Smith and Wesson 38revolver

[Melissa williams12]

Just looking for some answers I have a smith and Wesson 38 special CTG snub nose revolver , 6shot made in u.s.a marcas registradas it also has the engraving Ed long on the left side , 5digit serial number C 16634, wooden handle, model 10 , any answers to what year and if the Ed long engraving is just an individual that had it engraved.

 

[eastbank]

i think its a pre model 10 and a good one at that. the name may have been a earier owner. it should clean up and i,m sure it will be a ex shooter. my own newer model 10-5 with a round butt and 2" barrel is a ex shooter. some one will post what year it was made, i don,t know my self. eastbank.

 

[Michael Tinker Pearce]

Photos of the other side would be useful.

 

[stu1ritter]

It is a pre model 10 that is officially known to collectors as .38 Military & Police (Postwar) Pre-Model 10. The guns made just after the war were prefix S serial numbers and the C series started March 22, 1948 with C1. From the serial numbers I've seen your gun would have shipped from S&W late 1948, early 1949. As a note, the ending of the previous S prefix marked the 2,000,000 of the model and when the C prefix finally reached 999999, marking 3,000,000 made, S&W went to the D prefix in 1967.

Stu

Stu

 

[Milt1]

I think that Eastbank is correct in that the engraver was probably a previous owner. I didn't see anything to make me believe that he did anything to enhance the revolver, he just put his name on it. Looks like an excellent carry piece!

 

[Hanshi]

These are always super good guns.

 

[BSA1]

The name engrving is very tasteful and professionally done. It would be interesting and fun to know who Ed Long was. Do you know any of the history of the gun such was it used by a Police Department or what part of the country or city it came from, etc. A letter from Jinks at Smith & Wesson could help in your research.

 

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

What you have there is a S&W 38 Military & Police with a 2" barrel. A fairly unusual configuration. The marking '38 S&W SPECIAL CTG' on the barrel is calling out the cartridge the gun is chambered for. It is not a model name. CTG is an abbreviation for Cartridge. Marcas Registradas simply means Trademark.


This one is SN C994XX and it left the factory in 1950. Notice yours has a similar hammer profile. This is the 'speed hammer' that was common in the post war guns. The grips on this gun are older than the gun, they are service grips. Yours is wearing Magna grips.