Looking For A Classic Desk Gun

[Jim Watson]

A .38 Automatic. Not a Super .38 Automatic, but the old parallel ruler gun. Maybe a 1903 Pocket Hammer.

[LtDave]

Smith 1917 in .45 ACP.


civiliandefender.com

This. Exactly.

[mmc45414]

Well, since it will not be actually carried about on your person, I think it might be the one legitimate use for what I have always perversely wanted:

[Lost River]

A .38 Automatic. Not a Super .38 Automatic, but the old parallel ruler gun. Maybe a 1903 Pocket Hammer.

Like this old family heirloom?

[Clyde from Carolina]

"This guy...he gets it. A 2" Colt D-Frame is the quintessential "desk gun" in my opinion. It's the gun every hard boiled writer should have on hand, when they are writing."


There are many like it...but this one is mine. '57 Cobra-- that I just mentioned in the New Cobra thread. Then I saw this...and decided to dig up the photo.

(Just remember to throw the desk gun in the safe when you leave home, to prevent the baddies taking it, like in GJM's case. He ain't wrong about that.) Or buy an antique desk with a hidden compartment. They're out there.

[RevolverRob]

Like this old family heirloom?

See, it's not even hard to write scenes around such storied objects.

Mackay Sagebrush sat calmly at the roll top desk, located in the corner of his living room. He looked at the screen of his laptop, itself the most anachronistic item in the whole house. The remote Idaho cabin he inhabited today, was his reward for decades of hard work and service. Across the room, a set of glass-fronted bookcases contained Mackay's hand-written journals, along with many of his trophies and treasures. Some were reflections of his own hard work, a worn, but very serviceable Smith and Wesson Model 29 in .44 Magnum was held in a well cared for floral carved leather holster, both sat on top of the bookcase. The revolver had been a gift to himself when he made Sergeant more than 25 years ago. The Smith, thankfully, couldn't talk; Mackay was afraid it would never shut up, given how much it had seen. He recalled the slight ding on the ejector rod shroud, put there when he'd hit a murderer, that Mackay had gone to arrest, in the teeth during the fight that ensued. Like the revolver, many of his objects bore the marks of hard work.

Inside the top case, was a nice condition Colt 1902, his grandfather's gun. Alongside a well worn Bolo machete that bore the stamp of the United States Marine Corp. The machete had been used frequently and sharpened nearly as often. The edge and blade had been maintained well and were still razor sharp, the wooden scales bore cracks from changes in humidity from traveling around the world and a few impromptu "field repairs" had been performed over the years. Mackay's grandfather had carried the Colt and the Bolo during WWII when sent to the Pacific Theater, both had seen him through the conflict and brought him home. When he returned, he married his sweetheart and fathered Mackay's father and Mackay's two uncles and two aunts. Mackay had received both the Colt and the Bolo when he turned 18, gifts to help see him through his life.

"Yes...", thought Mackay, "They worked well to keep me safe..."

[alohadoug]

Here's the "typewriter" you need too.

[JAD]

If this won’t fit in your desk, get a bigger desk.

[Lex Luthier]

Somebody mentioned Webley revolvers. If this type was good enough for George Armstrong Custer and (the fictional ) Dr John H Watson, it will be good enough for you.
It's back story will write itself, really.

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/719841334



Lee makes dies for .455, and bullet molds as well. You'll want to load this one to black powder specs; otherwise, Fiocci makes a decent .455 load.



My other suggestions would be a functional but ratty unrestored P-38 or an Inglis Hi Power.

Or just go with Dagga Boy's opinion, since he's always right, anyway.

[Joe in PNG]

If this won’t fit in your desk, get a bigger desk.

That goes in the umbrella stand.