How long can a snubnose be?

[SwaneeSR]

Under 3"

 

[GBExpat]

I guess it depends on how old you are and what was available.

<nodding> This Thread suggests that that is true. Apparently, somewhere along the line the perception of what is a snubnose became corrupted.

This one is 100 years old this year.

And it is not a classic, original-definition snubnose.

This is a classic snubnose:

 

[Iggy]

I got a few of those too.. Just thought I would stir the pot a little.

 

[GBExpat]

I got a few of those too.. Just thought I would stir the pot a little.

<chuckle> Not always a bad thing.

To your knowledge. is pitting the primary reason for the phosphate (rather than a re-blue) on that nice-looking 1905HE?

 

[Iggy]

There is no pitting in the .455 HE MKII in the picture.

Whoever first modified the gun apparently parkerized it at the time.

When I got it, it had a chopped and bulged barrel and cylinder. A not uncommon occurrence with pre-WW I guns modified to shoot 45ACPs.

I replaced both with post WWII 45ACP parts and had it parkerized again.