Modern, but fun anyway.

[mouse]

One of my friends stopped me on the street as Mom and I were taking our daily walk, and he had me wait while he ran inside and brought out a fiddle case.  He handed it to me and said to go have fun.   Inside was a .22 he'd purchased way back in '71.   It's "The Marshall," made by the High Standard Mfg. Co. in Hamden, Connecticut.   Reminds me of the cap guns I had as a kid.   LMAO...... "Granny" wasn't too happy with me carrying that thing all around town, and she made me march it straight back to the house!   (You have to know that this area was Al Capone's retreat, as well as several other old gansters, and all granny could think of was what fiddle cases sometimes held.)
Marshall is a bit dinged up and there's a little chunk out of the grips, but he's kewl.   Now I just need to clean him thoroughly, then run out to the house after a box of shells. 

[Dryball]

Cool! Your gonna have a great time with that .22!

[Watauga]

Cool Deal! Free Gun .22 cal is way cheap to shoot sounds fun to me!

[mouse]

Oh, man....... I had it out a couple days ago and was it ever a blast to shoot!   I actually have a few shells left, but only because my other guns were feeling neglected so I had to shoot them too.   The fella I got it from says he has a holster that he's gonna try to find for me.  LMAO  Can't wait to strap it on! 

[old salt]

you have fun and it looks like you run of luck is still going strong

[mouse]

you didn't see my target........... pretty even pattern up and down........ but side to side it kinda spread out a bit, like quite a bit, like from one side of the paper to the other.   i didn't take time to figure the pistol out, just kinda aimed and pulled (didn't squeeeeze) the trigger.  but i will next time.

[hank-aye]

M. Mouse, Milady,

The 'older' small arms such as Marshall were known to be lacking in a certain safety measure.
A block that prevents the hammer from striking the primer, therefore resulting in an accidental
discharge.

Just last week a young (20's) lady here in Utah was shot by her own pistol when it fell out of her truck,
unfortunately, she died as a result.

Next trip to gunsmith please have him check it out for you.

Ruger (I know, yours isn't), provides a FREE kit. Perhaps High Standard (or whoever owns or runs'em), does as well.

humbly,
hankaye

[graybear]

Safest way to carry the old revolvers that don't have a safety of some sort, a transfer bar, cylinder pin pushed back to block the hammer or whatever, is the same as it's been since the days of the Paterson Colt. Put the hammer down on an empty chamber. If it ain't live, it can't go boom. I've got an old 3 screw Ruger I carry that way and it works fine. The reason Ruger started using a transfer bar is because people had forgotten the old ways. The cowboys on T.V. and in the movies didn't do it that way and the people that knew better got tired of being told they were wrong. I was fortunate enough to have an old-timer want to "larn me right".

[mouse]

Thanks for the advice and information, guys!   A trip to a gunsmith was already on the agenda.  I have a cousin Tom looking out for me too (in fact I kinda made him shoot the pistol first and check it out).  First thing he did was tell me to keep the hammer on an empty cylinder. 

[voyageur1688]

  Are ya gonna replace the grips? I think it would look great with some nice wood on it.
Voy

[mouse]

Yeah it would look great with wood grips.  But for right now, they'll stay like they are.   They so totally remind me of the "cowboy" cap guns I strapped on and wore all around as a kid.  (No I do NOT treat my guns like toys).  Gotta luv the nostalgia!

[voyageur1688]

 I can respect that.
Voy