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09-14-2012, 11:41 AM
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Need help Identifying this pistol.
First of all I would like to thank you for letting me join your group. I have a pistol I am having trouble identifying. The only marking I can find are what I believe is a cursive A followed by the number 51. Thank you...
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09-14-2012, 11:46 AM
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Re: Need help Identifying this pistol.
It is Spanish, one of the tons of cheap imitation S&W revolvers imported in the 1920's and 1930's. Most of those guns were made from cast iron and some have blown up. I strongly recommend you NOT fire that gun with ANY ammunition, and it would be better to grind off the firing pin to deactivate it.
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09-14-2012, 11:48 AM
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Re: Need help Identifying this pistol.
Thank you for your quick response. I appreciate the warning, the gun just doesn't look safe to begin with.
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09-14-2012, 12:06 PM
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Re: Need help Identifying this pistol.
Found these while cleaning out Grandma's house. Have one more that I can't find if you guys don't mind. Only stamping I can make out is the end of what looks like New Model on the top of barrel. Thanks again... Robert
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09-14-2012, 03:16 PM
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Re: Need help Identifying this pistol.
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09-14-2012, 03:35 PM
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Re: Need help Identifying this pistol.
T.E. Ryan, of Norwich, CT, put his name on a series of cheap revolvers in the period 1890-1894. I can't find much on either the man or the guns, and they may have actually been manufactured by others or imported.
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