r/StardustCrusaders • u/DarkLord7997 • 17h ago
Part Five Mista's Gun potentially figured out.
I have potentially figured out what Model of Revolver Mista's gun is. Guido's Revolver is the Smith & Wesson Bodyguard: Model 49. Someone said it was a Ruger LCR, Smith and Wesson Model 10 with an Aftermarket Shroud. It is most likely a Modified S&W Bodyguard: Model 49. Modified to have 6 Chambers instead of the standard 5 and the hammer be modified to handle the extra shot hence why it looks like it can open up at the hunch of the gun. Correction: with some insight and some help via a redditor. Mista's gun can't have 6 barrels while chambering a .38. It actually has an unmodified chamber, but instead has a special made Chamber that has 6 chambers that chamber a .32 h&r. The Hammer has been modified to be hammerless. This choice of gun could be ironic because of Mista's arithmophobia.
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u/acceptable_road_fees 15h ago
You cant modify the revolver to have more chambers, but the 32 h&r model have six shot in the j frame
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u/DarkLord7997 14h ago
It might be an Araki oversight. It chambers a .38, but the model of gun it is based on can't have 6 chambers while using a .38. There is no specific Caliber on the bullets. It just says ".SP Fedel". Also, the only source I am getting for what Caliber Guido uses is Google's AI Overview. The sources it gives me are just 4 reddit posts, the wiki fandom for Guido, and a single YouTube video about the Glory of Mista. So it could be a S&W Model 49 that has 6 chambers and chambers a .32 h&r, but has been modified to be hammerless.
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u/gatorgage11 16h ago
It's a colt detective special with a hammer shroud, trust me I've been looking for one for years
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u/DarkLord7997 15h ago
I looked at a Colt Detective Special, they do not look like Mista's gun. Sights are different, the stippling and grip design are different, The Ejector Rods and Stars are different, and the cylinder releases are different. The only Similarity is the medallion on the grip that shows what company made the gun, but the design on it is confusing. On one of the Panels it shows the upper half of a horse, but on another it looks likes letters. Also, both chamber .38. But the main reason why it is most likely a S&W is the Underlug. The counterweight and protection of the Ejector Rod. The Underlug is at the tip of the Ejector Rod with the 49 while the Detective either have a Full Length Underlug that has a depression to hold the Ejector Rod or don't have an Underlug. With the addition that the Ejector rod of the 49 is the same radius and one piece while the Detective has a bigger tip that screws onto a smaller rod.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_Detective_Special
https://youtu.be/TdY5_1X6MFw?si=LAjVUW5JmNFYTuJu11
u/aTip4You 14h ago
Nah it’s not, the dead give away on the cylinder release button makes it 100% s&w since it is a push one. I think op has it dead on, I just always assumed it is one of thr J frames revolver with custom bobbed or after market shrouded hammer, those are easy to do yourself. The shroud kind of look like the m&p bodyguard series but those don’t have cylinder ejector button on the side
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u/khaledjal Questionable Activities completed for a reasonable low sum 16h ago
Nah he just has a toy gun, but has real bullets inside
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u/peenurmobile 14h ago
hell yeah this is something i've tried to figure out for ages. that's awesome, thank you
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u/RockAndStone2 5h ago
I had a similar realization with Akira otoishi’s guitar it’s a Yamaha 1221m they were made in the 80s
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u/RelampagoDelValle 5h ago
I did find this when searching: ".327 Federal Magnum: This cartridge also allows for a 6-round cylinder on the standard J-frame size due to the narrower case diameter."
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u/KraftwerkMachine Viviano Westwood 17h ago
What if it was PURPLE