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Found this out behind a barn.I didn't even need my metal detector!I don't know much about it ,but it has US on the grip in pic #3.I think with a good cleaning it would fire!lol
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I love relics like this. Lucky find. Thanks for sharing.
Any bullets in it?
What a great find indeed!!
How did this get left out behind the barn????????????????????any guess?
Yeah, Gargo--, all it needs is a bit of oil & a wax-job. LOL Maybe u should put it back before somebody trips in that hole behind the barn & hurts themselves.
Glad you posted this. We can have fun with this. Maybe it was a murder weapon! have you had ballistics done? Do U have a permit to carry? Is it pre-1898? Can't be too careful these days in your country.
This relic is from the US Revolver Company, a name under which the Iver Johnson company sold an economy line of revolvers between the early 1910s through mid 1930s.
I wiped all the dried blood off of it before I posted it,don't want to incriminate CW!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, I think you are right, it is an Iver. I was having trouble identifying it as it certainly wasn't a colt Walker!
Did you smooth-over that hole?
Thanks bellin,lowspeed,packrat,blunderbuss,chrisnp,and manikin!Thanks for the info also,no I didn't fill the hole I'm sure there's an old blunderbuss down below it!
Thanks walksoftly!
Thanks spiritinthesky!
Wonder who was hiding out behind your barn, what a fantastic piece to find !Phil.
Did you ever find a blunderbuss in that hole?
Thanks phil,jamie,and flyrr!No I just got down to the cannon!lol
Thanks for the warning!!!!!!!!!!!!!lol
Thanks musikchoo!
Was Bonnie and Clyde ever in your area?? :-)
No, but John Dillinger was!!!!!!He robbed our town bank!
Could be :-) !!