Hi, Great screen name. ( My better part said that).
If it doesn't look like the movie version take it to a local gunshop/range and ask the smith/clerk to run a check on it's fuction. If you buy a box of reg. FMJ. he will gladly shoot your pistol for you. Then go to Wallmart and buy a 100 round box of Winchester FMJ for 11.00.
All of us, I'm sure, would like to see pictures of your FIL's pistol. These are the cool ones, even if they are the ones taken from the hands of the ...
Can you borrow a camera and show us?; It sounds like you can take it apart and let us see all the good stuff. IF you have somthing cool and valuable, we will tell you and you don't have to worry about crooks, ect...Were <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" /> <img src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" border="0" alt="[cheers]" />