Have you tried having yourself chromed?Bubbas or not, orginial or not that is one darn fine looking revolver. Curiosity leads me to ask, What’s wrong with it. We are about the same age, it’s better looking.
If it's from 1957 or before, it won't have a model number.
Edit to add: Is it a .38 Special? If so, looks like a Model of 1905, Fourth Change, aka M&P, just going by the hammer. That serial number makes me think it shipped in 1948, since the K frame S-prefix numbers ended at 999,999 in 1948. Nice revolver!
NOt sure if they were bought at McCrory's or Woolworth.Those grips... bless their hearts.
Well no, but I do have some rather exotic replacements here and there and I probably got a few years on it if it’s WWII vintage.Have you tried having yourself chromed?
Curiosity leads me to ask, What’s wrong with it.
I have a .32 Long Regulation Police from '23 that had them when I got it. They were bone, made to look like horn, which is kind of weird. ;-) Managed to find some period grips for it, though it did take some doing.Those "stag" grips must have been a thing back in the day. I have a 32-20 K-frame from 1921 or 1922 that had those grips on it when I acquired it.
Any K frame magnas should fit it.
.....I knew a fellow who lost his in a snow drift for several weeks. After the thaw he found it laying in the mud and, according to his version, couldn't tell any difference, before and after. I don't take that particular story as gospel, but I still like the idea!