Due to the difficulty in finding a regular, reliable & affordable source of obsolete gun parts, I recently decided to look for antique revolver "project/parts guns", and after a month and half of browsing & reading, I now have two rim fire project guns to repair & restore during the fridgid months ahead of Canadian winter weather.
From the left to right: the first project gun in the photo is the "Stirling" .38 calibre rimfire spur trigger revolver, which was most likely manufactured by Hopkins & Allen between 1870's and 1890's.
The second project gun, is a Forehand & Wadsworth "Russian model 32" rimfire spur trigger revolver that I recall reading about, was probably made between 1870's and 1889.
Both revolvers definitely require a few new springs & some simple little parts to be repaired or replaced completely.
They can be original factory parts bought from stores like Numrich that can be hand fitted to the gun, or just make the part yourself.
I am planning to do a bit of both, and I have begun to keep up a daily routine of browsing through Numrich's parts inventory, as well as a few other small Parts selling online companies that I have ordered various gun parts from in the past few years.
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