Went for a range session to get a little practice in and try out a couple new acquisitions and saw this little beauty in the case. Tag on it said $459.99 and I offered $400 and it followed me home. Other than the hideous grips on it, it’s in great shape. I’ve always wanted a fancy engraved vintage revolver and the gods of provenance seemed to be smiling on me today. S/N is 58xxx, so that puts it about 1955. It was owned by a gentleman by the name of Melville D. Bailey according to the name engraved on the bottom of the trigger guard. I googled the name, hoping he was a police officer, but nothing came up. The faux pearl grips are Fitz Ten-O-Grips(no, not THAT Fitz). I couldn’t find much on them other than they were popular back in the 50’s and 60’s before Herretts and Altamonts came along. I think I did pretty good!
