Another gunshow, more old guns

peternap · February 10, 2010, 02:27:03 PM

Since it snowed, the Vendors at the show were almost giving stuff away to make expenses.

The shotgun is still a question mark as far as it's linage. It is shootable and that's what I was after.

MountainDon · February 10, 2010, 02:39:54 PM

The revolvers do make nice Christmas Tree ornaments

February 10, 2010, 03:08:03 PM

Quote from: MountainDon on February 10, 2010, 02:39:54 PM
The revolvers do make nice Christmas Tree ornaments

And earings, cufflinks, tie tacks, paper weights...Etc. They are also fun to shoot and try to hit something on purpose.

poppy · February 10, 2010, 06:46:50 PM

My dad always said, "Money don't grow on trees." But it looks like firearms do.

Some more nice finds.

peternap · February 10, 2010, 08:08:30 PM

Quote from: poppy on February 10, 2010, 06:46:50 PM
My dad always said, "Money don't grow on trees." But it looks like firearms do.

Some more nice finds.

I figured they were worth ten bucks for the pair. The grips go for 30.00. Then 50 for the shotgun, I was happy

February 10, 2010, 10:56:39 PM

Since you all think my pine background is funny....I changed irt to the REAL picture

$:-\$

muldoon · February 10, 2010, 11:04:30 PM

nice score, what are the details on those revolvers? are they shootable?
project guns are fun.

peternap · February 10, 2010, 11:14:29 PM

Yep, both shootable. Both .32 S&W. One is an Ivor Johnson. One is a Harrington Richardson.

muldoon · February 10, 2010, 11:17:33 PM

.32 revolver, isnt that what charles bronson used in deathwish? he walked the city at night and when he saw a mugging or the like he just shot and killed the bad guys. sorry, it's my only cultural reference to the .32 caliber. still a nice find.

February 10, 2010, 11:40:59 PM

The .32 S&W (short) is a very old low power cartridge. I think he used the .32 long. There is also a 32 magnum and a 32 acp and probably a batch more.

The .32 S&W was the mainstay pocket pistol cartridge for a long time. That's why there are so many of the old guns. When the NY police started carrying guns, it was a .32 that they carried in a special pocket in their coat.

A lot of these old pocket pistols were hammerless. That was a S&W invention that most manufacturers copied. The reason they invented hammerless wasn't so it didn't snag when being carried in a pocket, it was because a little girl was hurt playing with her fathers gun and was able to cock the hammer.

Everybody had a .32 or.38 (S&W short) at one time. It truly was the carry gun of America for a time. If you were a farmer, you had one and a single barrel shotgun and a single shot .22 and maybe a deer rifle.