Help me ID this revolver please

Gumby853 · August 28, 2002, 12:41 PM

A friend of mine obtained this recently when his father passed away. Not being familer with older revolvers, and the fact that the only markings on it are the serial number, I was not able to provide him with any info about it. Can anyone here ID this for me? He is thinking about selling it and wanted to also know how much he could get for it. Thanks.

Gumby853 · August 28, 2002, 12:45 PM

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jmlv · August 28, 2002, 12:46 PM

or its later incarnation the "Official Police" should be either a 22 or 38 caliber gun? about all I can do from the limited photo. new pictures indicate it would be a 38 special caliber. It should say on the barrel what model it is. The Army Special started production in early 1900's (1908 I think) and changed names to Official Police about 1928 - Same basic gun. It was an inprovment of the old army-navy model issued to the us army(moro falure gun in 38 long colt) Real good shooters has the same action as the Python and is usually as accurate. Later versions came with adj sights as an option (Officers Model Match) and some what later was updated to the 357 magnum caliber. these would be called the "357" and the "Trooper"

Gumby853 · August 28, 2002, 06:02 PM

Jmlv - Thanks for the info. I failed to mention that it is a .38. However the strange part is that there are NO markings at all on the revolver other than the serial number (which is found in 2 places - shown rather poorly in the last photo). The serial number is: 509941. Can anyone else provide me any more information?

Johnny Guest · August 29, 2002, 10:28 AM

- - -in Firearms Research forum, at - -

http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...78#post1152278

This type revolver appears to be a robust, medium-large frame gun, and in later years was made quite strong. The OLD ones are NOT.

Please read the above thread, for safety's sake.

Best,
Johnny Guest

August 28, 2002, 12:46 PM	#3
jmlv Senior Member Join Date: August 30, 2001 Location: PA AMERICA STARTS HERE! Posts: 739	It appears to be either an "Army Special" or its later incarnation the "Official Police" should be either a 22 or 38 caliber gun? about all I can do from the limited photo. new pictures indicate it would be a 38 special caliber. It should say on the barrel what model it is. The Army Special started production in early 1900's (1908 I think) and changed names to Official Police about 1928 - Same basic gun. It was an inprovment of the old army-navy model issued to the us army(moro falure gun in 38 long colt) Real good shooters has the same action as the Python and is usually as accurate. Later versions came with adj sights as an option (Officers Model Match) and some what later was updated to the 357 magnum caliber. these would be called the "357" and the "Trooper" __________________ JMLV NEW PA RESIDENT TFL ALUMNUS MOLON LABE!

August 29, 2002, 10:28 AM	#5
Johnny Guest Moderator in Memoriam Join Date: August 28, 1999 Location: North Texas Posts: 4,123	PLEASE READ REPLIES TO OTHER THREAD - - - - - -in Firearms Research forum, at - - http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...78#post1152278 This type revolver appears to be a robust, medium-large frame gun, and in later years was made quite strong. The OLD ones are NOT. Please read the above thread, for safety's sake. Best, Johnny Guest

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August 28, 2002, 06:02 PM	#4
Gumby853 Member Join Date: December 3, 2001 Posts: 26	Jmlv - Thanks for the info. I failed to mention that it is a .38. However the strange part is that there are NO markings at all on the revolver other than the serial number (which is found in 2 places - shown rather poorly in the last photo). The serial number is: 509941. Can anyone else provide me any more information?