What is this?
This is a Spanish revolver that my Dad inherited. It is in questionable mechanical shape, it does not go into time without a nudge. ;) But I am curious what it is. My dad took it to a gun shop and...
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Bob will know more about it, but I can tell you it's a Spanish copy of a Smith & Wesson. They made a ton of these in different factories, and there are many different versions, ranging in quality...
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It is Spanish, but like Gewehrmann said they were may makers of these revolvers. It has grips and marking on the frame near the barrel like mine, but extractor is different. If you are interested and...
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It is a Spanish made model of 1926, and the proofs pretty much peg it as made in 1926; the following year they started using a year date code system. Is there a manufacturer's name on it?Most of your...
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Thanks a lot guys! I will take a look at the gun tonight and give you any info on additional markings.Bob -- I live in St. Louis, too, born and raised in U. City. Where are you? My email is...
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OK, other than the stuff I have pictured, it has a serial number on the bottom of the butt, the same proof mark as pictured above on the cylinder, "MADE IN SPAIN" in very small letters on the frame,...
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It must be a commercial sales piece then. Several different jobbers would order pistols manufactured by a multitude of companies in the Eibar region, then sell them in mass to retailers in the US,...
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