It finally happened to me, the "I have a gun I don't want" gift!!!

[goalie]

So, one of the nursing supervisors at work came up to me and out of the blue mentioned that she has a handgun at home that was her husbands (he died several years ago) and she really doesn't want it in the condo anymore. She is not sure what it is, but, from the description it sounds like an old revolver. It also sounds like it is in great shape. She said she thinks it is at least 30-50 years old, since he had it before they met.

Anyhow, I'll post pics sometime this weekend, as I am going to pick it up on Friday morning after working the night shift on Thursday. I'm not getting my hopes up too much, but you never know.

 

[Moonclip]

Lets hope for a Colt Python and not like a top break Iver Johnson in 32S&W

 

[goalie]

Lets hope for a Colt Python and not like a top break Iver Johnson in 32S&W

You are not helping me keep my hopes down you know.

 

[LeadPumper]

Yup, the "free" gift gun

I've had that happen to me before.

Heck, I once spent hundreds of dollars refinishing and rebuilding a Marlin model 56 I was "given". Had to replace the firing pin, re-blue portions of the receiver, strip and re-stain the stock, find a magazine....

Gotta watch those "I don't want it any more" guns....

Still have that one though...

Good Luck.

-LeadPumper

 

[Shear_stress]

Good luck. I hope everybody gets what they want.

One thing, though. If she does hand you something on the order of a ANIB Royal Blue Python, I hope that you are upfront about the value and will give her something for it.

 

[goalie]

Good luck. I hope everybody gets what they want.

One thing, though. If she does hand you something on the order of a ANIB Royal Blue Python, I hope that you are upfront about the value and will give her something for it.

In fact, I did say that if it turned out to be something of "substantial value" I was going to sell it and give her the money. She said "no way," but then I mentioned that, while highly unlikely, it could be something worth thousands of dollars and she agreed.

I'm hoping more along the lines of a nice, deeply blued Smith&Wesson revolver. It'll probably be a Lorcin or Jennings auto........

 

[HighVelocity]

Maybe its a BB gun.

I've subscribed to this thread. Can't wait to hear what it turns out to be.

 

[EddieCoyle]

Good luck.

It's happened to me a few times (not many gun people here in Mass).

A few months back my Uncle passed and my Aunt wanted the guns out of the house. I suggested she take them to a dealer. She did, and to make a long story short, the dealer rubbed her the wrong way so she called me to come and get what was left and absolutely refused to take anything in return.

I got an Artillery Luger, with a belt, holster, and deteachable stock that my Uncle brought back from WWII.


And a BB gun.

 

[Double Maduro]

I was gifted a 1911 that was made in 1913. At the same time, from the same person I got a single shot .410 and an 1897 Winchester.

Good luck,
DM

 

[SwampWolf]

Never look a gift gun in the muzzle...

 

[charby]

50/50% its a Jennings or something worse..

I bet its a S&W

Charby

 

[Rain_Man]

You ungrateful bastards make me sick

'Oh, no! Someone, out of the goodness of their heart, has offered to give me her dead husbands old handgun that he probably loved and meticulously cared for until the end of his days, woe is me, think i'll sell it... I hope it's not something cheap.'

I have not encountered such gun snobbery since I listened to what sarah brady had to say. If my neighbor or even some hated relative gave me a broken lorcin, i'd take it home, clean it, fix it, and shoot it.

Goalie, if you don't want the gun, give it or sell it to me, i'll give it a good home... I am starting to think I am the only one here that likes cheap guns... and to prove it...

I'm telling you, give me the gun .

 

[Double Maduro]

Rain Man,

About a month ago my wife and I were cleaning out her mothers place in North Dakota. We had been going through boxes and boxes of junk for a couple of days when I heard my wife say, "this must be a cap gun."

I turned around and saw her holding a very small revolver. Turned out it is a H&R .22 top break, like yours, but it is the hammerless version and is in better shape.

Never saw one of these before a month ago and now I have seen 2.

I haven't spent much time on it yet and am hoping to be able to get it into shape so it can be shot.

I looked at your picture and thought, "wait a minute, I know that gun." LOL

I had been wondering about the trigger and trigger guard being blue, thought maybe they had been replaced, I see yours is the same.

Thanks for posting the pics.

DM

 

[magsnubby]

Last year my wife was helping our daughter and son-in-law clean out his grandmothers house after she died. His grandfather had died several years earlier. My wife called me and said she had found two handguns in a dresser drawer and couldn't figure out how to open the cylinder to see if they were unloaded or not so i drove over to check them out. I found two RG revolvers, one in .22 lr and the other one in .38 spcl. The .38 was unloaded and the .22 had been neglected for so long the cylinder pin wouldn't come out. I couldn't see any brass showing so i hoped it was completly unloaded. I wrapped both guns in a bath towel and put them in the trunk of my wife's car. I told her when Dan got there (son-in-laws father) to tell him where they were and that i couldn't tell if the .22 was completly unloaded or not.

Even if it's a cheapie, what the hell, it's free.

 

[Majic]

Out of friendship you should offer to give her something for it.

 

[Standing Wolf]

I have not encountered such gun snobbery since I listened to what sarah brady had to say.

Whoa! Serious gun snobbery!

 

[larry starling]

Heck it's free check it out it maybe somthing nice but I doubt it.....

 

[Dienekes]

Colt SAA #1 showed up in an attic in much the same way a few decades ago. You just never know.

 

[goalie]

Out of friendship you should offer to give her something for it.

Actually, I saved the admin rep's and supervisor's asses last week when JCAHO came to our hospital by fixing a huge problem with our new computer charting system literally the night before they came. She said that unless it is worth thousands of dollars (plural) she won't take a dime. I am not going to argue the point.

I hope I did not come across as greedy. I am not going to lie and say I am not hoping that this morning I have something nice, but I am not going to be dissapointed or ungrateful if it is a rusted out POS either. In fact, even if it is a rusted out Jennings, I am quite flattered that I was thought of and approached about this at all, especially in the environment that I work in.

 

[goalie]

I just got home, and I am pretty excited. I enclosed a few pictures, so I hope some of you S&W buffs can tell me what I have. It appears to be a 642ish type 38S&W Special hammerless revolver, but with a grip safety?!?!?!?! There is a white dot at the top of the grip safety, and the trigger cannot be pulled without the safety pressed into the handle enough so that the white dot is pressed in and dissapears.

The serial number is 204XX, and the serial number is on the butt of the grip. On the left side of the gun there is the S&W logo by the grip, and "Smith & Wesson" on the barrel. On the right side there are the words:

Made In USA
Marcas Registradas
Smith & Wesson
Springfield, Mass

the words are located under the cylinder, and up towards the barrel end of the gun. On the right side of the barrel it says ".38 S.&W. Spl."

It locks up tight, and appears to have been taken care of. It was in the original oil-paper from the factory. The bluing is beatuful and deep, unlike any handgun I have ever owned, and 100% intact, even around the muzzle.

The gun-rug that it was stored in also contained the original cleaning rod and bore-brush.

All I can say is WOW!!!!

I could care less if this thing is worth nothing, it is beatiful. I guess I finally know what the hype concerning quality blued-steel revolvers is all about.

 

[HighVelocity]

AHHH!! You must be living right. That is great!

 

[goalie]

After looking it up, it would appear that I have a mint condition S&W Model 40 "Centenial" revolver.

Centennial
In the 1955, S&W introduced its first compact revolver with Double Action Only trigger and side-open cylinder. This gun can be described as a cross between the XIX century S&W "Safety hammerless" models and Chiefs Special. Also known as Model 40, .38 Spl caliber, Centennial featured 5-round cylinder, frame size and general design of Chief special revolver with concealed, DAO-only hammer and automated grip safety of older "Safety Hammerless". Due to the lack of hammer spur and redesigned rear part of the frame, this gun was much more "snag-proof". Centennial model was dropped from manufacture in 1974, but latter was substituted by all-stainless Model 640, also known as Centennial Stainless. Model 640 is quite similar to the original "Centennial" model but lacks the grip safety. Current production Model 640, due to its steel construction, is capable of fire .357 magnum ammunition and has a slightly longer barrels of 2 1/8 inch or 3 inch, but original Models 640 were rated as .38 Spl +P+. Model 642 is a "Centennial AirWeight" with aluminium frame and stainless steel cylinder and barrel, and in 1993 it was complemented by Model 442 revolver, which also has aluminium alloy frame and carbon steel cylinder and barrel. During last years, S&W introduced some more "Centennial" guns, such as Model 340 "Airlite Sc" in .357 Magum, Model 342 "Airlite Ti" in .38 Spl and Model 332 "AirLite" in .32 H&R Magnum. Interesting but now discontinued variation of the Centennial Stainless theme was Model 940, designed to fire 9x19mm Luger/Parabellum ammunition. To achieve proper extraction of the rimless ammunition, gun should be loaded using full-moon clips

 

[RoyG]

"I have a gun I don't want"

Since you don't want it you must have a raffle for everyone that has responded to this thread and then give it the lucky winner that WANTS it.

Or just send it to me. I will pay the shipping to my FFL.

 

[armoredman]

SWEET! Nice gift - some one Upstairs likes you! Only gun I was ever given was a Mosin M38, but I like it too. Don't listen to these shysters - get that gun looked at by a good gunsmith, get a holster, practice - you have an excellent CCW weapon.

 

[Gordon]

I'd glady pay $300 for that and someone else might pay more