I never owned a revolver before, but recently received this from my parents' estate. My dad ran a wrecker, and was called out many nights to pull someone out of a ditch, or clean up an accident. I know he always took a gun with him, so it was probably this one. One very cold and rainy night, probably around 1974, the Highway Patrol called him to take away a car that was in the ditch. Everyone had left except Dad and the Patrolman. The officer was supposed to wait there until the tow truck drove away, but it was miserable out, so Dad told him to go on. As he pulled away, Dad reached under the car to attach the hook to the axle. Something went wrong--I don't know what--and Dad was caught under the car, alone, wet, and freezing. He took his gun and fired it, and it got the Patrolman's attention, who returned and rescued my Dad. This is probably the gun that saved my Dad's life.
Can anyone identify it? Yesterday, I bought a box of .38 and took it to the range. I wasn't very accurate with it, but it was fun to shoot, and I enjoyed learning the mechanics of it, the simplicity of the design. I'll be shooting it more, that's for sure.
Can anyone identify it? Yesterday, I bought a box of .38 and took it to the range. I wasn't very accurate with it, but it was fun to shoot, and I enjoyed learning the mechanics of it, the simplicity of the design. I'll be shooting it more, that's for sure.
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