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I figured someone here could ID this pistol for sure. My pops gave this thing to me when I was a kid and he had it since he was one. I think he found the damn thing when he was playing in the dirt if I remember the story right. So the thing is well over 50 plus years old easy. I just ran across it and wanted to see if any of you know what it is. The only thing that isnt weather to hell is a small portion of the serial number. Appreciate the help CG'ers
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Some sort of S&W top break revolver?
Looks like this .32 caliber
(sorry, tried to link it, but it was some stupid spammy link) But Google ".32 caliber top break S&W belgium"
Oh, look at this link here
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Start with the serial number. Ask a cop friend and see if he/she can track itComment
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I'm not an expert on these older guns but it looks like a short barrel S&W Model 3 breaktop (Schofield).
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I'm thinking a Harrington & Richardson revolver due to the hammer, latch and backstrap shape."You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
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Definitely a "S&W style" DA top-break, but could just as well be Iver Johnson, H&R or any one of two dozen other US manufacturers of similar revolvers, to say nothing of Spanish & Belgian copies. These were the "snubbys" of their time, pocket guns for men who didn't want others to know they were armed. Definitely an under-rated gun in terms of utility and effectiveness; not in the same class as a .38Spl but no one in their right mind would want to be shot with even a low-powered .32RF.
Could be a .32 (most likely .32 S&W or .32RF, but there are lots of other "pocket gun" cartridges that were in use between about 1870 to 1920) but lots of these things were made in .38 S&W and .38RF also, and five-shot cylinder tends to be more common on the larger bore guns.
Hard to know without seeing the markings on the weapon. If marking are not readable due to surface corrosion, try wiping with oil, which will often "bring out" markings on rusted surfaces.RSM
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I would go with an Iver Johnson , 38 S&W calibre. I have a number of them from relatives that carried them.
Look along the "rib" on the barrel , thats where you might find a faint name on it. They also are BP only guns , and came in a hammerless.Bweise says "I have to say the situation was not at all helped by 22 yr old former Airsoft douches who kept touting here, "But possession is not illegal!" "
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It could be an Iver Johnson, also. Can you see anything on the top of the barrel or the top strap?Comment
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Looks like a Iver Johnson owl head, Google it and look at the imaginesComment
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