[mec]

can anybody ID it for sure? " 7.62 " caliber on frame.

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=65322&stc=1&d=1192043635

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=65323&stc=1&d=1192043635

[rcmodel]

The Crown over the R appears to be a Belgian smokeless proof mark.

Many aspects of the gun, including the odd cylinder flutes, loading port slot shape, grip angle and design, etc. lead me to highly suspect:

HDH, or:
Henrion, Dassy & Heuschen, of Liege Belgium.

But I'm just guessing!
(But I did stay in a Holiday Inn Express once!)

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j219/rcmodel/KTOG/1224.gif
rcmodel

[SDC]

This is a Belgian gun; the "Feu" ("Fire") shows it was originally made for a French market (and French is one of Belgium's languages), but the lion over "P.V." proof shows it passed their proof test for smokeless powder. It looks like there might be a maker's stamp on the left side, under the edge of the grip panel.

There's an HDH revolver that's almost a dead ringer for this one (but in 25 Auto, and with a folding trigger) about 7/8s of the way down this page: http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20h/a%20h%20d%20h%20gb.htm

[mec]

the sedley I found in WHB Smith's book was in 25 acp too. This one has most of the markings incluidng the wierd script on the barrel that showed up on the linked pictures.

[SDC]

But Sedgelys were made in the US (Philadelphia), and they certainly wouldn't have been marked in French; they're also a LOT smaller than the revolver pictured above.

[Jim K]

It has nothing to do with Sedgely. It is a Belgian-made revolver, chambered for the 7.65 Browning (.32 ACP) cartridge. (The marking is 7.65, not 7.62.) They were made by the ton, and are of fair quality, but never sold well in the U.S. The 1911 German Alfa catalog shows almost identical ones, some made in Belgium, others in Germany. The sold for around 16 Marks or about $4.00 at the time and were equivalent to American double action solid frame revolvers of the same period.

Many guns of that type had folding triggers, but that one does not. The trigger is conventional double action; the trigger guard is missing.

(Before someone informs me that .32 ACP can't be used in a revolver, note that the .25 ACP, .32 ACP, 9mm Browning Long and .38 ACP are semi-rimmed, and all have been used in revolvers at one time or another. .25 and .32 ACP (6.35mm Browning and 7.65mm Browning) were commonly chambered in revolvers of that general type, and in better quality revolvers as well.)

Jim