Wife wants tiny revolver

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We were watching Murdoch Mysteries on Netflix the other day, and a female character shot the bad guy with a tiny revolver. Brass frame maybe 2.5 inch barrel. Looked like a .32. She thought it was really cute and said if she ever gets a gun, buy her one like that. These were all over the EE a few months ago.
 
Antique status .32 revolvers turn up regularly.
Like all antique status handguns, they have been going up in value. Not too long ago, clean functional examples could be had for $150. Now, they can bring north of $300. Keep an eye on the big auctions listed on i-collector. There are always a few listed.
Some, of course, are valued primarily as collectors' pieces. Others are just common old guns. Look for condition. Parts aren't available, and any missing or broken bits would have to be made.
These are .25, .32 and .41 rimfire, plus the pinfire. All are superior in condition, with crisp bores, and are sound mechanically.
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wrangler4867 said:
Wait till the series is over and we're done with it. I'll deactivate the actual gun and sell it to you if you want.
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So another piece of working firearm history is going to be destroyed.

Just because somebody saw it on television.

Every time one is destroyed or deactivated another 'Anti' type earns its wings.......

It would have been better if they had never seen it.

Good thing next to nobody watches that 'show' to get these kinds of ideas.

Somebody that could own and use the firearm might get a chance to own it undestroyed.


Suggest the OP buy the wife a tiny water pistol or nerf gun if she wants to play with something until she gets bored?

Or maybe the OP can chase the moths out of the wallet and buy her some jewelry or something she really wants and might use?
 
How about everybody takes a breath and calms fricking down.

1. Milan, before you blow a gasket how about if you find out what shape the gun is in and what it's worth before you start a classic uninformed CGN rant. It took me 3 hours of work to get it to fire a few blanks. It's a junk gun worth about a hundred bucks that I would never try firing live ammo out of. Remember things always look better on TV.

2. As for deactivating it that's my only option because the CFO has taken it upon themselves to prohibit me from selling any of my prohibs on my Film Industry BFL back to the general public whether they are grand fatherd or not.
 
wrangler4867 said:
How about everybody takes a breath and calms fricking down.

1. Milan, before you blow a gasket how about if you find out what shape the gun is in and what it's worth before you start a classic uninformed CGN rant. It took me 3 hours of work to get it to fire a few blanks. It's a junk gun worth about a hundred bucks that I would never try firing live ammo out of. Remember things always look better on TV.

2. As for deactivating it that's my only option because the CFO has taken it upon themselves to prohibit me from selling any of my prohibs on my Film Industry BFL back to the general public whether they are grand fatherd or not.
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Despite what Milanczar says, some people do watch this show, it's one of the few things CBC has ever put out that I enjoyed. In fact I watched it all the time as a kid, crazy to think it's been on the air for 12 years now

Do you remember the sniper episode from early on? I just went back and re-watched it and it seems like something made purely by the imagination of the prop department but still looks like a pretty cool design

In the episode they say it's ".60 caliber, 1:10 twist shooting a lead-core, copper-iron jacket pointed bullet easily to 500 yards"

Amusingly enough everyone claims these shots to be impossible despite in the real world about 30 years before, Confederate snipers were taking confirmed kills at 1000 yards (probably most famously the Union General John Sedgwick)

Here are some screenshots I just took from the episode:
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North American Arms has made a couple runs of the Earl and Sidewinder that were Canada legal if you can find one. You won't find much smaller than that.

Can't find any at dealers at a glance.
 
tiriaq said:
Antique status .32 revolvers turn up regularly.
Like all antique status handguns, they have been going up in value. Not too long ago, clean functional examples could be had for $150. Now, they can bring north of $300. Keep an eye on the big auctions listed on i-collector. There are always a few listed.
Some, of course, are valued primarily as collectors' pieces. Others are just common old guns. Look for condition. Parts aren't available, and any missing or broken bits would have to be made.
These are .25, .32 and .41 rimfire, plus the pinfire. All are superior in condition, with crisp bores, and are sound mechanically.
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lol, not too long ago. You mean 20 years? Those were already 300 to 350 10 years in good firing condition. Lots of garbage around. Mostly poor quality.



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Milspectacles said:
Despite what Milanczar says, some people do watch this show, it's one of the few things CBC has ever put out that I enjoyed. In fact I watched it all the time as a kid, crazy to think it's been on the air for 12 years now

Do you remember the sniper episode from early on? I just went back and re-watched it and it seems like something made purely by the imagination of the prop department but still looks like a pretty cool design

In the episode they say it's ".60 caliber, 1:10 twist shooting a lead-core, copper-iron jacket pointed bullet easily to 500 yards"

Amusingly enough everyone claims these shots to be impossible despite in the real world about 30 years before, Confederate snipers were taking confirmed kills at 1000 yards (probably most famously the Union General John Sedgwick)

Here are some screenshots I just took from the episode:
10ynfRS.png

c30aIFH.png

4zyqYPa.png

alB82cg.png

OQCw36Q.png
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Thanks, it was pure imagination. The writers said they wanted a rifle that looked out of the norm, the character was suppose to be a visionary of the time so it had to look completely unconventional. It took me 2 weeks to build that dam thing from scratch. Making it a take down was a big PITA. Good thing it's a fake, otherwise it would be a prohib by OIC and I would have to register it...lol
 
Nice idea and nicely presented. I have provided antique flint and percussion pieces to local film production on the Island and it is fun to get the reactions from folks when doing the intro as to what they were and still are. Good work on your part, Cheers
 
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