Inherited This .38 Special CTG From My Dad

[Oyeboteb]

No, they are .38 special and they are too long. Can't close the cylinder.

Yes - get a good Bronze Bore Brush, and, some Bore Cleaning Solvent, and, Oil, and, using each in turn, clean the Cylinder Chambers/Bores well.

Then, Oil everything anywhere on it, which moves, slides or rotates.

Too - are you sure the Cartridges you were trying, are indeed .38 Special and stamped so on the Cartridge Heads? ( Regardless of the Box they may have been in ) and, that they are not old .357 Magnum Cartridges?

 

[Art Doc]

I've seen square butt guns converted to round butt, but never the other way around. Great memento.

 

[The Hairy Beast]

Yes - get a good Bronze Bore Brush, and, some Bore Cleaning Solvent, and, Oil, and, using each in turn, clean the Cylinder Chambers/Bores well.

Then, Oil everything anywhere on it, which moves, slides or rotates.

Too - are you sure the Cartridges you were trying, are indeed .38 Special and stamped so on the Cartridge Heads? ( Regardless of the Box they may have been in ) and, that they are not old .357 Magnum Cartridges?

Good idea, I'll check again. I really would like to shoot that gun.

Oh - just for fun, also found this 1908 .25 Colt ACP Auto (vest pistol) wrapped up in a checkered cloth. That I have fired and it's a hoot! Shoots nice for a 100 year old gun.

And this is a video of the Colt in action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFKij-httRs

 

[dinghysailer]

I agree, those are S&W grips from about 1910-1920. They were marked in pencil on the right grip with the serial number of the revolver they came with (assuming they we not replacements). Usually well on worn grips like these the pencil marks are totally illegible, but it's worth a look, with a magnifying glass in good light. A six digit number and I'm guessing the first digit would be 2, assuming it's from a 38 SPL. 32-20s had the same grips in that time frame, but the serial numbers were different.

Neat old revolver, in any case.

Allan