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Thank you Bob! Your signature made me laugh. It is vanilla for sure, and thank you for the great information - I'm officially calling this a 1991. I have a Model 2 from my maternal grandfather in the other sub-forum - it would tickle me to death if someone told me THAT year of ship.

cmansguns, I wanted to read your post carefully because I'm so grateful for how much time and thought you put into your comments. I'm not sentimental about the gun - my Dad wasn't a hunter so we don't have a lot of firearms experiences we shared - he wasn't a LEO (he was a Leo, but not a LEO...

I know! The Bulldog is useless for fun on the range beyond about two yards. Plus I can't afford ammo anymore.... If I want to plink with my P220 I'm looking at 50 cents a round, and the .44 Special isn't any better. I need to trade my whole collection for one great High Standard.

Great question... I put on those beautiful original grips I found in the bottom of my bag, and found that the pistol is a round-butt. And man is that a tiny piece of real estate! I am not a small person and that is truly a two-finger grip for me. Which is more desirable in your opinion - the...

Thanks for the wishes - he passed away in '99 and I was able to be there for him at the end so it's all good. And thanks for taking time to give me your thoughts on it's value.

Found the walnut grips! Thanks for the tip on the Tyler grip adapter - I hadn't seen that before. I need one of those for my Bulldog - the Pachs I have on it make my speedloaders slowloaders

Thanks, MetalMan - I didn't even see the classifieds here. Sounds perfect.

Found the walnut grips! Thanks for the tip on the Tyler grip adapter - I hadn't seen that before. I need one of those for my Bulldog - the Pachs I have on it make my speedloaders slowloaders.

I'm especially blessed because he left me all his 1960s Craftsman stuff too. I hear you. But I don't take my revolvers to the range, and would rather someone have it that *will* shoot with it. I'm covered on defense weapons and I don't want it to just sit around.

I inherited this pistol when my father passed away. It's in excellent condition with good bore and 100% finish, but I guess he didn't retain the box or keep the factory grips when he put the Pachmayr on. I have a receipt for a $60 'trigger job' from 1993 which I presume was a pull weight...

Thank you both, Mike and Gary for pointing out the reversed barrel pivot pin. Easy peasy in and out thanks to your clear and simple instructions.

Thanks, Wiregrassguy!

Thanks so much, opoefc. And fast! I let my bore-light batteries corrode so I need to grab a new one to double-check the barrel but the gun does seem to be in excellent mechanical condition. Here's a left-frame close-up, and thanks again.

My grandfather gave me this unboxed pistol sometime in the early eighties as I recall. He noted it was manufactured ~1880-1884, called the grips Pearl, and I think he transposed the first digit of the s/n as 62xxx; with a lupe it looks like 92xxx to me. I'm unsure whether the finish is original...