ve3wva
Member
Hello
I was hoping you guys could help me identify a pistol that belonged to my grandfather. It has lots of sentimental value and I am sure very little $$ value given to poor condition of the finish, and from what I remember the rifling on the barrel was quite worn... when my father passed away in 1986 I found the gun in his house...it was loaded, and I took it out back, stood over a creek and dropped the hammer... I was greeted with something that sounded like an air gun going off ...the powder was dead and the primer was enough to push the bullet out of the barrel and it plopped into the creek right in front of me
It's a Smith & Wesson .38 S&W 5 shot top break revolver double action, nickel finish, SN 3589XX with a 3 1/4" barrel
I don't have a picture of it right now, but it looks like the (almost) countless others I have seen on here.
I moved to Canada in 2000 and left my handguns at a buddies house in the states... I just got my permit here to possess/aquire handguns here and i am looking to TRY to get this in (the barrel is too short so I may have a tough time)
A big question is... what makes it a 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc model?
and, can you tell me the year it was manufactured?
I am getting that buddy to email me a picture of the gun this evening if we need it.
Thanks in advance! I have learned VOLUMES just by reading the posts
Rusty
I was hoping you guys could help me identify a pistol that belonged to my grandfather. It has lots of sentimental value and I am sure very little $$ value given to poor condition of the finish, and from what I remember the rifling on the barrel was quite worn... when my father passed away in 1986 I found the gun in his house...it was loaded, and I took it out back, stood over a creek and dropped the hammer... I was greeted with something that sounded like an air gun going off ...the powder was dead and the primer was enough to push the bullet out of the barrel and it plopped into the creek right in front of me
It's a Smith & Wesson .38 S&W 5 shot top break revolver double action, nickel finish, SN 3589XX with a 3 1/4" barrel
I don't have a picture of it right now, but it looks like the (almost) countless others I have seen on here.
I moved to Canada in 2000 and left my handguns at a buddies house in the states... I just got my permit here to possess/aquire handguns here and i am looking to TRY to get this in (the barrel is too short so I may have a tough time)
A big question is... what makes it a 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc model?
and, can you tell me the year it was manufactured?
I am getting that buddy to email me a picture of the gun this evening if we need it.
Thanks in advance! I have learned VOLUMES just by reading the posts
Rusty
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