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Old 05-19-2018, 01:17 PM
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Thanks for the kind words chubbo.
Your cased 4" Mod. 34 is fantastic. In fact the Mod. 63 in my photo is the end result of trying to find a 2" Mod. 34.

The very first handgun I ever bought was a 2" 34 back in 1961. Meier & Frank department store in Portland, OR had a great sporting goods dept. on their 6th floor. My dad and I bought all our bird hunting gear there over the years. One year we were going to Madras, OR to hunt doves and I thought I needed a "snake gun"... a .22 revolver loaded with snake shot!

Skip ahead many years and the little pistol was sold (or traded) and forgotten. When I turned 60 I decided to relive my youth and "needed" to get my first handgun back. The only gun even close was a nickel 2" 34, nice but NOT "my" gun. Sold that to a very nice local LEO.
Almost 10 years go by and I find this 4" 63 for $419 OTD @ a LGS. Found those target stocks 2 months later at a small local gun show for $30.

About a year after that I found a smooth J-frame Target set at the same venue:


I gave up looking for my youth and enjoy shooting this .22 with my 10 y.o. grandson. Youth found @ 70!
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