Are you sure that is a smith and wesson?
And what dou you mean with "a give away"? ... I am not very good in English ...It is a Spanish copy. The grip trademark is a give away. I believe Ibera Bros
And what dou you mean with "a give away"? ... I am not very good in English ...
it is obviously not a S&W trademark, which gives away, or reveals that it is not a S&WAnd what dou you mean with "a give away"? ... I am not very good in English ...
Thank you!it is obviously not a S&W trademark, which gives away, or reveals that it is not a S&W
Welcome to the forums from the cotton and peanut covered plains of the Wiregrass! Marta, sometimes American slang is hard to understand even for Americans!
As far as identifying when the handgun was made, unfortunately we don't have records of Spanish manufacture. You might try to contact Orbea and ask if they can tell you when it was made.
Greetings to Wiregrass! Yes, sometimes it is difficult to unterstand. We, here in Czech and Austria, we mostly don't have that problem --- we drink lot of beer and wine and we need just few words to understand each other --- that's the reason why is our language easier and not so rich on words like yoursWelcome to the forums from the cotton and peanut covered plains of the Wiregrass! Marta, sometimes American slang is hard to understand even for Americans!
As far as identifying when the handgun was made, unfortunately we don't have records of Spanish manufacture. You might try to contact Orbea and ask if they can tell you when it was made.
Well, I measured the 9mm by myself. Perhaps I measured wrong.Bur mines is 9mm caliber, not 8mm.
Thanks to all of you once again. It's really amazing, what you know about these old guns. You helped me all a lot, I finally identified my lovely treasure. Even if it is not the beautiful S&W (I am dissapointed), I like this gun. I can't shoot and I will not shoot but I will keep this piece with my other treasures from 1WW.A number have shown up in this country in .38 Long as well. As far as dating it predates Spanish proof marking. When that began I cannot say.