[Raven6]

Not a Colt... Zoom in on the photo and check the hammer and the cylinder release. The shape of the trigger guard and the frame just below the cyclinder window do favor a Colt, but the hammer and release are not right. From what I can see it is either an old Astra revolver, or a old Rohm. Those things have been floating around for years.

Click here for a clearer picture of one.

[Vaquero]

I have fired Astra semi aura pistols. Not bad. Heard of Rohm. Never saw one. I can’t get a clear picture on my smart phone.

I love revolvers and semi auto pistols. I am old school though and prefer my smiths, colts, Rugers and 1911s. I have heard good and bad things about Glocks. But if I was going to buy European it would be sig, beretta or Walther and metal. (Though for pocket carry on a hot day I might consider a Ruger LCP or LC 9. My son has an LCP and at feel your hot breath distances it never fails to function)

[W.]

I thought that was an RG from the pic in the article, you nailed it. Junk German POS saturday night special, barely better than nothing.... Barely. ;)

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Not a Colt or S&W.
I thought it was an ASTRA but my book THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HANDGUNS by A B ZHUK shows, on page 81, it to be an piece of Rohm GmbH junk. A RG-57 to be exact.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v93/jbar4ranch/RG57.jpg&imgrefurl=http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t%3D408267&h=463&w=624&sz=43&tbnid=Df3W0H5l849XxM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=121&zoom=1&usg=__ahPZLhqhNKj_7zLAFwgy47S0pc0=&docid=6ednzh0jc4XhjM&sa=X&ei=gi49UaW3A8qU2AWH9ICoAg&ved=0CEQQ9QEwAw&dur=166

[ozzymandus]

Yeah, I’m thinking Astra. Couldn’t think of the name. Astra also made some good quality guns, but that one’s a couple of cuts below a Colt or S&W.