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Neighbor gave this badge to me when I was younger. Wondered if it was just a trinket or real? It has an eagle head and wings on top and a raised star in the middle . Says special police.
Well, that's all that matters, right?
I do not have any calipers so my measurements will approximations from the use of a hand held ruler....That break-top shrouded hammer gun has an interesting grip-to-trigger span; is it a small gun? Feel like doing some measuring?
Other than the serial number on the butt of the frame and what appears to be a 49 on the extractor and cylinder (photo attached), there are no other external markings.... what caliber is it?
I do not have any calipers so my measurements will approximations from the use of a hand held ruler.
The length of the revolver is seven and a half inches. The height is four inches. The width is an inch and three-eighths. The grip-to-trigger span is two and a quarter inches. (photo attached)
Yes, I find that it is a small gun but it is larger than my Charter Arms .38 Undercover.
Other than the serial number on the butt of the frame and what appears to be a 49 on the extractor and cylinder (photo attached), there are no other external markings.
However, I have another family heirloom from my father's side of the family, a Harrington & Richardson top break 38 Cal S&W CTGE revolver that has almost identical dimensions. It appears that the two guns are the same caliber but I have no intentions on ever firing either revolver so I don't really need to know if that is true or not.
Interesting side note for those of you following this thread (my apologies to the OP for taking us on a tangent), unlike the Meriden Fire Arms break open revolver used in law enforcement here in Massachusetts, the Harrington & Richardson top break 38 Cal S&W CTGE revolver was supposedly used by my great grandfather in his dealings with mob connections in my dad's home state, Pennsylvania. Both revolvers although functioning, are not valuable but I am glad that I possess both as I love the family history.