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How about showing us any of your safety hammerless .32s or .38s? Here's one I couldn't resist buying at a gun show a year or so ago. It was nearly perfect; in fact I think it's unfired! It letters as having been made in 1921. I'm not firing it, although I have ammo. It's just too nice not to keep pristine!

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How about showing us any of your safety hammerless .32s or .38s? Here's one I couldn't resist buying at a gun show a year or so ago. It was nearly perfect; in fact I think it's unfired! It letters as having been made in 1921. I'm not firing it, although I have ammo. It's just too nice not to keep pristine!

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DHenry:

What are the date ranges on 3rd, 4th, 5th models? Were they in manufacture simultaneously?

I ask because 1930 seems late for a 3rd.

Thanks
 
Polyphemus, The 3rd model 32 Safety was manufactured in the same time frame as the 38 Safety.
 
Polyphemus,
It shipped January 4th, 1930, to H.D. Folsom Arms Co., New York.
The Third Model, introduced in 1909, was manufactured until 1937.
Total production (a bunch !) was 72,981 guns.
I think most people think of even the last 'lemon squeezers' as guns that were 'done with' by the early 1920's.
Don
 
DHenry, clfier:

I didn't consider the .32s. Paladin's 1921 looks to be a 5th model, the integral (unpinned) foresight is the tell according to Sulpica. I have no idea what the model years were for the .32.

Thanks
 
Cflier, thanks for the kind words.

You sure have a herd of them... and all good looking.

Saw one today in the 178,xxx range with USX marking on the leftside. Seller was asking $600 for it! It was pretty well worn and no box.
 
Digi
I've owned two USX marked 38 Safetys, one in the 176000 range. I've seen a few others also. I lettered both and both shipped to MW Robinson in NY. Roy has said that he has numbered others with USX markings that shipped to the same distrubuter, but that doesn't mean anything. The two that I owned had different stampings and lettering. Were they real or not? There is no way to tell, so I sold them and will not buy anymore unless they are already lettered conclusively as being shipped to one of the old shipping companies. There were several companys that had there own police/gaurd force and they did supply them with weapons. The problem is that few of those guns were bought directly from the manufacturers. So, seeing them is not unusual, but you never know for sure that what you see is legitimate. Unfortunately there are people out there who have figured out that they can double the price of a gun by just stamping some letters and numbers on an old revolver.
 
Cflier... thanks for the information. If the price had been lower, I might have taken a chance on it.
 
Heres my two.Awessome collection of lemon squeezers cflier.38 Forth Model on top and 32 Second Model on the bottom took them both to the range yesterday and can't believe how well they shoot very impressed with them for sure there cool looking guns.Waiting for a letter to arrive from Roy on these two guns also can,t wait LOL.[IMG:left]
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My 1st Model .32 Safety Hammerless which letters to 1893:

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My 3rd Model .38 Safety Hammerless which letters to 1907:

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