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Description: | .380 revolver. The stock has brown chequered grips with a brass buttcap. Solid brass frame and a brass trigger guard. The revolver has a steel trigger and steel six shot cylinder. The revolver is double action. The barrel is fitted with a blade foresight. The calibre is .380in. The revolver is stamped on the barrel with a crown over 'BP' and a crown over 'BV' The frame is stamped '.380'. This revolver was possibly used by a Merchant Navy officer.
This firearm was acquired via the Firearms Amnesty of 1996. In event of disposal it must be either transferred (not given) to authorised museums, the Forensic Science Service, the MOD Pattern Room, the Royal Military College at Shrivenham. Otherwise it must be handed into the Metropolitan Police for destruction.
caption: Revolver | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | revolvers | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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