Why...??

[Three Foot Johnson]

This looks like a lot of work to "demil" a gun.  

[Kulshan 20262]

Looks like part of a divorce settlement.

[Widder, SASS #59054]

looks like somebody wanted to make a 'prop gun' 100% safe..... 

 

..........Widder

 

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

  ......... well, ....... the cylinder is certainly locked up tight ........   

[Pat Riot]

Weird...and I wonder why there is a #62 stamped into the side plate? Maybe it’ was a prop for stage or screen production and they wanted to keep track...or worse, that’s the 62nd gun they’ve destroyed. 

[Marshal Hangtree]

Sloppy TIG welding.

[Charlie Harley, #14153]

6 hours ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said:

looks like somebody wanted to make a 'prop gun' 100% safe..... 

 

..........Widder

 

What Widder said. It’s a prop gun for theater work. 
 

I spent a number of years doing local theater as a props master. The layers of safety around on-stage firearms is impressive. 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

I think I'm going to cry.  

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

Prohibited up here, so maybe it's a Canadian police surplus.

Sadly, many (most/all) police jurisdictions up here destroy their surplus arms.

(I almost lost it when my force scrapped a new M-16 and would not let us even pull parts from it!)

[Dutch Wheeler]

I would call that overkill!

[Three Foot Johnson]

"Prop gun" is probably the right answer,  but "divorce settlement" wins hands down!