.38 S&W !!! help !!!!

[bigmeee]

Hello I have in possession Smith and Wesson .38 revolver. Patent dates are from the 1883-1889.With a serial number 164XXX.It seems to be hard to find value/info on these gun.Anyone help?

 

[DickM]

You have a .38 Safety Hammerless 4th Model, manufactured from 1898 (at S/N 116003) to 1907 (S/N 220000, approximately). There were about 104,000 of them made. Value depends a lot on condition, and I'm the wrong person to judge that for you, particularly from a photo. The SCSW lists a range of $175 for fair to $235 for very good. I would say you're in there somewhere, and also consider that the prices in the book are out-of-date and most Smiths are bringing something on the order of 25% to 50% more than what's listed.

 

[Ron James]

There is a lot of information on these guns, it's just not on the internet

 

[Old Fuff]

Go to this forum's search feature and use key words like:

38 S&W

Safety Hammerless

New Departure

Lemon Squeezer

You'll find all kinds of information - and all for free.