Pawn Shop Gun. Why Drill Holes in S&W Revolver?

[Buck Snort]

Hey guys, bozoz abound.

 

[KevinAbbeyTech]

Whoever did that is a sad strange little man.

 

[Brian Dale]

Whoever did that is a sad strange little man.

Now, there's a phrase with wide applicability. We'll each remember it at some point in the next few days.

Are there any trigger locks that fit over trigger guards in such a way that moisture underneath them would leave the particular patterns of corrosion that we see there? The cause of the corrosion might not be the same as the reason for the holes.

 

[marty44]

Looks to me like some idiot Rube Goldberg trying to come up with a $$$ patent $$$ for a safety lock. Too much late night TV?

 

[Brian Dale]

...trying to come up with a $$$ patent $$$ for a safety lock.

"All ya hafta do is drill two horrendous, giant holes in your expensive revolver..."

I wouldn't be surprised.

 

[Highland Ranger]

movie gun/prop?

 

[netav8tor]

"a pawn shop located deep in the hood."

Well, my guess is that the holes are for a crude bump-fire bracket setup.

 

[ThrottleJockey]

"Well, my guess is that the holes are for a crude bump-fire bracket setup."

I sure hope this is a joke, ......right?

 

[Phydeaux642]

"Well, my guess is that the holes are for a crude bump-fire bracket setup."

I sure hope this is a joke, ......right?

It's for that new S&W semi-auto wheelgun.

 

[scottgun]

Well, my guess is that the holes are for a crude bump-fire bracket setup.

On THR, we follow the law, all laws, including the laws of physics.


The holes look like someone tried to install some sort of trigger safety mechanism

 

[makarovnik]

That's where the safety locks go. Just stick a couple of padlocks in there and you're good to go. Or is that good to not go.

 

[SkySlash]

Could it possibly have been for a safety lanyard? In case of an attempted gun grab or something?

-SS

 

[Suicide*Ride]

I sure wish there was dumbest post section on this forum. "Bump-fire" a .44 magnum?! Kinda like saying "My tree rat gave birth to a elephant".

 

[lbmii]

The damage on the bluing shows where something was mounted for a long period of time. Perhaps some sort of rigged up under the counter mount or clamp. Say at a liquor store. "This is a hold up! Oh yeah suck on this!" and out comes the 44 mag sort of thing.

 

[RyanM]

With the angle on the hole on the left side, it looks like you could stick something like one of those really tiny cigarette-sized mini-cigars in there and pull the trigger, to cut the end off. That'd be pretty funny, if there's a bunch of cut-off ends of cigarettes and sticks and crap under the grips.

 

[Buck Snort]

RyanM wrote: "With the angle on the hole on the left side, it looks like you could stick something like one of those really tiny cigarette-sized mini-cigars in there and pull the trigger, to cut the end off. That'd be pretty funny, if there's a bunch of cut-off ends of cigarettes and sticks and crap under the grips."

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!! Maybe I could do something like that with my Freedom Arms '83 454 Casull?!

 

[Grassman]

Some sorta Ninja training device?

 

[tasco 74]

Hell of a thing to do to a mod 29..........................................

 

[25 Pdr]

Maybe somebody had it on a Keyring?????????

 

[RCouch]

A number of years ago (1950's or so) I was going into a resturant in central Texas and noted a unmarked police car next to me. When I looked inside there were 2 boxes of .357 mag. ammo on the seat and what looked like a cable and lever or trigger hook up on the seat and it went under the dash to somewhere. While I was looking, an officer came up and asked what I was looking at and I told him and aked if that was what I thought it was. He confirmed that it was a remote hook up to a .357 under the hood. He said he had used it a few tmes and it worked fairly well if you were at the right distance and your vehicle was squarely behind the other vehicle.

It's possible that those holes could have been for some device like that.Just a guess on my part.

 

[sm]

The damage on the bluing shows where something was mounted for a long period of time. Perhaps some sort of rigged up under the counter mount or clamp. Say at a liquor store.

My thoughts as well.

Smith & Wesson used to sell holsters, and many of these did not cover the trigger guard.
While news one were bought, we also found these in used holster bins as folks got rid of them, because the trigger guard was not covered.

These were then mounted in various places in liquor stores, bars, filling station's, roadside cottages, businesses, vehicles...etc.

I kept a Model 64 3" mounted in a desk I used for instance. I mounted a holster to hold a Model 10 in a Gift Wrap counter for a mom and pop business.

 

[gym]

He Was making a stock fot it? Maybe turn it into some kind of james bond rifle combo platter, Same guy who squared up the wheel

 

[BhmBill]

you guys are gonna be so jealous when you see the video of me bump firing my .500 mag BFR.

I think they're speed holes... like you'd put in your hood... to make you go faster.

pew pew pewww

 

[gym]

Yes or perhaps they were for cooling, to dissipate the heat from those all day shootfests

 

[goldie]

maybe the brain surgeon who owned it was lazy & it was easier to oil it this way without taking it apart