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Some more pics.

I managed to make more pics. on the gun. Sorry for the long wait.

Not a S&W but since Ibarra conversion have been discussed I share some pictures I was able to take to one of the scarce survivors. It is a model 1863 pinfire revolver manufactered in 1869.

About the Ibarra patent; it was a most cumbersome design to speed up reloading. I think it was intended for the 1858 and 1863 lefaucheaux revolvers in use with the spanish army. By the time Luis Ibarra, an artillery officer in the army, designed the device Smith Wesson copies and some scarce...

Yes, either in Euskera or English Basque is the correct term. Since my language is Spanish (Castellano) I wrote it with "v". Euskadi (Basque country) has a long history and strong national feeling. There was a long history of armed struggle for their independence, with several civil wars along...

More: http://www.catalogacionarmas.com/public/parte2cap8.pdf http://www.catalogacionarmas.com/public/parte2cap9.pdf

Still more info on DA spanish copies: http://www.catalogacionarmas.com/public/parte2cap7.pdf

Let me try and put some light into spanish copies. S&W russians made quite an impact on spanish army officials at the end of the XIX century. They were selected as "recomendados" by the army. What this meant is that each officer was to pay for a handgun of such caliber (44 S&W russian) and...

Thanks for the photo of specimen 1030, and also for the ones of the inside of the grip. The reddish grips on this gun had no markings that I can recall. About factory re using parts that sounds plausible, but I still think they would stamp matching marks of at least the main parts of the...

Ok, so far I think we all agree that the gun has been refinished, and also restored to some extent. The job was neatly done. The feel of the gun in hand is amazing, everything works like clockwork and fits snugly. About the grips all I can tell is they seemed old but surely not original to the...

Last of them!

More pics.

Some more pics.

Thanks for your imput. I assumed the gun has been restored because it hardly has a scratch on it, and with that low S/N and after 150 years it is the most conservative guess I can take. But at least it must have been reblued. Chambers looked good to me but did not take measurements. Bore was...

Hello, This is my first post on this forum apart from my greetings in the general section. I come with some questions for the experts on the matter. A friend of mine has what appears to be a number 3 American, 1st model. I attach some photos. The gun has been refinished, wich usually is not a...