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JimDon

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I found this earlier this year. I made a homemade electrolysis machine and cleaned it up. With a little bit of research it turned out it is a late 19th century S&W .32 caliber revolver. I was able to make a positive match.
 

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Its got to make you wonder why that gun was dropped :icon_scratch: Nice Find :thumbsup:
 
They were little 5 shot revolvers commonly sold in the Sears catalog.
 
Nice find, too bad the grip didn't survive
 
:icon_thumright: sweet find
 
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