357 rounds out of it, but my father's concerns have scared me enough that I only shoot. He says it's a 'Saturday Night Special' and claims we'd be better off throwing it in the lake. It loads 6 rounds by a small swing-out trap-door on the right side and has a spring-loaded shell ejector under the barrel for the brass that won't just fall out the trap door.įorty plus years later, my father has become concerned about this pistol and gets upset whenever I take it shooting. Without having it in front of me, I'd guess the barrel is six inches. The only other markings on the gun of any kind are the serial number and the word 'Waseca'. It appears to have been manufactured by a company called 'Herters'. His weapon of choice back in the day was single-action. I'm guessing that Colorado was a little different back then, because my father bought and routinely carried a pistol while he was collecting his data to protect himself from bears. Back when my father was at the University of Colorado in the early '60s, his class and lab work often brought him out into the mountains and the back woods.
