1937 and 1917 revolvers

[peyton]

Alright, that makes a lot more sense having it on the left hip leaving the right hand available for everything else. You guys are great, when Murphydog mentioned M1910 pistol belt I googled it up and it turns out I have one!! My grandfather was in the Army and slogged his way across Europe in WWII. While I was rummaging through his barn looking for treasure I found it, he knew us kids had to have something to do. Anyway, he gave it to me and I have been using it to carry my army butt pack on when I've gone hiking.

 

[Murphy2000]

Just took a good look at my 1937 Brazilian. It appears to have been parkerized, and I understand that the Brazilian Navy did do this to a batch of the 1937's. Mine has an import mark is stamped under the barrel that I can't quite make out. Flat top rear site.

Serial number #1864XX.

Any idea when this one was born?

Thanks,

Murphy2000

 

[BUFF]

Navy Arms was one of the major sellers of the re-imported Brazilians and they Parkerized a lot of them. They also took the swivels off and added Pachmayr rubber grips to many of them.

 

[Murphy2000]

BUFF,

Mine still has the wooden grips with medallions & lanyard ring. I keep hoping/looking for anyway to get the true answer if it's a Brazilian Navy parkerized, or an imported.

Thanks,

Murphy

 

[BUFF]

These were just thrown into crates, un-padded, un-protected, when they were re-imported. That is why so many of them are covered with scratches.

I would think that if the finish of yours has no visible scratches, it was Parkerized here, but that is just my guess. I doubt that there is any way to know now. I have no idea if Brazil refinished any of these at some point.

Brazil's national armory, IMBEL, has used Parkerizing as a weapons finish for a long time. I am a big fan of the FN-FAL style of rifle and IMBEL was an F.N.-licensed manufacturer of these (and still make them). They are finished with a very tough paint over Parkerizing. So, they certainly know how.

I went shooting today and, since I had mine out and hadn't shot it since I don't remember when, I took it along and put a box or two through it. It was an overcast afternoon, so the tiny sights weren't the big problem for me that they usually are. It was a very enjoyable afternoon. The range we used is also used as a sporting clays shotgun range and the backstop berm, about 35-45 yards out, was covered with clay pigeons and fragments. There were no intact birds left when we left. The 1937 claimed it's share.

 

[murphydog]

Just took a good look at my 1937 Brazilian. It appears to have been parkerized, and I understand that the Brazilian Navy did do this to a batch of the 1937's. Mine has an import mark is stamped under the barrel that I can't quite make out. Flat top rear site.

Serial number #1864XX.

Any idea when this one was born?

Thanks,

Murphy2000

Nice name .

Hard to guess on a ship date. It's a post-WW I gun from the SN, and the frame was likely produced in the 1920s and assembled into a model 1937 years later.

 

[murphydog]

I think you reversed right and left in your post.

Yup, sorry about that; worn on the right hip, not left. Thanks for the correction.

 

[Texas Star]

I guess that one could write to IMBEL or to the Brazilian military attache at their embassy in Washington.

I'm guessing that the attache and the export director at IMBEL speak and read English. The attache himself probably won't know about the guns being refinished (or not) but could possibly refer you to someone who'd know.

Years ago, the South African attache referred me to a museum for info on the Mauser 95 rifles that were used in the Boer War. (This was before the end of apartheid. I don't know if you 'd still get that sort of help from that country.)

Maybe one of our Brazilian members will still see this and comment.

T-Star