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Found it for sale in my 1930-ish Johnson Smith catalog.
$6.00
$9.00 "fitted with pearl handles".
"Made in 3 sizes, 22, 32, and 38 Cal"
they go on..."it is the most popular Fourth of July revolver on the market"
I suppose they're talking about firing blanks?
The ad copy goes...
I seem to recall a photo that I saw many years ago, that showed a 1911 with a snail-drum magazine and a wire cage mounted over where the hot brass would eject.
The idea was that a pilot in one of our fighters would have something to shoot at the enemy with if his machine guns ran out of ammo...
Not too long ago in a small town in New Hampshire, a 16-year-old applied to the chief of police for a "License to Carry a Pistol or Revolver", NH talk for license to carry concealed.
The chief, while not to happy about this, issued the license saying something like "There is no minimum age in...
I was on two WW-II boats in the late 1950s...in our gun locker we had one BAR, a couple of Thompsons, a couple of M-1s, and 4 or 5 1911A-1s. Never saw anybody carry when we were underway - anything hanging off your belt would get hung up on any number of pipes, valves, knobs, switches, etc...
A couple of weeks ago, a friend mentioned that she had a S&W revolver but it was "stuck and wouldn't open". I told her to bring it by and I'd take a look at it.
Later that day, she came by with it as I was heading out the door. I took a quick look at it and way dismayed to see that while...
It'd be neat to have a good interviewer sit down with Old Fuff and a pot of good coffee, turn on a video recorder, and start the interview with a question like "Let's talk about Smith & Wesson revolvers." and let it go from there.
I'd pay money for a DVD of that.
Use "glass rod" in a sentence.
Ummmm ... "The trigger broke like the classic glass rod while the pistol fed over 200 mixed rounds with nary a bobble after the normal break-in period while displaying sufficient accuracy for its intended use."
I'd like to recommend "A Few Bloody Noses" The Realities and Mythologies of the American Revolution by Robert Harvey. The author, who had ancestors who fought on both sides, gives a view of the Revolution from both sides and explains all kinds of things I've wondered about....like "OK...
Long time ago, I went out to sight in my pump 12-gauge prior to deer season. Set up target, lined up sight (such as it was, brass bead on muzzle), pulled the trigger...loud click. Busted firing pin.
It was a Noble shotgun, the factory was in the next town over so I swung by the factory and...
And be advised that The Firing Line rents all kinds of full-auto stuff...bring extra money as they burn up ammo wicked quick.
They're also a great fun to shoot.
You shall use the following at least once in every article:
"classic"
"Showed acceptable reliability after the normal break-in period"
"Handled x rounds of mixed ammo with nary a bobble"
Japanese WW-II, note the x-ed out crysanthemum (sp)...the X means that it's no longer property of the Imperial Japanese Army.
Nice WW-II souvenier. I'm sure that other posters will tell model number, etc.
AT-84 ... CZ knock-off, supposed to be Swiss made...yeah right...really made in Italy.
On its best day would actually fire 2 rounds in succession but then again, it would fail to extract round #2.
And thanks for the great review G&A and yes, that's why I no longer subscribe.
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