Help identifying a pistol

[Juniork5]

I have a buddy who found his dads old pistol but I never heard of that particular gun he was looking to sell it and thought it was a s&w. Its is a rohm gmbh sontheim/brenz model 57. Made in germany anyone have any experience or input on it I see they are not worth to much from a search.

[Snoopy47]

https://www.gunauction.com/buy/14912513

two-fiddy

Depending on condition, I might wait for a police buy back.

[Juniork5]

I saw that one guess these revolvers were not to good. The one he has is a 357

[PaperTarget]

Off roster. Like new.

[Quiet]

I saw that one guess these revolvers were not to good. The one he has is a 357

Rohm GmbH firearms were low end firearms made for the low income civilian market.

They majority of their handguns were initially banned from importation under the Gun Control Act of 1968, so Rohm established a US subsidary (RG Industries) to make the revolvers in the USA.
^RG Industries closed in 1986.

Umarex acquired Rohm GmbH and switch their production from firearms to blank firing only replicas.

Pre-2020, in gun shows in other States, used Rohm revolvers typically sold in the $50-150 range (depending on condition and accessories).

[TKM]

Rohm aspired to make it all the way up to low end.

See if it floats.

[goglesby3]

If it safely goes bang, it's more protection than not having one......

[Bastard]

and if it doesn't go bang it still may be useful as a blunt object

[billped]

OP, you were smart to ask. As it ended up, it's an inexpensive gun. But your buddy could have tripped across something that is worth 10x as much.

It's not like you can depend on the gun store or pawn shop telling you the good news. Some will, most won't.

[smle-man]

Great drop handguns.

[Spaffo]

A popular pistol brand to see flying out of the hand of the 14 year old Crip you chased through the projects back in the day.

[sealocan]

Many years ago a friend owned a RG 23 made by that same company.
I helped him fix the firing pin which was a transfer type system with the firing pin screwed into the frame rather than on the hammer.
It was an inexpensive gun back when they were new and even though the chrome was flaking off and the firing pin needed fixing the rest of the pistol was functional.
I didn't get to shoot it but I'm pretty sure it wasn't accurate because it had the snub nose barrel but it was better than nothing and in my humble opinion it was better (more reliable but uglier) than the infamous ring of fire semi-automatic pistols that were coming out of California.

Pre pandemic I would say it would be under $350 on a good day, even mint in box. Nowadays if you found the right person that had matching ammunition or your own ammunition to go with your sale you could possibly get more than that.

If I had to buy one of those RG pistols or nothing I would try to go 38 Special or 22 long rifle because I'm not sure how much Magnum ammunition would effect their bigger bore guns negatively. They worked when they were new but they really weren't built to last many many rounds.

[2761377]

in the dog-eat-dog world at the bottom of the barrel RG succumbed while Raven Arms prevailed, lol

[TKM]

Many years ago a friend owned a RG 23 made by that same company.
I helped him fix the firing pin which was a transfer type system with the firing pin screwed into the frame rather than on the hammer.
It was an inexpensive gun back when they were new and even though the chrome was flaking off and the firing pin needed fixing the rest of the pistol was functional.
I didn't get to shoot it but I'm pretty sure it wasn't accurate because it had the snub nose barrel but it was better than nothing and in my humble opinion it was better (more reliable but uglier) than the infamous ring of fire semi-automatic pistols that were coming out of California.



The "drop test" was aimed at getting rid of those ROF guns. They all passed.

[Pupulepeter]

My neighbor has one. His is a .22 made out of some type of Alloy