And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, January 15, 2018
S&W Safety Hammerless 2nd Model “bicyclist’s special” revolver
Manufactured by Smith and Wesson c.1902-40 as the “New Departure”, later known as the “lemon squeezer” - serial number 95406.
My Grandfather had one in nickel plate with MOP grips with five stars embedded. It was in .38S&W (short). It had one major flaw. If you dropped it on the butt it went off. He said he bought it of a pimp in 1930. He could hit a running rabbit from his wagon seat with it and his mules would never twitch.--Ray
My Grandfather had one in nickel plate with MOP grips with five stars embedded. It was in .38S&W (short). It had one major flaw. If you dropped it on the butt it went off. He said he bought it of a pimp in 1930. He could hit a running rabbit from his wagon seat with it and his mules would never twitch.--Ray
ReplyDeleteGreat story. Fancy is good, but fancy and crazy accurate is better. What ever happened to it?
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