While browsing images at LOC, I came across this portrait and I am now wondering what type of pistol this is he's holding. At a glance it looked like a Colt Pocket or Police type pistol, but at closer glance it has a solid frame. Have not seen this weapon before.
-Sam Dolan
http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/pp...800/09876v.jpg
Samuel K. Dolan
1st Texas Infantry
SUVCW
To me it looks like a Colt 1851 US Marshal revolver, but that's just a guess.
Pvt. Tim Koenig
4th Ohio, Co. B
"Union Guards"
Proud descendant of 1st Lt. William Magee
9th Louisiana, Co I "Washington Rifles"
Wounded at Fredericksburg December 13,1863
I find it stranger yet that he looks a bit cross eyed.
Thomas J. Alleman
"If the choice be mine, I chose to march." LOR
Hallo!
It is a .31 W.W. Marston Pocket Model Revolver, (Type 4) aka Phenix, Union, or Western.
Curt
In gleichem Schritt und Tritt, Curt Schmidt
-Hard and sharp as flint...secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.
-Haplogroup R1b M343 (Subclade R1b1a2 M269)
-Pointless Folksy Wisdom Troll Mess, Oblio Lodge #1
Thomas -Originally Posted by Thomas Alleman
One eyeball is obscured with a fleck of contaminant (dirt) in the photo image, and the relatively dark area adjacent to the dirt makes the kid appear cross-eyed. A retoucher would mirror the other eye and restore as much as possible what was probably the original image, which I believe is a kid intensely staring, but not cross-eyed.
- Dan Wykes
I'm no professional, but I can clean up photos.A retoucher would mirror the other eye and restore as much as possible what was probably the original image, which I believe is a kid intensely staring, but not cross-eyed.
There we go. The cross-eyed appearance is fixed.
Last edited by Abrams; 08-10-2008 at 09:54 PM.
Ron Mueller
Illinois
New Madrid Guards
"How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?
Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."
Abraham Lincoln
Well, let's see if I can remove that bit 'o fly wing from his eye too. Hows about this one attached?...There we go. The cross-eyed appearance is fixed.
Dan Wykes
Last edited by Danny; 05-26-2008 at 12:51 AM.
Somehow I knew Curt would be able to id this sidearm. Thanks Curt!
-Sam Dolan
Samuel K. Dolan
1st Texas Infantry
SUVCW
Re: Strange Pistol?
Hallo!
You're welcome.
That's why they pay me the Big Bucks around here.
Curt
In gleichem Schritt und Tritt, Curt Schmidt
-Hard and sharp as flint...secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.
-Haplogroup R1b M343 (Subclade R1b1a2 M269)
-Pointless Folksy Wisdom Troll Mess, Oblio Lodge #1
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