Recent content by JBake88

Hey there! Sorry it took me a few days to check back in. I really appreciate the additional feedback. My grandfather, Lt. Col John C. Barth, flew P-38s in WWII. My father has a small paragraph that was with the medals (which were just humbly stashed in a shoebox while my grandfather was living)...

Wow, that is all great input. Thank you all so much. Every bit of detail and advice is fascinating to me. With regard to the grips, the info about the ivory explains why my father referred to them as “ivory grips.” When he gave the guns to me, I just thought he must have misremembered that they...

My grandfather didn’t use them too much, but my father and grandfather did fire them from time-to-time. They have always been cleaned meticulously and stored in a safe. What is your recommendation for what to do with them in the future? When my father gave them to me, we took them to the range...

Thank you so much for your reply! It isn’t very easy to start from scratch with no info. Typically, manufacturers have a serial number look-up, but I couldn’t find one that could make sense of these serial numbers... Thanks again for the input, friend!

Hello! I’m looking for help identifying a couple .38 special revolvers that have recently come into my posession. They are family heirlooms, in my opinion, and I would like to know more about them. My grandfather served in WWII (he was awarded the silver star, the distinguished flying cross...