Saturday, March 08, 2014
6 comments:
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Esteve said...
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That would be a "safe queen" worthy of the name.
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3/8/14, 8:00 AM
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Unknown said...
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looks like the plastic toy pistol I had in the 40's. Are those rubber grips?
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3/8/14, 8:17 AM
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DougM said...
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^ Yeah, I hated the engraved toy cowboy revolvers, 'cause they looked fake. The plain toy guns looked a lot more real (esp. the Roy Rodgers ones).
Now, having gone to gunsmithing school and taken a couple of engraving classes, I love good engraving (prob'ly 'cause I'm no good at it beyond script initials). -
3/8/14, 10:50 AM
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Snackeater said...
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At first I thought that was a thread protector on the barrel and wondered why anyone would want to put a suppressor on a revolver. Then I realized it is a Dan Wesson (and a very early model--mid-70's?) and that is the shroud locking nut. One purty gun.
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3/8/14, 11:08 AM
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Anonymous said...
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Very nice gun, but the wood worms ate up the grips.
I had an opportunity to watch an engraver work a few times in the past. On one occasion, the guy I watched was making master dies for a foreign nation's coins.
That company had maybe 6 - 8 men who did this work, all but one of them old Germans, and maybe two apprentices. Each had a wooden tool holder in front of him on the bench, and in it resided maybe a hundred punch-like tools, all home made by the engraver to suit his task, and because they were skilled enough to make currency plates, they were registered with the Secret Service.
Amazing to watch them work!
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick -
3/8/14, 11:58 AM
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emdfl said...
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Got a couple of friends who are two of the seven or eight certified Colt engravers. One of them just finished doing a Taurus "Judge"(for a real judge) like that Dan Wesson. Unreal.
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3/8/14, 8:41 PM
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