Verifier Says my .320 Baby Bulldog is a .328 S&W prohib ?

[Rand]

I've seen a lot of pictures where the Belgians around the end of the 1800's were putting grips on revolvers meant to mimic the S&W brand. The 8mm French Ordnance revolver bullet should be 0.323", so that might be what you have, as the Belgians copied it a lot. However, they then tended (always?) to stamp '8mm' somewhere near the front of the frame. Unfortunately, a lot of the 8mm were manufactured after 1897.

Memo to self: before turning any firearm over to a government verifier, always take detailed close-up photos of the stampings on the gun.

 

[uglydukwling]

Just a wild guess, but could it be that the verifier was looking for a cartridge he could use as an excuse to classify it as prohibited, and saw .32S (.32 short) in a list and mis-read it as .328? If so, it says a lot about his knowledge of firearms.

 

[tacfoley]

Just a wild guess, but could it be that the verifier was looking for a cartridge he could use as an excuse to classify it as prohibited, and saw .32S (.32 short) in a list and mis-read it as .328? If so, it says a lot about his knowledge of firearms.

In every country that I have any connection with correspondence about firearms, THIS sentence appears in one language or another.

In the Republic of Ireland, owning a .300Win Mag rifle is fine - but a .38/.357Mag underlever rifle or carbine is 'restricted' because of the 'HUGE CALIBRE'.

tac