New to me " working man's revolver".

Nice Find!

I think Barney carries the Colt.

That is a nice find. We just never know where/when we might run into one of these old guns. I was at a social event some time ago, and learned that a working man's gun was for sale. Carried by an old lawman, who is now gone to his reward, it is a Colt 3 5 7 model.

ontarget said:

Here it is with the rest of my K frame family.
All of them got to stretch their legs today. The 64 has the best trigger but the M10 groups the best. The HE is pretty good too but feels like it needs a thorough cleaning.
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Hard to go wrong with a k-frame, nice score and addition to your collection of them. Out of curiosity, what are the rubber grips on that lower one in this photo?

Barney carried a Colt ; Sheriff Taylor also had one , kept it at home.

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P89DCSS said:

You're in good company!

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One problem: Pictured is a Colt's Official Police.

I have to chime in here with pics of my "working man's revolver(s)":


My Model 64 I picked up back in June ($500 OTD); I have shot it a few times and it is reliable and accurate with just about anything I feed it. It will be my companion while hiking as I just got a shoulder belt and holster for it. The LCRx is my everyday companion; I don't leave home without it. Again, accurate and reliable; I told my wife I almost feel "naked" if I don't have it as I am so used to carrying it.

I feel well armed with either of these revolvers; for the purposes I envisage these tools fit the bill. I carry Hornady American Gunner 125gr XTPs.

Accurate and reliable; what else does one need?

ok. i now have the urge to go and handle my own revolvers.

Ya'll inspired me to go digging around in the vaults for my own Model 15-3. It took some tries and I got concerned at one point I may have given it away or sold it and just don't recall but, here it is.


While I was in there I found a few more revolvers that worked for a living and one or two that still does. Really bad photography follows. No apologies. I can build a network server from a box of sand and bailing wire (not literally but, close) but I can't take a picture for nothing. Oh well...

A couple of Smith's that worked hard for a living. Above is a .32-20 1905 Third Change and below is a British proofed Victory in .38S&W/.380-200 Mk.I


Funny thing about the V - it's got Birmingham proofs but no broad arrow sold-out-of-service stamps. It was taken into service but not exited. What that means I'm not sure but it isn't marked for re-import either so it cam back into the country pre-68.

Some Colts that worked hard for a living - Top is an Army Special .38 Spl that belonged to a Pinkerton Man who was killed in South Dakota after retirement; next is an Official Police .38 Spl that belonged to a railroad worker killed by a Pinkerton Man during a railroad strike; and last is a .32-20 WCF, work history unknown. Maybe it lived in a sock drawer...

Just some old Police Positive Specials...
Top is a .32 New Police, then a .38 Spl and last is a RHKPD .38S&W. I think Hong Kong might have used a 200gr. conical but I'm not 100% sure.


All three are full tangs. The .32 NP is a square grip frame.

A couple more Official Police revolvers, both .38 Spl. Nothing special just good, honest 38's