identification help please

guns3545 · 12-31-2010, 07:54 PM

Welcome and Happy New Year.

Sounds like a really nice gun but it is probably not a 1900 Test piece. It is far out of the accepted serial number range for these guns.

The holster, of course, stamped 1918, if indeed that is the date, is much younger than the those manufactured for the 1900 Test.

Having said that, photographs are most useful, and there are many experts on this site, (a group to which I do not belong), who can make a determination.

BTW, even if it is not a test piece, it is a potentially valuable piece of machinery, thus I would not recommend firing it until you know exactly what it is. Breaking a serial numbered part could destroy or certainly reduce its value; although, I am sure its real value to you is that it was handed down by your grandfather and is part of the family's legacy.

John

12-31-2010, 07:54 PM	#3
guns3545 Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 438 Thanks: 661 Thanked 493 Times in 219 Posts	Welcome and Happy New Year. Sounds like a really nice gun but it is probably not a 1900 Test piece. It is far out of the accepted serial number range for these guns. The holster, of course, stamped 1918, if indeed that is the date, is much younger than the those manufactured for the 1900 Test. Having said that, photographs are most useful, and there are many experts on this site, (a group to which I do not belong), who can make a determination. BTW, even if it is not a test piece, it is a potentially valuable piece of machinery, thus I would not recommend firing it until you know exactly what it is. Breaking a serial numbered part could destroy or certainly reduce its value; although, I am sure its real value to you is that it was handed down by your grandfather and is part of the family's legacy. John