[Squantos]

Wow ...well written. I too was immediately drawn to the spanner holding the pins inside the frame. How did you come about the history linking the revolver to the General ?

Stay Safe !!!

[300winmag]

How did you come about the history linking the revolver to the General ?

A couple ratty hang tags came with the revolver, along with a bit more information from my LGS owner, who was selling a couple of rifles from the estate sale. One was a 1917 Eddystone, which he says was not GI, but Williams just picked up along the way. The other was a 1903A1 Springfield dated 1913. The finish was starting to vanish after 100 years, but the wood was in great shape, and it was mechanically near-perfect.

I suspect he was either a gun buff who bought some of this stuff when it was dirt cheap, or could prowl around the dark corners of arms vaults as the really old stuff was to be collected and sold as scrap by the ton.

[300winmag]

The grips for the S&W Model 17 came, and they look good on her. Her official title is "Lady Diana Smith-Wesson", but she said I can call her "Di".

The Hogue cocobolo grips remind me more of a dense, straight-grain walnut with lots of contrast. Nothing gaudy, just restrained good taste. She'll get a trip to the spa for some spring upgrades and a nanolube treatment before a trip back to the range.

Boxing Day was a good, but strange, day at the local gun shop. They said the place would be packed for an hour, then empty for an hour, and then another mob would appear. They said people couldn't throw money fast enough at their wares.

They also got in a gigantic shipment ("gigantic" meaning any quantity more than one of a model) from CZ-USA. Nothing has been inventoried yet, but we have high hopes for tomorrow. There are at least two CZ75 SP01s (over a year since they saw the last one), and another CZ-USA mystery weapon. It's an uncatalogued item called a "CZ75 Police Special", and nobody this side of Brno knows anything about it, other than it's vey limited production. Apparently it's a cross between a CZ75 and CZ85, all steel, non-standard barrel length, and perhaps other surprises under the hood.

With luck, at least I should get a look at both tomorrow (Friday), and maybe a purchase.