cmj8591
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The gun should be a 32 I frame. The skeet gun ruling the fields at that time was the Winchester model 12 pump. A lot of them had Cutts Compensators attached.
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I can only tell you what my grandmother carried in her purse in the 1940's and 50's. A Colt 1903 pocket pistol in .32 ACP.
I still have the pistol.
I still have the pistol.
A "ladies gun" of the era, particularly one given by a man as a gift, would be a nickel plated, pearl handled .25 auto. Everyone knows that a woman can't handle anything more powerful, anything bigger isn't going to fit in her purse, and she's just going to use it to "scare off" the bad guys anyway.
Also women are only going to want something shiny and pretty. It would be an insult to give a woman a blued gun. My vote is for a nickel plated, engraved Baby Browning with real mother-of-pearl stocks. That's the closest thing in the firearms world to jewelry, and would go well with a woman who drive a Cadillac.
Or so would be the thinking of the time.
I went online and did some research on this gun. If I change the story, this gun could have a history of being used in the French Resistance movement, perhaps by her mother who fell in love with one of the liberation US soldiers. It was referred to in some articles as a much loved weapon due to its ability to be easily hidden due to its size. Apparently the Baby Browning could even be hidden in a cigarette pack. I could not dig out the exact size and weight, if any one could supply that I would be appreciative.
Thanx Greg
Also women are only going to want something shiny and pretty. It would be an insult to give a woman a blued gun. My vote is for a nickel plated, engraved Baby Browning with real mother-of-pearl stocks. That's the closest thing in the firearms world to jewelry, and would go well with a woman who drive a Cadillac.
Or so would be the thinking of the time.
I went online and did some research on this gun. If I change the story, this gun could have a history of being used in the French Resistance movement, perhaps by her mother who fell in love with one of the liberation US soldiers. It was referred to in some articles as a much loved weapon due to its ability to be easily hidden due to its size. Apparently the Baby Browning could even be hidden in a cigarette pack. I could not dig out the exact size and weight, if any one could supply that I would be appreciative.
Thanx Greg
gkitch
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Just keep in mind that the 25 ACP is the most netoriously underpowered rounds ever invented. Many have been shot with one and not even noticed. Inaccurate to boot.
When I was a cop I met a "gentleman" who had recently been shot in the head with a 25. One could see where it had entered then made a burrough along his skull before it stopped, some six inches later, lodged under the skin. He was walking around and teling us that nothing had happenned and he did not require our services. He was, of course, a known drug dealer.
When I was a cop I met a "gentleman" who had recently been shot in the head with a 25. One could see where it had entered then made a burrough along his skull before it stopped, some six inches later, lodged under the skin. He was walking around and teling us that nothing had happenned and he did not require our services. He was, of course, a known drug dealer.
rocketdog
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Here's a link for the Baby Browning, with size and weight iirc.
Baby Browning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Give her something more interesting, a "Black Widow"
Luger from WWII? byf 41 or 42 Mauser Parabellum (Luger) with black bakelite grips
Luger P08 pistol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not sure when the nickname black widow was first used, 1960s?
Baby Browning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Give her something more interesting, a "Black Widow"
Luger from WWII? byf 41 or 42 Mauser Parabellum (Luger) with black bakelite gripsLuger P08 pistol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not sure when the nickname black widow was first used, 1960s?
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No one mentioned the .32 or .380 "SAVAGE" Pistol?
Nice used ones would have been very probable for the early 1950s.
My first thought though, was an immediate post-War S & W 'Terrier' Snub-Nose, in .38 S & W...Nickle, Walnut Stocks.
Nice used ones would have been very probable for the early 1950s.
My first thought though, was an immediate post-War S & W 'Terrier' Snub-Nose, in .38 S & W...Nickle, Walnut Stocks.
gkitch
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While certainly possible, I do not think it is so believeable for a man to give a woman a used gun to go with her new Cadillac.
