Help identify/date this spanish copy .38 long

[spektrum]

Was gifted this by a family friend and having trouble narrowing down when it was made. Clearly a spanish copy before the Spanish Civil war is all I know.






Imgur link, not sure why the pics are so tiny on the forum

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[s&wchad]

The barrel marking "G.A.C." was used by Garate-Anitua & Cia, in Eibar Spain. Info I found suggests they were produced in the 1920's-30's.

 

[spektrum]

The barrel marking "G.A.C." was used by Garate-Anitua & Cia, in Eibar Spain. Info I found suggests they were produced in the 1920's-30's.

Yeah that's about the same information I was able to find. Finding the exact year is proving to be rough/not possible.

Neat display piece, better than the police buy back it was headed too.

 

[DWalt]

I'd assume there is no way to determine a precise dating. Not too likely that factory or distributor records were kept, and even if they were, such records have probably vanished long ago. Most of these Spanish revolvers were made and sold between the wars, and that may be as close as you can get. There may be some hardcore Spanish revolver collectors somewhere on earth who may know more, but finding any of them would be a daunting task.