Spanish revolver
I have a Spanish Revolver that belonged to my step fathers father, show may have brought this back from Spain from their civil war. The revolver is in great shape, it has marked on the barrel looks like three triangles then it says 32 long CTG then three triangles again. The only other marks on the revolver are at the bottom of the grip in the frame it say made in Spain and the numbers 5431. It has a fancy gold seal in the grips - looks like a Fancy A and R inter mixed over one another. Now the cylinder is chambered for 3220 ammo and my father and I have both shot the revolver and it is in good shape and shoots good. I have had two different gunsmiths look at it and confirm the 3220 cylinder and said the gun is in good shape and can be fired. Would like to find out more about the gun if possible
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I am trying to identify an early Spanish revolver-pistol for, get ready for this, my mother-in-law. She informs me that the piece is marked Espania, the cal. is 38, and it also has the number 984. The most identifible description is a "diamond" shape on the grips. The piece belonged to her grandfather and probably predates 1940. Thanks in advance. 0 -
More information will be needed, alot of firearms came out of spain. I myself have several revolvers made in spain by various companies that were making clones of other revolvers of their period.
I'd advise posting pictures.
Is it a breaktop, or solid frame? Are there any other markings?
If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.
The sound of a 12 gauge pump clears a house fatser than Rosie O eats a Big Mac !0 -
Steve--you haven't gotten back to us and you're slipping off the bottom of the board; so I'm going to boost you back to the top. Do you understand what Lee wants? We need a manufacturer's name, any other markings, and a better description of the revolver. As noted, there were many manufacturers of revolvers in Spain during the 1920s and '30s and they varied widely in description and quality. Many were copies of the Smith & Wesson guns of that period, and bear names such as Arizmendi. Even the best should be fired with nothing more than standard velocity factory loadings, and the poorer quality should not be fired at all. There is not much collector interest in Spanish revolvers, and most of them fall into the $85 value range. 0 -
As I said, the piece belongs to mother-in-law. I've never seen it. I was hoping that the "diamond" on the grips would be noticed by someone. Please excuse the lack of clues, I only have "Mom's" word for it. Thanks in advance to all you kind posters. 0 -
Well, you see, a diamond pattern on the grips if around the screw hole is an early Smith & Wesson feature; and if the revolver in question is a Spanish S&W copy it very likely would also have it, and therefore is not identifiable by that trait alone. So, you'll need to personally look at it and copy some of the markings down. 0 -
I saw this piece today for the first time.
There are "no" markings on the piece.
"made in spain", and 9 24 on the butt.
I was surprised and impressed by the machining and the quality.
Thanks in advance.
Steve5x5
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Sounds like a job for Superman - er, Bob in StL, to give an expert opinion on this. I'll whistle him up on the 'other' board and have him get back to you, Steve.
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Very good photo, Steve. Also, nice looking revolver. Definately a Spanish S&W copy; but could be by any of at least a dozen makers. It's kind of unusual to encounter one without any significant markings at all. 0
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