a couple better pics of some of my antique birdsheads...
this one was like new when I bought it ( it's in much better shape than the pics look... always hard to get good pics of shiny guns ) this one is a Hopkins & Allen chambered for 30 rimfire... long obsolete, so it has some custom made 22 LR chamber inserts with rifled throats ( made from a chunk of 22 barrel ) so even with 1/2" of rifling, it accurately shoots 22 Colibri's, & is a fun gun...
This one is a S&W #1.5 chambered in 32 S&W... Lord only knows when the conversion work was done, but the barrel was shortened, & a wider "coin" front sight installed, & the barrel was re-nickeled... this was done long enough ago, that the patina matches on both the frame & barrel & appears as if in original condition... I love this gun, & even carry it sometimes... I purchased the 70's Gil Scotty grips separately, as well as some surplus nickel S&W medallions, & added them to the gun, to save the perfect original hard rubber grips
This is a S&W #1.5 with a perfect set of S&W "red" grips, with original barrel length
I guess these don't count as birdsheads, but are cool none the less... a looong barrel S&W #2 in 38 S&W, that I added a pair of original S&W MOP grips to... I'm thinking about sending this one to Ford's refinishing to get a high grade blue job, to highlight the grips...