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Hazcat

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Old handgun caliber question
« on: May 22, 2011, 01:11:05 PM »
I was just listening to an OLD radio show (Casey Crime Photographer from 1947).  The show revolves around a gun of caliber "twenty nine five".

They never mention the make (it is a handgun) except to say it is a foreign make and was a popular 'ladies' gun.

Any ideas?
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Re: Old handgun caliber question
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2011, 01:21:50 PM »
Are you sure it wasn't twenty five nine, as in a .25 with a 9 round mag which would have been a popular ladies gun in the period?
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Re: Old handgun caliber question
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2011, 01:32:36 PM »
What FQ said makes sense?  ???
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Re: Old handgun caliber question
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2011, 01:40:39 PM »
I'm stumped a little.....(no comments from M58  ;)  ;D )

Only reference I found was:
S&W made both a Model 25-9 and a 29-5.
The 25-9 was a .45 Colt and the 29-5 was a .44 magnum.
I doubt either guns are what was being discussed if they were referenced as 'ladies guns' due to the size of the guns....(no offense meant to ladies).
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Re: Old handgun caliber question
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2011, 01:52:08 PM »
In 1947, I don't think the .44 mag existed yet.  I don't think S&W started numbering their models until the 1950's. so the 25-9, the ninth revision of the model 25 wouldn't have been available yet either.

I don't think it was this either.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5%22/25_caliber_gun_(United_States)
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Re: Old handgun caliber question
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Re: Old handgun caliber question
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2011, 01:58:17 PM »
Yes, you are absolutely correct......the .44 mag was still a few years out of production (1955??). The other (25-9) was around 1989 production...so neither would fit.
That was just all I had come up with on a google search.


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Re: Old handgun caliber question
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2011, 02:04:40 PM »
The only cartridge the writer could remember hearing about was a  30-06 and he sort of remembered it was used by men soldiers so he just subtracted 1 from each number and figured it sounded good for a ladies gun  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Old handgun caliber question
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2011, 02:22:36 PM »
It was what the writer put in the script. Accuracy is not required, and the only people listening to the old radio show wouldn't have had a clue.
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Re: Old handgun caliber question
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2011, 03:47:27 PM »
CJ is probably right, How often did Dashiel Hammett and Ray Chandler mention "38 Automatics" ?
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Re: Old handgun caliber question
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2011, 04:30:14 PM »
Tom, both the .38a.c.p and .38 Super are ".38 automatics" and were very popular around that time
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