Martinez 20-something arrested for using antique; ADW

[Librarian]

From Claycord ... http://claycord.com/2018/04/24/marti...deadly-weapon/

Or, as one commenter put it, 'assault with an obsolete weapon'

Really now April 25, 2018 at 4:23 PM

Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless or Smith & Wesson New Departure. It came in either .32 S&W and .38 S&W and was produced from 1887 to 1940.

That looks right, but I'm not an S&W maven.

[saki302]

Yep, the 'lemon squeezer'- not all are antiques, but I think most are.

It'll still put a nasty hole in someone. That looks like a .38 S&W to me, the .32 looks cute, with the weirdly big guard and dinky little cylinder

[Librarian]

I was wondering who was so unfortunate to be burgled for the gun.


Above: .32 S&W, .38 S&W, .38 Special

Probably got it loaded and had just one cylinder full. Would be entertaining to watch him try to reload with .38 Special.

[I Swan]

These are not all that uncommon and most probably are not antique. I have a 38 one I had to DROS last year. Lots of these and similar designs by Iver Johnson and others still out there.

[Bainter1212]

I have one in .32. It is a joke, but a neat gun otherwise.

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[I Swan]

I got mine for free from a FFL I did a favor for the asking price was only around $100 anyhow. It works fine but I limit shooting it. Was probably intended for black powder pressure on vintage I own. Not that great but neat how it has a grip safety. I like too break revolvers but generally better ones like the H&R 999 and Webleys.

[Scottie15]

Ha! I "inherited" a few of these from my grandpa with the intention of finding a gun buyback in the area and turning them in for $$ to give Grammie... still looking for that buyback. I used a cheap machine screw and nut to hold the two parts together on one of the .32's.