Bought an M&H today !

[tommy4toes]

Funny how things grow on you..... I remember seeing a Merlin at my gunsmith buddies place years ago and thinking " Boy is this thing ugly."

20 years later(today)....... I bought a medium frame spur trigger first model .38 - go figure! Can't wait to tear it down and go shoot it !

T4t

[Short Knife Johnson]

Congratulations.  Unlike you, the first time I saw a Merwin Hulbert (pictures in a Mike Venturino article), I thought they were amazingly beautiful pieces of engineering.  Many years later, this landed in my lap.







I would love a large frame one day, but it will have to take a miracle.

[tommy4toes]

That's a nice one - and in great shape too! I don't know if I'll restore mine or just have fun with it and shoot it. I'd love a large frame also, but they're getting pretty pricey these days.
T4t

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[Short Knife Johnson]

I would leave it alone and enjoy as is.

[Blair]

This is an image of my mid size framed MH, DA in.38 cal. S&W "short".
SKJ, This is "almost" identical to the revolver you posted. Mine has the folding hammer spur. (I also have the 6" barrel for this revolver.)
My best,
 Blair

[tommy4toes]

Very nice, Blair. Any problems with shooting yours? I have a couple boxes Remington .38 S&W coming in to try out.

T4t

[Short Knife Johnson]

Yes, the later versions have a folding hammer.  Mine is a 7-shot in .32 MH with very low serial number in the early 400's.  I'm told those grips are ultra rare.

You've got a nice example there.

[Blair]

Tommy,

No! I have been loading BP .38 S&W "short" for my S&W DA  4th, Model for a long time now.
That revolver also has a 6" barrel for it too.
The top revolver is a very early New Model #3 in .44 Russian (extractor rod housing is slightly longer than the standard New Models)
The problem comes when I put the long barrels on them. In some shooting groups, they are no longer considered "pocket pistol/revolvers"
My best,
 Blair

[tommy4toes]

OK cool - I'm going to use the brass from the Remington stuff to load some BP for mine. It appears there are plenty of bullets for 38 S&W available......

t4t

[Blair]

Tommy,

A friend of mine has a .32 S&W spur trigger single action, seven shooter like you posted.
It has no loading gate, jus a hole in the recoil shield for loading the revolver.
Another friend has is a mid size DA frame in .38 S&W, two barrel set with the skull crusher grip.
Both are very cool!
My best,
 Blair

[tommy4toes]

I think I'm going to be very happy with this little Merwin..... Initially I wanted a big one but that would mean another caliber for me to keep straight. 38 I already fool around with for my Colt and Remington cartridge conversions. And I understand hollow base soft .357s will substitute for .361s in a pinch.
I really wanted the MH just for the way it works. I'm a keep my eyes open for a little 32 as I already load that caliber for the SW 1.5 and 49 conversion.

It's getting hard to keep all this stuff straight :-)



T4t

[tommy4toes]

OK it's in...just needs the firing pin redone . Coffin, what's the best way to weld a new "pin" to the hammer?

T4t