hankll
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Ok, I'm sorry if this isn't the location to ask this question.....so if Mods need to move my thread, I don't have a problem..
I'm a recent sign up.....today.
I bought a .44 Russian caliber American Bulldog revolver, with a box of Ultramax .44 Russian LFP cartridges. I was told it is a S&W, but there isn't any markings on the revolver indicating it is, in fact, a S&W manufactured weapon. It has a pretty tight cylinder, or at least I don't detect any slop in the fit on the cylinder pin, and the bullets feel tight in the bullet chambers. It has a barrel length of 2.5" and is Octagonal, with the " American Bulldog" stamped in the top surface of the barrel. No other markings on the outside visible surfaces. Only the s/n stamped onto the left side of the handle frame.
The gun is Nichol plated, and from the condition I see, it isn't gonna be a collector item, but it is a usable revolver. It has some surface rust blemishes on the cylinder and the area where you'd rest your fore finger in the ready. The hammer is completely devoid of Nichol plate and has a rusty look.
I found only one stamped number, located under the left side hand grip. I read it as being a 4 digit number, 56xx....
I've searched several Bing, and Google searches, and found only one reference of S&W numbers this one might fall into. It indicated it as being a 1910 N Frame, with the 4 digit serial # beginning 5xxx.
I'm really wondering if it is a S&W, just so I can say what it is for sure. Beyond what the general history of the Russian manufacture placing the beginning of this caliber in the 1880's, and that about 110,000 were initially made, I don't know where my revolver fits into the history curve.
Not only that, whether it is a S&W and not some copy. I don't know about the 2.5" barrel, since none of what I see as examples online, are less than 5-7" barrels.
I'm a recent sign up.....today.
I bought a .44 Russian caliber American Bulldog revolver, with a box of Ultramax .44 Russian LFP cartridges. I was told it is a S&W, but there isn't any markings on the revolver indicating it is, in fact, a S&W manufactured weapon. It has a pretty tight cylinder, or at least I don't detect any slop in the fit on the cylinder pin, and the bullets feel tight in the bullet chambers. It has a barrel length of 2.5" and is Octagonal, with the " American Bulldog" stamped in the top surface of the barrel. No other markings on the outside visible surfaces. Only the s/n stamped onto the left side of the handle frame.
The gun is Nichol plated, and from the condition I see, it isn't gonna be a collector item, but it is a usable revolver. It has some surface rust blemishes on the cylinder and the area where you'd rest your fore finger in the ready. The hammer is completely devoid of Nichol plate and has a rusty look.
I found only one stamped number, located under the left side hand grip. I read it as being a 4 digit number, 56xx....
I've searched several Bing, and Google searches, and found only one reference of S&W numbers this one might fall into. It indicated it as being a 1910 N Frame, with the 4 digit serial # beginning 5xxx.
I'm really wondering if it is a S&W, just so I can say what it is for sure. Beyond what the general history of the Russian manufacture placing the beginning of this caliber in the 1880's, and that about 110,000 were initially made, I don't know where my revolver fits into the history curve.
Not only that, whether it is a S&W and not some copy. I don't know about the 2.5" barrel, since none of what I see as examples online, are less than 5-7" barrels.
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