Omega

[steelbuttplate]

Traded for: Omega 38.spec, 2" bbl. chrome frame, every thing else blued. hexagonal crown Z 67 w/ antlers. Can't find another on the WWW.? Heavy sucker made in Germany, Heimer Wafrik ? solid as a Colt 45. plastic grips. pics soon ser. 92,005

[SA1911a1]

It wouldn't be my first, or 21st choice for a personal firearm. They were known as Saturday Night Specials.

[steelbuttplate]

I'll get pics soon, this not a cheap looking Rohm thing, it's a fine pistola. There were at least 4 manufactures that used this name, Rohm being one. Like I said, it's a heavy duty piece, probably a 3 lb. snubnose. I can't find another single one to look at It would make your special Saturday nite your last one. What about the shotgun bag? made for airborne maybe to carry with the barrel off? Maker, date and US stamp is all it says.

[steelbuttplate]

It wouldn't be my first, or 21st choice for a personal firearm. They were known as Saturday Night Specials.

It will be my 1st choice if somebody gets past my two Austrian Shepards at nite , as it now resides in my nitestand, a permanent home for this rascal. It's about to heavy to carry, but barely jumps when firing .38 s+p.

[BuckeyeSgt]

It kind of looks like a M1910 haversack

[Junk Yard Dog]

It doesn't look that bulky, not as large as my Ruger GP100 .357. You will get used to it if you load up some .38 waddcutters and hit the range

[steelbuttplate]

It doesn't look that bulky, not as large as my Ruger GP100 .357. You will get used to it if you load up some .38 waddcutters and hit the range

Got any info on it? I'm starting to think custom made or ? It's #92,000. Cant find any more like it.

[Junk Yard Dog]

No, I am not familiar with that brand at all, it looks like a basic .38 revolver if a bit odd with the chrome frame and blue barrel.

[millman]

Check the frame. If it is made of alloy (pot-metal not steel), then sa1911 has it nailed. If it is steel, it may be something better. Search for RG 38 special pistols and you will see similar ones.

[Junk Yard Dog]

Pot metal frame.....that would instantly make that a new poker handle for the fire, suicide special is what comes to mind more than Saturday night special in that case.

[steelbuttplate]

Steel

[Junk Yard Dog]

Steel is good, steel is life, steel comes in various strengths so not knowing much about the makers of this revolver it would be advisable to avoid +P rounds.

[Longcolt44]

Google is your friend, https://www.google.com/search?q=omega+f ... l+firearms

[millman]

Google is your friend, https://www.google.com/search?q=omega+f ... l+firearms

Did you have a specific link in mind? I did that and got potential pot metal frame. SBP did a magnet stick to the frame away from the cylinder and barrel?

[SA1911a1]

Here is an article that makes me rethink my post. The only Omega I knew about were pot metal framed, it appears that they did make a revolver of a bit higher quality. I got an Omega in a multi-gun deal and couldn't get rid of it fast enough.

http://rohmrg38s.weebly.com/

[Junk Yard Dog]

Pot metal suffers from Intergranular corrosion, that's corrosion from the inside out causing swelling, cracking, and overall instability of the metal structure. How long it takes for the metal to go bad can vary with the mix of ingredients used. My Danbury mint model car collection was made from potmetal and in less than 15 years I was seeing bubbling and cracking. Cheap metal mix going too heavy on the lead, I often have to deal with potmetal components on my antique phonographs. 100 years old some of them and the metal looks fine from the outside until you try and turn a screw and it shatters like glass. Poor storage in unheated high humidity areas can accelerate the process. Potmetal is popular with manufacturers because it is cheap and easy to pour, on most things it will last for the 5-7 years most people expect to get out of something these days. 100 years ago it was a new state of the art material, they didn't know how it would fare as the decades went by, today we know it's what's used in the cheapest crap money can buy. That's what pissed me off about the Danbury mint models, they were far from cheap, but thanks to ebay I sold them all at a good profit before they fell apart.

[steelbuttplate]

Google is your friend, https://www.google.com/search?q=omega+f ... l+firearms

Did you have a specific link in mind? I did that and got potential pot metal frame. SBP did a magnet stick to the frame away from the cylinder and barrel?

Magnets hang all over it except the handle. Funny I was filing on that part last nite to make grips fit tite and noticed it cut easy and was gray. It weighs 2 & 1/2 lb. on black US postal scales circa 1930 w/US flag with eagle...........Just got back from shooting it, shot a 2&3/4 group dead ctr @ 25 ft, 9 " high. When I get the front built up it should shoot as good as any 4" mod. 10 S&W I have.

[Longcolt44]

Google is your friend, https://www.google.com/search?q=omega+f ... l+firearms

Did you have a specific link in mind? I did that and got potential pot metal frame. SBP did a magnet stick to the frame away from the cylinder and barrel?

No specific link, just a place to start. I have enough of my own crap to look up nevermind somebody else's.

[steelbuttplate]

Those blued ones on U-tube are similar design, made by RG I think it said, the front sight is different, they don't have the same makers mark as this chrome one. They may be potmetal frames, this one holds a magnet. Steve that link you posted came as close as anything I read. Rohm RG-38, steel frame, hundreds, some owners thousands of rounds fired. I still don't think this is an RG-38. On the handle frame there is a Flat diamond with a Z inside, like the Z on the frame. The Hex mark and antlers are the key to the mystery.

[Junk Yard Dog]

It's a less expensive alternative to a Colt or S&W, there have always been such around. Not everyone needs a top shelf revolver with it's high cost. Most people who buy a gun for protection will keep it in a nighstand drawer for 50 years after firing a cylinder full to be sure it works and then will expect it to fire only one or two more times if needed. Iver Johnson, H&R, and numerous other smaller US gunmakers filled this market for years during the early to mid 20th century with little .32, or .38 revolvers. Belgium and Spain flooded the market with all sorts of small and medium sized revolvers and auto's.