Identify this revolver by the lockwork picture.

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Here is a picture of the inside of a revolver I picked up recently. It is fully functional and has a hammer block that is not in the picture. See if you can figure out what it is.

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Obviously I will post a reveal picture once it's identified or a page or two of close but not quite.
 
I paid $200 for it from my LGS, plus those Pachmyers came in today. It came with some hand made jigged bone grips that were home made by someone. I'll keep the grips but not a fan of how they felt during firing.
 
unclenunzie said:
My sincere admiration.
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Good enough for me!

Sounds like you got a good buy on that little gun; I certainly wouldn't have passed it up. I had a Rossi revolver once, can't remember the number, but it was essentially a M10 clone. I liked it well enough, had no problems with it, and it shot well. Sold it to an older guy for a HD gun, as far as I know he still has it.

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I have to admit I was a little tentative shooting the first round through it, but the timing is good and other than some light pitting on the barrel it seems ok. When I opened it, it looked almost exactly like a S&W. For the price I couldn't pass it up. Already have 20 rounds through it, who knows how many and of what kind it has seen since it was made in apparently 1988-89 or around that time. Closest info I could find was this reference to a similar copy in much better shape than mine, same serial number prefix:

https://www.gunsamerica.com/9380615...ms-38-Special-1988-Pre-Lock-Stainless-Snu.htm
 
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I had a Rossi Model 88 years ago. All stainless steel construction, 5 shot, .38 Special, 3" barrel; it was a very well built S&W J frame copy. At the time I bought it S&W didn't have a comparable model with a 3" barrel. I use to take that Rossi on many a backwoods hike as it was lightweight and was fairly accurate with it's windage adjustable rear sight and tall ramp front sight. I considered it my "bigger" caliber Kit Gun.
 
tominboise said:
I'll play - Looks like a S&W but with the coil spring, I'd guess a Taurus of some sort.
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Not a Taurus. Some features conflict. Taurus didn't have a frame mounted firing pin any time recently, if ever. Taurus sideplate up until '88 had a screw up by the firing pin, which this lacks.

(Aaand, I see it's already identified.)
 
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I had one years ago. Not a badly made little revolver overall, I kept it in a lock box at my Moms house for years so I would have a ccw when I flew up to visit without the hassles of airplane travel. I never used it like that, but it was nice having an option.

The only issue mine had was a slightly off-milled cylinder face and a tight B/C gap. The cylinder would start to rub against the forcing cone when the gun heated up after 10-15 rapid shots were fired. After 20-25 or more in a row it would really slow up, more shots and eventually it would stop rotating. Not an issue with a cylinder or two, but annoying and possibly dangerous in a (rare) prolonged firefight.

This probably could have been addressed, but I ended up selling it down the road with disclosures.

Nice buy, I would’ve bought that Rossi for two bills as well. :thumbup:

Stay safe.
 
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