Discovered on a battlefield (WW2) in Poland...
I would like to know its history...
I would like to know its history...
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Discovered on a battlefield (WW2) in Poland...
I would like to know its history...
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Looks like an early attempt at +P ammo.
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Discovered on a battlefield (WW2) in Poland...
I would like to know its history...
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If that gun was being used in a WW2 battle, then I really pity the people that were armed with it!
It's at least a 3rd variant gun, since it has the cutout for the spring-loaded barrel catch. Do you know the serial number?
Mike
I was also going to ask for the serial number. Being the brass frame is in great condition, the bottom of the butt-frame should be readable. It also looks like the gun may have exploded, maybe using HV 22 Shorts?? The cylinder looks to have split at one chamber and knocked out a chunk at the face of another chamber. It would be great to see the cylinder from the front.
It could have been a neat story, but likely that story was lost to history.
It could have been a neat story, but likely that story was lost to history.
I had read that the Polish military was under equipped in 1939, but I had no idea.
OP
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Men on horses armed with sabers were not effective against the German armor
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N°1 First issue sixth type
other photos before a little cleaning
other photos before a little cleaning
Now that makes more sense. This image tells us that the cylinder simply corroded away over time and did not explode. One will never know how long that revolver has been in the ground, but my guess is that it was there long before WWII.
I assume you own that piece and did a lot of cleanup? Looks nice either way. If so, did you discover it?
I assume you own that piece and did a lot of cleanup? Looks nice either way. If so, did you discover it?
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Neat gun. A fellow forum member owns 9914.
That's definitely a 6th variant gun. I'd put the shipping date around June of 1860. Could have either been made on Market Street or in the new Stockbridge Street factory, which would have been operational at that point.
Mike
That's definitely a 6th variant gun. I'd put the shipping date around June of 1860. Could have either been made on Market Street or in the new Stockbridge Street factory, which would have been operational at that point.
Mike
So its a 1-1-6?
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Yes. There's enough of the fixed recoil shield left to confirm that ... and the gun's serial number is well into the 1-1-6 range.
Mike
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Just electrolysis and some 000 steel wool
I had recognized the shape of an S&W in a guns show Antique Arms Show (3 euros)
I had recognized the shape of an S&W in a guns show Antique Arms Show (3 euros)
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Here's what your gun would have looked like in its more complete form. This is serial number 8,891.
Mike
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