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Why would the Navy pack a gun in a spam can?? Even in a life raft ? Sorry, that sounds pertty ridicules to me. Sorry abut that, there is something wrong with that story.

I'm a very private person, to me it is an minor embarrassment. I don't normalcy even tell people about my military service.

I believe it just about has to be a British used gun, 38-200 is not a U S marking. BTW The proper British Service load was 38-187 full jacket bullet. The police used the 38-200. Now having typed...

That legend was used from 1898 until 1902 on Iver Johnson revolvers. Iver Johnson did not go to a stronger " smokeless " frame until 1909 so it is considered a black powder only revolver. BTW, The...

The Hi Point subject has been talked to death. :icon_wink: There very long threads on the pros and cons. They are blow back action, they are ugly but they work and have a lifetime warranty . That is...

Most of these Spanish S&W/Colt look a likes were chambered in either 32-20 or 38 Special. There are a few 38 S&W and even a few S&W 32 Long but very few. These were made for export to the US in the...

Rather than a commanding officers hat, the scrambled eggs signifier a field grade officer, The owner may have been a headquarters pencil pusher and never commanded troops in his entire life.

All I can say in my defense is that blocks of numbers were pulled and construed at different times , not in sequence . I get a headache comparing the difference sources. When there is a conflict,...

I'm a little confused on where the poor accurately info comes from also.

Did you mean TW Model 73 rather than Model 53??

IAW Dieter Marschall's book WaA359 was first used in 1941, and your gun is with in the 1941 range ( ending at 397300P for the .32 ACP in 1941 ). Walther did not always build the PPs and PPKs in...

Well, don't know what happen to my response, if it doesn't show up in a day or so , I'll get my books out and redo it.

Now, you are getting me confused, ( which is not hard to do). B Prefix was used in 1896 until 1902 and again in 1909 until 1918 on the Small Frame Hammerless .32 revolver. the A prefix was used in...

J was used in those years for the Small Frame Hammer model in 32 Center fire. Iver Johnson did not use the same prefix consecutively or necessary repetitively. During that time period Iver Johnson...

Odd that, I was raised on the M-1, never did I wonder if there was a faster way to retrieve the clips from the bandolier.

I didn't pull this information from thin air, I went to the excellent reference book ( really , perhaps the only complete reference in existence on Iver Johnson revolvers ) authored by William (...

Not anymore and not for a long , long time. As stated some sounds and smells will trigger a memory but I don't register that as a flashback. Only twice can I think of a " flash back reaction " ,...

You have a Large Frame Safety Hammerless, based on what the last 3 numbers are in the serial number it was made in either 1916 or 1917. The Model 1900 was a different animal, a solid frame. Since...

Boy scout knife brings to mind. In the aircraft survival packs was s stainless multi purpose knife ( a boy scout knife with steel scales ), they were never standard issue and only in the survival...

There may have been special purchase for a unit or platoon. Yes they were carried in WWII as a private item, but to the best of my knowledge and research they were never a military issue. I've heard...

Never say never, but never have I heard or seen anything in reference to the US Military issuing brass knuckles. Brass knuckle knife handles, but never plain old brass knuckles.

I believe you have one of the many replicas made by almost all the third world countries ( oops, PC incorrect, the term is developing countries now ). The hilt was made in such a manner to ease...

At the time I was very naive about politics, He double L, I was more interested in the local skirts than what was going on in Washington. It was only much later that I learned that not every one was...

I believe there is too much do-do about collecting modern revolvers. It is a very good revolver, The ten inch barrel is akward for just woods carry, but if one used a hand gun for hunting, it would...

My error, I failed to see the 38 S&W. G prefix for 1898 was used for serial numbers G 00001 to G50000. Large frame , Hammer. This also fits in with the flat mainspring.