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Orignal 2nd Model Schofield in 45 schofield.
This one is US army issiued , wood grips have orignal cartouse and dated 1876
gun still works like new , the gun has nice sharp edges is nice and smooth and shuts up tight with the nice schofield click :)
Gun has ex bore still and should shoot great i have not had it out yet hope it shoots 3 inch and under groups at 20 yds just like my other orignal US army schofield.
Theses are hard to find US marked with full barrel length in Canada.
Still one of my all time favorite pre 1898 guns.

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dingus said:
Orignal 2nd Model Schofield in 45 schofield.
This one is US army issiued , wood grips have orignal cartouse and dated 1876
gun still works like new , the gun has nice sharp edges is nice and smooth and shuts up tight with the nice schofield click :)
Gun has ex bore still and should shoot great i have not had it out yet hope it shoots 3 inch and under groups at 20 yds just like my other orignal US army schofield.
Theses are hard to find US marked with full barrel length in Canada.
Still one of my all time favorite pre 1898 guns.

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Now That is bad arse!.
 
I am looking for a person in the Belleville or Kingston, Ontario area that has a large or medium collection of Antique guns who is willing to let me come photograph them and their collection for a school project (I attend Loyalist College).
 
Hi guys. I posted this in pistols and revolvers and a fellow member suggested I try here. My father found this revolver over 50 years ago and we are wondering what it is and what it is actually supposed to look like. Any help is appreciated with identification as well as pictures of one in good condition and maybe some history if anyone has. There are no distinguishable markings on it whatsoever, due to the corrosion, the barrel and cylinder bores measure around .36" (so I suspect it's a .38), and muzzle to inside of frame measures 3". As dad and I know nothing about handguns, we thought it would be really neat to find out what it is and speculate as to how it got to the old farm yard where he grew up and who may have discarded it. Thank you for any help you can provide:D

Rooster

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Thanks Vega! Yes, it does look like a very close match. I've done a small bit of reading about the RIC and have only found mention of calibres larger than .38. Do you know if they were made in .38? The bores on this guy measure anywhere from .354 to .367. Members in the pistols & revolvers section feel that this one's a Bulldog. Very subtle differences that I can see, such as the shape of the tang and the ejector "boss" on the frame - these features appear to be more akin to the RIC.
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Thanks again!
Rooster
 
They made bulldog style pistols like that in all sorts of calibers from 32-45, even seen a couple in .50 but they're rare. They were produced in Europe, Britain and the US.

To me the dished plate below the grip and certain aspects of the design/shape suggests to me it was either a nicer Belgian gun or perhaps British made, but that's just a thought not based on any particular evidence. Fun little thing in any event.
 
The sear appears to be a webley sear, not like the Belgian one above. I would say it is a Webley No5 which was a small version of an RIC and the length of the cylinder would almost guarantee it.

Where was the farm? Nice relic!
 
Southlander said:
The sear appears to be a webley sear, not like the Belgian one above. I would say it is a Webley No5 which was a small version of an RIC and the length of the cylinder would almost guarantee it.

Where was the farm? Nice relic!
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Thanks for all the input guys! It constantly amazes me how much a lot of the members here know. The farm where dad grew up is the same one where I grew up and the property is still in my family (though mom & dad recently built a new house on a different property a few miles away). My British grandfather bought the place southwest of Saskatoon from the second owner. I always assumed most folks around the area to be long gun people but there were several veterans who had lived around there and who knows what travellers came through. It just seems a bit out of place, especially considering it's never been a highly populated or traveled area.
 
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