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Originally Posted by DWalt
Back shortly pre-Covid, there was quite a bit of South African .380 Mark II ammo being sold. Original British and Canadian .380 revolver ammo has been scarce for quite awhile, at least I have seen none in shooting quantities. Even new commercial .38 S&W ammo is tough to come by and expensive today.
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I hear you, but I don't think this is going to be fired by me. It doesn't look to have been fired as near as my non-expert eyes can tell save maybe a couple of test-fires at S&W.
There is no powder residue on the top strap above the forcing cone, nor are there any marks or pitting on the area of the strap where it's normally seen when firing a revolver. The breechface, upon a MUCH closer inspection, shows an ever-so-slight mark of a round being fired, and yet there was no powder residue in any of the "normal" places when I cleaned the pistol. Everything behind the side-plate looks new, though the gun has clearly been disassembled in the past.
I think I'm going to just leave it like it is...