lewwallace
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Webley WG (Government Model)
“Classic” revolver
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Shanghai McCoy
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I have a SW Model 27 with the 3 1/2" barrel. First revolver that I ever bought.
Does that count..?
Does that count..?
Bert W.
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Without a doubt. 27s are great revolvers.
C5rider
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Read through the thread. Read the title, "Classic" in quotes. My opinion of a "classic" may be different from others' idea of a classic. But that's okay.
Ever since I showed one of my auto-feeders (brought to you by Norinco) to a fellow and he handed it back to me, I've been careful what label I assign to a gun, especially someone else's. He was looking down his long, pointy nose and able to muster the most damning report using the fewest words he could be troubled to breathe- "cheap gun". I should have explained that I wasn't searching for an investment. In fact, it was my first firearm purchase in decades, getting back into the sport. What I bought, was an imported firearm that stood as a testament to the COMMItment of a foreign nation that has different views on social interaction than we have here. It has history, character and was in a caliber that I could afford/reload. Even if it was "cheap", I well got my money's worth.
So, (walking down from my borrowed soap box), a classic to me would well have to include a plum Ruger of some sort, perhaps a "Secret Service Special", brought to you mail-order by Frank Biffar out of the (ready for this) gun-friendly zone we all know as CHICAGO!!!! The irony makes this "cheap" little 38 S&W-firing gun a true classic.
There are so many "classics" and Classics that trying to pin it down to part numbers and manufacturers would be like chasing a thread in 1,000-count sheets. You lose the overall picture in the pursuit of minutiae. And, in the end, you're no warmer by clinging to that single strand. Besides, this is a forum for fun. We're here to share ideas and information, all of which this forum does quite well. Besides, Google-bots like it when there's a lot of discussion!
Ever since I showed one of my auto-feeders (brought to you by Norinco) to a fellow and he handed it back to me, I've been careful what label I assign to a gun, especially someone else's. He was looking down his long, pointy nose and able to muster the most damning report using the fewest words he could be troubled to breathe- "cheap gun". I should have explained that I wasn't searching for an investment. In fact, it was my first firearm purchase in decades, getting back into the sport. What I bought, was an imported firearm that stood as a testament to the COMMItment of a foreign nation that has different views on social interaction than we have here. It has history, character and was in a caliber that I could afford/reload. Even if it was "cheap", I well got my money's worth.
So, (walking down from my borrowed soap box), a classic to me would well have to include a plum Ruger of some sort, perhaps a "Secret Service Special", brought to you mail-order by Frank Biffar out of the (ready for this) gun-friendly zone we all know as CHICAGO!!!! The irony makes this "cheap" little 38 S&W-firing gun a true classic.
There are so many "classics" and Classics that trying to pin it down to part numbers and manufacturers would be like chasing a thread in 1,000-count sheets. You lose the overall picture in the pursuit of minutiae. And, in the end, you're no warmer by clinging to that single strand. Besides, this is a forum for fun. We're here to share ideas and information, all of which this forum does quite well. Besides, Google-bots like it when there's a lot of discussion!
Officers'Wife
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Now you have done it C5rider... Forced me on my soapbox.
Classic is many things to many people. My Grandpa's "swing block" 45-70 is also a "cheap gun." But knowing the old gentleman kept it close to him through most of his lifetime makes it a classic to any and all that loved the old man. Someday my son is going to look on Dave's AR-15 as a classic, not because of the innovation of the Stoner design but of that day not so long ago when he "rang the bell" with it at 50 meters and heard his father tell him he was proud of him.
On the wall of my Dad's living room is an ancient military DA revolver that is probably as common as liars in Congress. But my great-Grandfather carried the thing overseas in WWI and it helped bring him home. My Grandfather rode a glider into France with the weapon just before D-Day in WWII. He lost his rifle when the glider crashed but thanks to the revolver was able to fight his way to another rifle. And last my uncle "smuggled" the revolver into and out of Vietnam to have it serve him well. Once again, the old Smith & Wesson isn't a unique specimen, just a standard issue revolver for those that didn't like the newfangled 1911 in 1919. But it's service to three generations of my family makes it classic to us.
Once again, when you try to define classic keep in mind there are many factors to consider. Probably too many for the definition to be made. Too a degree everything in my life that shares a memory or more than one will be a "classic" to me. Just as your Norinco will be to you someday.
Classic is many things to many people. My Grandpa's "swing block" 45-70 is also a "cheap gun." But knowing the old gentleman kept it close to him through most of his lifetime makes it a classic to any and all that loved the old man. Someday my son is going to look on Dave's AR-15 as a classic, not because of the innovation of the Stoner design but of that day not so long ago when he "rang the bell" with it at 50 meters and heard his father tell him he was proud of him.
On the wall of my Dad's living room is an ancient military DA revolver that is probably as common as liars in Congress. But my great-Grandfather carried the thing overseas in WWI and it helped bring him home. My Grandfather rode a glider into France with the weapon just before D-Day in WWII. He lost his rifle when the glider crashed but thanks to the revolver was able to fight his way to another rifle. And last my uncle "smuggled" the revolver into and out of Vietnam to have it serve him well. Once again, the old Smith & Wesson isn't a unique specimen, just a standard issue revolver for those that didn't like the newfangled 1911 in 1919. But it's service to three generations of my family makes it classic to us.
Once again, when you try to define classic keep in mind there are many factors to consider. Probably too many for the definition to be made. Too a degree everything in my life that shares a memory or more than one will be a "classic" to me. Just as your Norinco will be to you someday.
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