Recent content by BadAimer

Very nice collection Bill!

Thanks for the replies and info again! Not gonna lie, I think this is my personal best find, im certainly getting very attached to this revolver :D I just got in touch with Bill, and sent him the serial of the prewar magnas as mentioned at my first post. The number is 62176, and the heavy duty...

I gave it a good cleaning as others suggested recently, and adjusted the strain screw. The single action is working properly now :D Waiting for a reply from the RCMP heritage centre about the MP markings as well.

Thanks for the info! Looks like I was off by 1 year for my own research for when it was manufactured, thank you very much for the delivery year Bill ! I plan on sending an email off to the rcmp heritage centre in Saskatchewan Regina to dig into the MP markings.

Here is a few more! I'm not sure what this number means, its on the left side when you push the cylinder out "7815".

Very nice Heavy Duty, well taken care of.

Thanks for the info, ill certainly give it a look over before shooting at the range.

Thanks for the replies! Also a update; after playing around with my 38/44 it is indeed double action AND single action, the single action is just worn down so its a hair trigger. Feel a bit stupid for the first question! I'm still curious on the BCP and MP markings. Here is some pictures

New to the forum! I just picked up a S&W 38/44 Heavy Duty for 750$ Canadian in good condition, light wear, advertised as a shooter. It has a lanyard ring, and "BCP 175", with the serial being in the 50XXX range. Everything matches up, except for the grips, the inside of the wooden grips is a...