My Great Great Granddad, and his Colt.

My grandfather, who had quite a few firearms, recently passed.

My father acquired two handguns that he knew had some history to them. He knew that one had come from my great great grandad, and the other was a S&W.

My grandfather carried one in his walker daily, and the other has sat in a drawer since he acquired it.

I offered to look them over, clean them up and take a few pictures.

The first one, which, to our knowledge, he never shot, is a blued 1964 Smith and Wesson 10-5 .38 Special.

The second, which he carried daily, is a 1910 Colt Police Positive .38 NP that my great great grandfather acquired.

Here is my great great grandfather with his Colt:



and after a quick cleaning:







Needless to say, I am very glad these found a good home.

My father offered them to me, and as much I wanted them, I decided to let him keep them.

I plan to take them out soon to see how they shoot

Thanks.

I told my dad they were clean, and he refused to come get them. He told me to pick my favorite and give the other to my younger brother. Easy choice for me.

As for how the colt will shoot, the bore is bright and the rifling is still very sharp at the muzzle, so I expect it to shoot just as good as ever. We will hopefully find out in the next few days.

The big thing is to make sure they stay in the family! Some of my grandfather's guns were claimed and ended up in pawn shops in the years that followed. The person who pawned them feels awful, but they are still gone forever.

My dad passed a few months ago. My brother and I divided up his guns. We made a pact that if the guns needed to be sold, we would only sell them to each other. Financial difficulties happen, but these guns are 100% off limits and we both are crystal clear that these guns are never to leave the family. We also agreed that we would not give these guns to our sons (he has 1, I have 3) until our own demise.

It may be something to talk about with your own brother. There is a reason why true heirlooms are fairly rare... pawn shops end up with them!

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I told my brother the S&W was his, but he is just out of college and starting a job as a police officer in another city. It is staying with me in my safe until he has a permanent residence with a safe.

And he already knows I will give him more than any offer he gets for it, if he needs to sell it.