Single Shot Third Model .22 Perfected Target Pistols
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And it too has an unusual front sight blade!!
"Unusual" translates to seldom (if ever) seen. Throughout the years, one could order a target sighted gun with any available front blade. Very few buyers did so. Quite a few owners changed or otherwise messed with their sights, but after the fact of becoming owners.
Ralph Tremaine
Same church----entirely different pew: There were two different "Olympic" chambers. I refer to them as "short", and "really short"---the latter being the earlier version. My earlier version is on #10617---the later on #11112. If perchance you have one of each, it's a simple matter to determine which is which. Drop an identical cartridge into each (SQUEAKY CLEAN) chamber-----only as far as it will go with NO pressure. That which sticks out further is the earlier version. The difference between the two is .025" (+/-). I'd ask which you have, and the serial numbers for each gun, but I've been there and done that---only to learn the change was not made "in order". As an aside, there is no measurable difference in the accuracy provided by these two different short throat pistols.
"Unusual" translates to seldom (if ever) seen. Throughout the years, one could order a target sighted gun with any available front blade. Very few buyers did so. Quite a few owners changed or otherwise messed with their sights, but after the fact of becoming owners.
Ralph Tremaine
Same church----entirely different pew: There were two different "Olympic" chambers. I refer to them as "short", and "really short"---the latter being the earlier version. My earlier version is on #10617---the later on #11112. If perchance you have one of each, it's a simple matter to determine which is which. Drop an identical cartridge into each (SQUEAKY CLEAN) chamber-----only as far as it will go with NO pressure. That which sticks out further is the earlier version. The difference between the two is .025" (+/-). I'd ask which you have, and the serial numbers for each gun, but I've been there and done that---only to learn the change was not made "in order". As an aside, there is no measurable difference in the accuracy provided by these two different short throat pistols.
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That one appears to a regular, everyday Patridge which was attacked by an angry beaver----nicely done too!
Ralph Tremaine
Ralph Tremaine
IIRC this type front sight is either named a USRA or USRA "style" front sight.
S&WsRsweet
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I really like these old target pistols ,I am not at a point that I could afford a sure enough collection but they sure are cool ,thanks for posting and thanks to the walking encyclopedias on things target for educating the rest of us.
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Altitude,
That looks like some I have with the Marbles name on the blade.
Terry Wagner
I like the target guns, and I've got a few versions of these.
This one letters as shipping in June of 1923, and is Olympic chambered.
Altitude,
That looks like some I have with the Marbles name on the blade.
Terry Wagner
Precisely-----the low version.
Ralph Tremaine
Ralph Tremaine
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