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    Revolver id help

    Revolver Id help
    I have a mid size revolver from an estate i have to sell I can not identify it . there is no name or numbers on it. Just a letter U under 2 crowns. barrel is 3 inch hex about 32 cal. 6 shot
    with both a loading gate an a plunger to remove spent cases. also a pin to remove cylinder.wood chequered grips with smooth place were some type of name plate could have been.Here is the pictures if more is need let me know also some of rest of estate that will be sold here on Gunbroker an at local shows
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    Belgian revolver for the German market

    The safety lever arrangement is similar to the German "Reichsrevolver".
    The trigger, trigger bow and the form of the grips look Belgian.
    The caliber is too small for a military revolver of the late 19th century.
    The marks are German proof marks post-1891.

    I think this is a Belgian revolver made for the German market and hence proofed in Germanyicon. I have an old catalogue from 1908 that shows several similar models, with fanciful descriptions such as "officer's revolver", "police revolver", "constabulary revolver". The German market throws up plenty of these things, and they do not have much value unless in A1 condition from a known maker. On this example, the cut-out for a nameplate reduces any value it might have.

    Examine the cylinder very closely. There may be a Liege proof mark on the back face. Look under the grips for a possible maker's mark.

    Liege was a hive of small companies making copies of everything American in handguns, and those copies vary from rough to excellent. And sometimes they even cheekily copied the American names! I therefore suggest that you examine all items shown here and do not assume that what looks like, say a Smith and Wesson, is indeed such a piece - even if it has the name on it!

    Sorry to sound negative - as a result of experience - but I imagine that you would like to avoid trouble with a future purchaser who might feel that he has been defrauded. And that hoard (it does not seem to have the "theme" of a serious collection) looks as if the owner went for quantity rather than quality. In this case, the motto should be not only "caveat emptor" but also "caveat vendor"!
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    This post reminds me that I should actually document my firearms, any accident or unexpected illness could result in my own collection spread out on a table covered in question marks.
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    there is a number 3 an letter U on cylinder only.
    These are all part of that gun smith estate that i was selling parts from. These an i mean all have been re blued an re worked.
    I will not list any for sale as collectors just shooters only. they look good an function good but no collector value.
    I want to list this revolver the right way in my ffl log.
    the cut out in grip area looks very professionally done an revolver is very well made.
    fin an finish is done very well.
    thanks for the help
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sentryduty View Post
    This post reminds me that I should actually document my firearms, any accident or unexpected illness could result in my own collection spread out on a table covered in question marks.
    In this connection, after facing up to the serious question "what's going to happen to my stuff when...?"*, I have made up a little folder for each of my guns, so that a person without specialist knowledge can see what they are and what they might be worth (copies of concluded auctions, not pie-in-the-sky asking prices). The folders also include load information and specimen targets for those items which are useful shooters.

    *Not if, but when - it will happen one day!
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