So, it's 1910, what would you choose to carry?

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...in 1910? Just for kicks....if the year were 1910, and there wasn't a 1911 in the works "out there somewhere" that you would/could otherwise wait to acquire.....what would be your handgun of choice? Keep in mind...there is no 1911, no .45ACP, no .357 Magnum, no .40S&W. What would you have as your "chosen instrument" if you didn't know what you do about "modern" ballistics, and all you knew was what we now consider the "classics"? Would you carry a S&W .38 Safety Hammerless? Some other top-break? A Peacemaker? A Luger? Some manner of .32-20? Open carry a Merwin and Hulbert or a Colt Dragoon? The same thing your granddad carried? A brick?

Let the musings begin.

And pictures are always good, especially if you've got one of what your relatives/ancestors carried with 'em in roughly the same time period.
 
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There was the Model 1905 Colt
.45 Automatic...and they are lovely and very accurate and comfortable. Loadings were a little less powerful than those of the 1911.


But...temping as that maybe...


If it was 1910, and I was walking into a New-and-Used Gun Store for a couple of serious 'Carry' Hand Guns...


It'd be...a Colt Single Action Bisley, long Barrel, in .45 Long Colt...


And, a Colt, so-called 'Sporting Model' of 1902, in .38 ACP.


And, Shoulder Holsters, and a few Boxes of Ammo for each, please...


Then I'd walk BACK in, and, get an M1905,.45 Auto...


And be very happy...
 
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The Smith and Wesson model 10 came out in 1899. The .38 special was born in 1905 or so, I think. Good gun and good cartridge.

If I'm wrong on the dates, please correct me.

A Webley Constable or pug would be a good gun. I was always a sucker for those old top breaks.
 
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You all realize that the Triple Lock works backward?

The pin (the third lock) is in the frame and is pressed backward by a spring to enter it's recess on the crane block. On firing, recoil moves the frame backward, against the pressure of the spring, while the pin (an object at rest) tends to stay at rest. The third lock unlocks at precisely the moment is should be locked.

When Smith and Wesson brought out retro-versions of the Triple Lock, the pin was replaced by a ball-bearing in the crane. With this arrangement, the gun locks up tighter at the moment of firing.

This explains why nothing bad happened when the third lock was discontinued.
 
Until someone invents a time machine, this question is an irrelevant hypothetical.

Might as well ask "What caliber is best for Tyranosaurus Rex"?

Easy answer is, who cares? :rolleyes:
 
1st choice S&W New Century (triple Lock) .44 SPL
2nd choice S&W Schofield #3 .44Russian
3rd choice S&W M&P .38 SPL
 
S&W Triple Lock .44 Special & find ammo with the
Semi-Wadcutter shape. & if the only barrel lenth
was 5 1/2" or longer, I'd find a good smith to cut it back
to 3 1/2" Length I think S&W called it the 2nd Model
Hand EJector, the 1rst Model Hand ejector was the 1899
.38 SPecial that would become the M&P and eventually
the Model 10. The 2nd MOdel Hand Ejector/Triple lock
production stopped in 1915 and is the original N frame

Randall
 
FN Browning Model 1910 in .380acp. I used to handle a friend's from time-to-time. A simple and elegant piece of machinery.
 
So, what would you choose to carry......

It would depend upon where I was. Lots of places didn't permit carrying so I would go with a small Iver Johnson/H&R-type .38.

If all other things were equal or didn't matter, though, I'd probably go with the Luger. Back then, a bunch of 9MMs in removable magazines was quite a bump up in power, capacity and reloadability.
 
Colt SAA with a 4" barrel.

Now about this T Rex conundrum...:scrutiny: Something big yet man portable, must be able to penetrate thick skull to get to tiny brain. I'll get back to you.
 
Colt SAA most likely as P-08's and C-96's were probably pretty rare as was their ammo here in the states.
 
Triple lock in 44 special would be my first choice. I am partial to longer barrels like a 6.5" but as a carry gun I would go for a 4 or 5" one.

As a collector, I would make sure it had factory target sights and was nickeled since they seem to hold up better.

Finally, as a collector I would of bought a second one. I would have buried it in cosmoline or something similar and then gone to one of the huge banks in some place like kansas city and bought a safe deposit box. I would then put it in with a 100 year payment on the box for my great grandkids to open along with the box and paperwork.

Now that would be something to open up next year!
 
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