velocette
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Here's another from the box of old firearms my brother gave me.
Smith & Wesson .38 revolver. 5 shot and definitely a .38 short as an empty .38 spl goes in about 2/3 of its length.
The revolver was rusty & nasty. I spent a couple of hours with Kroil and cloths to remove much rust. It is completely functional. After partial disassembly & cleaning & some adjusting (the strain screw had backed out & the gun wouldn't go to full cock) all systems work properly. Bore has pits but not too bad, cylinder has some pits on some of the chambers. It was nickel plated & has perhaps 60 ~ 70% of its plating, along with corrosion on places where the plating is gone. Patent dates on the top of the barrel:
"Jan 17 & 24, 65; July 11, 65; Aug 24, 69; Jan19, 1875; July 25, 1871"
Serial # 22007 both on the back of the cylinder and on the bottom of its birds head frame. Note the grips look like square butt frame but it is birds head. The wood grips have S&W roundels at their top and are held in place with two screws.
Any idea which model Smith this revolver is?
Roger
Smith & Wesson .38 revolver. 5 shot and definitely a .38 short as an empty .38 spl goes in about 2/3 of its length.
The revolver was rusty & nasty. I spent a couple of hours with Kroil and cloths to remove much rust. It is completely functional. After partial disassembly & cleaning & some adjusting (the strain screw had backed out & the gun wouldn't go to full cock) all systems work properly. Bore has pits but not too bad, cylinder has some pits on some of the chambers. It was nickel plated & has perhaps 60 ~ 70% of its plating, along with corrosion on places where the plating is gone. Patent dates on the top of the barrel:
"Jan 17 & 24, 65; July 11, 65; Aug 24, 69; Jan19, 1875; July 25, 1871"
Serial # 22007 both on the back of the cylinder and on the bottom of its birds head frame. Note the grips look like square butt frame but it is birds head. The wood grips have S&W roundels at their top and are held in place with two screws.
Any idea which model Smith this revolver is?
Roger