A little revolver family photo. I went a little crazy this weekend and bought a nickel plated 1970-vintage Colt Cobra, and a 3" round butt Model 65-3, both had come from La Uniformada (Puerto Rico Police). Apparently, my dealer got a big shipment of these guns a mix of issue weapons and confiscations. I have no idea whether my guns were issued, but I highly doubt it, no real discernible holster wear on either gun, but some corrosion/rust under the grips. The Cobra is a re-nickel and the price reflected that, but the lock-up was perfect and I have a real weakness for D-Frames.
I have to work on my photography skills, mainly lighting and selecting the right shutter speed to get things crisp. I am doing better in dynamic nature settings but static indoor is really troublesome. I like this background though, back in the day our museum had cultural materials, before they built the big "State of Texas Museum". When that happened our little museum became a natural history focused museum and our cultural materials were stored for a while and recently a bunch were de-accessioned and sold/given away/destroyed. I rescued a stack of these prints that are blow-ups of patent drawings that were on display with antique weapons. The antique weapons, by the way, are on loan to the big museum downtown, not lost/sold/given-away/destroyed.
-Rob
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