Help with revolver?!
A long time friend of mine just got a 22 cal revolver for christmas... so the story goes, his grandfather found it in france during WW2 and just got passed down the line over time.
he is not a gun owner and has no clue what to do with them, so he brought it to me. I dont have much experience with revolvers myself so during the break down he trigger group came apart and i am stumped as to how to put her back together. Whats worse? we have NO idea who made the gun or anything.
there are stamps of "germany" all over it and a few random numbers, I suppose they are serial
this is on the side of the barrell "ROHM G.M.R.H. SONTHEIM/BR." (without quotes)
also here is an image, (copy and paste the link because its on geocities)
http://www.geocities.com/shin_jubei/100_0153.JPG
what we would like to know is....what kind of gun it is, manufacturer, date, etc.
but we are really looking to find out how the trigger group goes back together.
if you can help at all i thank you very much.
he is not a gun owner and has no clue what to do with them, so he brought it to me. I dont have much experience with revolvers myself so during the break down he trigger group came apart and i am stumped as to how to put her back together. Whats worse? we have NO idea who made the gun or anything.
there are stamps of "germany" all over it and a few random numbers, I suppose they are serial
this is on the side of the barrell "ROHM G.M.R.H. SONTHEIM/BR." (without quotes)
also here is an image, (copy and paste the link because its on geocities)
http://www.geocities.com/shin_jubei/100_0153.JPG
what we would like to know is....what kind of gun it is, manufacturer, date, etc.
but we are really looking to find out how the trigger group goes back together.
if you can help at all i thank you very much.
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It's really doubtful that this is a souvenir of WW II. The one's I'm familiar with, were inported from West Germany for commercial sale prior to 1968. They generally were of low quality and sold cheaply. After that gun law of 1968 came into effect they were no longer importable. They weren't worth anything them and even less now. 0 -
Sorry, didn't mean to vent. It's a .22 revolver made by the "ROHM" Company of Sonthein/Brenz West Germany. Probably in the 1950's or 1960's. Can't help with your trigger group problem. 0 -
no biggie man, its not even my gun 
we just wanted some background on it and how to fix it.
i was with you on the WW2 thing, especially because it had "GERMANY" written in english on the side.
still need to fix that trigger group though0 -
I tried to use the link you posted and it came up as page unavailable. I may have done something wrong as these computers just drive me nuts. This could be one of about five different pistols and as Rufe-Snow says, none of them are of great quality. We need to know if this is a single or double action revolver? Does it have a swing out cylinder or a loading gate? Is there an ejector? What are the grips like? Most ROHMS are marked RG and then a number which indicates the model of the pistol.
Quite frankly I too doubt that this pistol was any kind of WWII souvenir- most likely it came in to the USA back in the early 1960's with a million other cheap European handguns. There were a few models that were actually rather decent, but most are pretty low quality. Since you were able to actually disassemble the trigger group- for what reason I can only guess- you probably have one of the better quality models- the cheap one cannot be taken apart by normal means, you'd have to really attack it! The are instructions on how to disassemble/re assemble an RG-14 in the Gun Digest book Firearms Assembly/Disassembly from Krause Publications. Try to borrow a copy, the price of the book may well be equal to 1/4 the value of the pistol. Good luck.
Mark T. Christian0 -
Nothing with WEST Germany on it will be a WWII item. Germany was not divided until after WWII. 0 -
you have to copy and paste the link, geocities wont allow you to directly link to an image.
the gun i would suppose has a loading gate because the cylinder does not swing out(i have no clue about revolvers) and im not real sure what double or single action means...
yea, it looks pretty cheaply made0 -
oh, and i technically didn't take apart the trigger group, i just removed the pins...let it slide out and it fell to pieces 0 -
It sounds to me like you have either a RG-10, 11, or 12- the rock bottom of a line of rock bottom revolvers. I still have no idea how to get a look at that photo. There are no user adjustable parts in the trigger mechanism of these revolvers and they were never intened to be disassembled beyond the possible removal of the cylinder. This is the reason that they use pins and not screws- it saves a few pennies in cost and matters not at all since there is no reason to take the things apart to begin with.
Oh and technically speaking...you've got trouble. Putting everything back inside and pinning it all back together is well beyond the scope of anything that can be done on line here. The book I suggested will be of zero help as the Model 14 is a totally different animal in design. I see you having three options: Attempt to put the gun back together yourself (you have nothing to lose), taking it to a gunsmith who will first laugh and then charge you around $30 (about the value of the gun), or just pay your friend the $30 for this pistol and do what everyone else does with these broken RG's- toss them in a box out in the garage and forget about them. This gun is not worth any more effort than you have already expended.
Mark T. Christian0 -
ouch. I'll have to pass this on to the owner. I assumed that it wasn't a pricey piece but never the less it was a christmas present to a friend so no matter what im gonna try to fix it..He just lost that same grandfather not long ago.
oh, and to view that picture. you have to move over mouse over the link
this is the link: http://www.geocities.com/shin_jubei/100_0153.JPG
once your mouse is over the link, click your right mouse button and a little menu comes up. point to "copy shortcut" in that litle menu and hit your left mouse button. Now move your mouse up to your address bar, the place you type www.gunbroker.com. right click in a blank spot on that bar until a menu comes up, in the menu hit paste now just press enter or hit go. Once your done looking just hit the back button up top.
quick little lesson on copying and pasting for everyone who doesn't know.
thanks for your help everyone. Hopefully ill just figure this out one way or another.. there are only 3 pieces that have to be put back in, so i should just stew on it0
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