My grandfather had a .38 special snub that he only shot once. He put it in a drawer and it didn't come out again until decades later, after the death of my grandparents when the house was being cleaned-out. My father and uncle were discussing what to do with it. My uncle was an antiques dealer, and said it probably wasn't worth much. They weren't into handguns, and just wanted to dump it off.
But I'm really curious what this revolver was.
I remember it was cheap... probably purchased new in the 40's, 50's or 60's. The finish/look of the gun was like a gray slate rock. I mean seriously, the thing looked like it was chiseled out of a gray stone and smoothed up. No finish at all -- just matte like a smooth stone.
It was certainly not a smith, colt, Rossi, Taurus, or anything I'd heard of. I do remember that it had either a white or yellow cross symbol on it -- possibly as a part of the site somewhere. Like I said -- think cheap and low-quality.
Does the description of this revolver ring any bells? I got to thinking when someone posted about the Rohm revolver in a recent post. It didn't look like any Rohm that I could see in Google images, other than somewhat like the crap finish.
Thanks.
But I'm really curious what this revolver was.
I remember it was cheap... probably purchased new in the 40's, 50's or 60's. The finish/look of the gun was like a gray slate rock. I mean seriously, the thing looked like it was chiseled out of a gray stone and smoothed up. No finish at all -- just matte like a smooth stone.
It was certainly not a smith, colt, Rossi, Taurus, or anything I'd heard of. I do remember that it had either a white or yellow cross symbol on it -- possibly as a part of the site somewhere. Like I said -- think cheap and low-quality.
Does the description of this revolver ring any bells? I got to thinking when someone posted about the Rohm revolver in a recent post. It didn't look like any Rohm that I could see in Google images, other than somewhat like the crap finish.
Thanks.
