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22 short Handgun - Information Please

ClabberClabber Member Posts: 60 ✭✭
edited February 2007 in Ask the Experts
Hello Experts,
Please look at the photos below and tell me what you might know about this handgun. I think I'd be better off throwing it at something instead of shooting at it!
Where was it made and what is it's market value?
The box says Imperial Metal Products, New York,NY.The frame is marked Kinston, NC. USA
Thanks in advance.

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    gruntledgruntled Member Posts: 8,218 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sure looks very similar to an RG 10. If it was made in the US maybe it was an attempt to get around the GCA of 68.
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    joel_blackjoel_black Member Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    They were made in the US after 1968. I sold many of them in the 70's. As was pointed out, they were meant to fire a couple of cylinders full of ammo. A few that came from the distributor to the store wouldn't even do that!
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    TANK78ZTANK78Z Member Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    did'nt they also make them as starters guns ,[ barrel being partially blocked] using 22 short crimped blanks? I seem to recall the pot metal construction began to corrode after one use or so..
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    bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,868 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    is there rifling in the barrel?
    if not, its a starter gun.
    Retired Naval Aviation
    Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
    Former NSSA All American
    Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
    MO, CT, VA.
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    ClabberClabber Member Posts: 60 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks everyone for all the input.
    It does have a rifled barrel.
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