Thread: Your Spanish S&W copies - let's see 'em!
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Old 03-18-2020, 02:01 PM
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I had a "Ruby" revolver some years ago, made by Eibar I believe. I think it was a .38 S&W. It was a long time ago. I wrote to the NRA and they sent me details and added that I should NOT use that gun, to not fire it ever. Which explains why I don't own it anymore......
Maybe made IN Eibar, not BY Eibar

Eibar is a city in northern Spain, in the Basque area. Elgoibar is another gun making center.

Col. Askins mentioned both often; he was the US military aide at the American Embassy in Madrid then.
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