Deja Vu, I think I showed this one before, Triple Lock I bought in OK City gun show in '82 for $135, sad failing cold blue, I had to do the TLC, Africa grips ---
Family .45 auto, 1918, belonged to my cousin, in 1930s we shot up a storm with a nail keg of loose .45ACP one of his ranch hands brought back from National Guard camp. Gun looked wore out even then & I bought it from his estate a few years ago for $150 & dipped it in the renew vat for half an hour ----
Not a "pimp gun" but a subdued classic! A "pimp gun" is a nickel-plated .32 1903 Colt, with faux black "pearlex" grips. (I know, because I saw one in a bawdy house on a back street in New Orleans.)
Wolf & Klar was a Texas dealer/distributor who got S&W to put the lug back under the barrel of the N frame. This became known as the 3rd Model, the first was the "Triple Lock" and the second is the 1917 type with the exposed ejector rod.
Bob Bettis
Since this thread came back up.............
This is a formal request. It is time for some more images of your Daddy-in-law's 1911, holster and badge. Close ups too.
Thank you.