BobWright
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Many years ago, when I was a very young kid, I bought a .38 caliber revolver. This gun was a Belgian made revolver. It looked like a Colt Single Action, at least to a young kid, and I paid the price of $2.75 or so as I recall.
This gun was made in the order of the Remington revolvers of the 1890s: Grip straps integral with the frame, trigger guard removable, rod ejector with bullseye ejector rod head. Barrel was 5 1/2" and the gun's frame was nickel plated, or had been. Barrel, ejector housing and trigger guard were once blued. Grips were hard rubber, and had the oval at the top, but with a buffalo instead of a Colt. The barrel was marked "Cowboy Ranger" and "For .38 Smith & Wesson, .38 Long Colt, .38 Special" the calibers were in two lines, .38 Special on the bottom. And, oh yeah, it was double action.
I shot the gun a fair amount, using only .38 Long or Short Colt cartridges, being slightly fearful of using the .38 Specials. After awhile I gave the gun to my Dad.
Some years later I was visiting my parents and noticed the gun on top of the bookcase, along with a box of old Winchester Western .38 S&W cartridges.
"Dad," I cautioned him, "that gun won't take .38 S&W cartridges."
Dad didn't say anything, except open the loading gate and rotate the cylinder to allow five .38 S&W cartridges to drop out into his hand.
Bob Wright
This gun was made in the order of the Remington revolvers of the 1890s: Grip straps integral with the frame, trigger guard removable, rod ejector with bullseye ejector rod head. Barrel was 5 1/2" and the gun's frame was nickel plated, or had been. Barrel, ejector housing and trigger guard were once blued. Grips were hard rubber, and had the oval at the top, but with a buffalo instead of a Colt. The barrel was marked "Cowboy Ranger" and "For .38 Smith & Wesson, .38 Long Colt, .38 Special" the calibers were in two lines, .38 Special on the bottom. And, oh yeah, it was double action.
I shot the gun a fair amount, using only .38 Long or Short Colt cartridges, being slightly fearful of using the .38 Specials. After awhile I gave the gun to my Dad.
Some years later I was visiting my parents and noticed the gun on top of the bookcase, along with a box of old Winchester Western .38 S&W cartridges.
"Dad," I cautioned him, "that gun won't take .38 S&W cartridges."
Dad didn't say anything, except open the loading gate and rotate the cylinder to allow five .38 S&W cartridges to drop out into his hand.
Bob Wright