambering these revolver types for .38 Special.
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A middlin' High Standard HD, 4-inch heavy-barrel version, brought $$320, and I am middlin' regretful I didn't make the other guy pay quite a little more.
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A middlin' High Standard HD, 4-inch heavy-barrel version, brought $$320, and I am middlin' regretful I didn't make the other guy pay quite a little more.
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