M79 Reichsrevolver

[Story]

Funny how i wind up pirating my own thread about a German revolver by posting photos of a Smith and Wesson.  

SKJ,
I'll join ya, then - here's mine, out of Juarez/El Paso

We can only guess as to what the pearl shirt button inlaid into the grip signifies....

Also, for those of you who own antique S&W breaktops, I recommend researching them via this forum -
http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-antiques/

[St. George]

Look carefully at that 'pearl' button.

It 'might' be glass and has a 'Naughty Lady' photo inside.

Vaya,

Scouts Out!

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

To re-hijack this thread, here is my m83.  Apparently a civilian model, as it has no provision for a lanyard swivel.

[Story]

Meanwhile, back at the Original Topic ... my 1883 Officer's Model (single action, tho).



Works nice with .44 Russian from Powder, Inc.

[Gaucho Gringo]

They have a LeMat look to me. I have never seen pictures of one and when I saw the pictures that is the first thing that came to my mind.

[Short Knife Johnson]

They do, you are right.  We could call it "European styling."   

[Pony Racer]

I love my 1873 french pistolas.

One is 1886 and the other was rebarreled in 1917 left in 11mm but nitro proofed.

I have spent time researching gun and have shot it with 11mm french ammo.

I plan on having the guns slightly converted to 44 russian - i know why do that to an antique?

Simple i really like em and want to shoot them more.  They are built like tanks and the 44 russian load that I will use is close to the French Marine load for same gun.

The french guns got a bad reputation for blowing up after WWII due to them being brought back and people shooting hot subgun 45call ammo out of them.

A couple local southern va clubs let me shoot them at monthly matches - they are fun and cause lots of onlookers.

I always bring 100+ extra rounds to share!

PR

[Short Knife Johnson]

Agreed.  I never much saw the sense in using "belly-button" guns.  I was planning on getting that M79, and passing off the story I obtained it from a German Artillery officer who absconded to the Dominion of Canada to try his luck as a farmer/rancher/fiserman/maple syrup making guy  or whatever.  I just couldn't part with $1250 for a gun I know is only worth $850 to $900... call me crazy. 

My Uberti S&W repros garner a bit of attention, but I always get a double take with my Whitney-Kennedy with the S-lever.  I was involved in a historical recreation last Saturday evening, and I kept getting asked "What kind of Winchester is that?"  Even the professional re-enactors were stymied.  Adds variety.  Too boring if everyone has a '92 or '73 Winnie, and SAA style pistols (matching no less... that was one of the running gags on "Blazing Saddles").  Us fellers that have the hodge-podge setups are a breed apart from the rest.

I don't see why a CAS club would refuse to let someone use French, German, British, or other European designs.  As long as they were produced in the proper time frame.  They all washed up on the shores of North America somehow.  It is plausable they could have seen use on the Frontier.  That's my one small gripe about NRA BPCR Silhouette - only AMERICAN designs allowed.  No Farquharson style actions, Martinis, or my favourite... Alexander Henry *sigh*, et al.  But I guess I don't have the gold, so that's why I don't make the rules.