Yesterday's Weapons Forums

I have been working with my local gun shop guy to help him get stuff up on the web. I take pictures and load the stuff up and when it sells I get a %, but currently I have him holding a P38 in exchange. Anyway, I just recently put this one up and thought it was noteworthy and some guys here might like to see it. Its a Colt New Service Revolver in .455 Eley that must have been changed to 45 colt later. The back strap on the gun is stamped N.W.M.P with a issue number that is listed in a reference book I have. The letters stand for North West Mounted Police. This pistol was number 442 out of an order of 700 that were issued. The mounted police firearms seem to be few and far between forsale. I had a Lee Enfield that was a police gun I had bought it and sold it. Kind of wish I had kept it now. Enjoy!

That's a nice one! While the price is steep, that's pretty much what they go for anymore. SW

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Slava Ukraini!!

i had a canadian marked one like that ..........i let it go way too cheaply ,

Alas, the gun has sold, as the link no longer calls up a specific item.
Too bad they couldn't have kept the pic up, at least, or moved it over to this thread, so that others may view it in the future.
I believe those particular guns date from the early part of WWII.
NWMP were looking at replacing their Webley's, but with the war on, all sidearms were needed for the military, so a deal was struck with Colt to manufacture some New Service revolvers for the NWMP, but chamber them for the (very effective) .455 Webley/Eley round, which they were already using at the time.
New Service is a nice old gun. Simple, effective and as reliable as the sun rise.
It is also known as the Colt Model of 1909 and the Colt Model of 1917.



Dean

this guy knows his canadian revolvers & pistols , hes also an active re-enactor that knows his period pieces ,

check this out -
http://parallaxscurioandrelicfirearmsfo ... ver-Family

LOL!
For a minute there, A square, I thought you were referring to me!



Dean

aaaaaaaa , im not sure i wasnt - i do not yet know what you know , i may soon be linking your threads to another inquiry ,

i do know grant and im comfortable referring those that ask to him , he is a very knowledgeable and colorful canadian to be sure , a re-enactor and historian of the areas he collects in , i wish when i was near him a number of years back i might have been able to meet him personally but these days i dont cross the boarder as i did when i was younger , i fish closer to home

No worries.
Yes, that guy does seem to know a thing or 16.
Thanks for posting that.



Dean

no problem , i think we have much to learn from you , i learn in all of these exchanges , its why i come here ,

do tell us about your interests and what you collect , i take it you like the S&Ws and i suspect your into some others but we need a little feedback to know where your interests lie ,

.....art... .....yyyyessss...!!!....another art lover...???

....dang-we sure are an eclectic bunch-eh???

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.............deplorable typical "bitter clinger"....

Mario,

Right on.
Here's the one I started with....



10 years ago, I was just looking for a little something to spruce up my apartment.
Once I saw it hanging on the wall, it was like potatoe chips...ya' can't have just one.




Dean

Apologies to the board.
I didn't mean to skew the thread.

Mario,

If you wanna chat more, PM me.



Dean

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because you can't drink beer & load rockets - TXPete

...dont sweat it Dean...you have my permission... ....besides it all ties together in the end......and actually I create more artwork than I buy...the kind of art I'd like to have on my walls is usually found in museums...

...ps...very nice piece...has all the elements....whodunnit???.......and I'll get back to you later this week/weekend when I have more time...

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....Naj puška govori!....
.............deplorable typical "bitter clinger"....

Oh, well if you guys don't care, then what the hey....anyway, I think the original question got answered?...right?

Mario,

Very cool. I create art, too - through photography, although I'm not nearly as active a shutterbug as I once was (would help if I had my own camera again ).
The piece I posted is called "Elegy for a Dead Admiral" and is now a pretty well known piece.
It was drawn by a gentleman named Jack Vettriano.
10 years ago, no one knew who he was and few had seen the piece.
Nowadays, he's farily well known and the piece is quite common.



Dean

no worries on where the threads gone , the info was addressed , we here tend to get way more from some of our exchanges than you might elsewhere , and that goes back to that 'learning' comment i made a bit back , glad you have joined us ,