John,
Re your comment below:
> ...I stumpled upon this remarkable piece
> of prison memoir (not by Thomas) which
> I suspect some list members might enjoy. Here's
the
> link -
>
http://stickgrappler.tripod.com/street/smokecamel.html
> - the first section
> in particular is about as hardboiled as it
comes.
Hardboiled, perhaps, but not ballistically accurate. The
S&W 39 had an 8-shot magazine, giving it a 9-shot if you
carried it with one in the chamber. It was the S&W 59
that had the hi-cap magazine.
JIM DOHERTY
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