S&W 38 hidden hammer?

[TexasBen317]

Ok, tell me I am not crazy, or crazier than I really am..

Back in the late 60 or early 70 I bought a S&W 38 revolver with a hidden hammer. Small gun, I “think” it was a detective special? some allow frame, I searched high and low for info on this gun, but for the life of me can’t find it anywhere… btw, I don’t have it any more, ex wife had it last time I knew..

Am I nuts? Or what

 

[Technosavant]

Was the hammer completely enclosed (a la 642) or just mostly shrouded (638). Also, did it have a grip safety?

 

[L8tor]

How about a model 49 "Bodyguard" it has a shrouded hammer.

 

[Ron James]

Dective Special was a Colt Model. However The airweight Model 42, the Centennial was in production from 1952 to 1974. Inclosed hammer, airweight, sounds like your gun.

 

[burrhead]

Neither the 642 or 638 existed in the ‘60s/70s. The 638 was introduced in the late’ 90s and I’m not sure about the 642. If the gun you remember had a little nub with which you could cock it, it was either a M38 (aluminum frame) or a M49 (steel frame). If there was no provision for cocking and it had a grip safety, it was a M42. The M38/49 was known as the Bodyguard and the M42 the Centennial. The current Bodyguard is now the M638/649 and the Centennial was re-introduced a year or so ago.

 

[1BLINDREF]

btw, I don’t have it any more, ex wife had it last time I knew..

Am I nuts? Or what

For letting the ex take it? YUP!

Here is a picture of my Model 38 Bodyguard.



If yours looked like that, thats probably what it was.

 

[TexasBen317]

that looks a lot like it,, except that , as I remember, was not shiny,, blued.

hammer looks right anyway.. I will do some more digging from the links posted,, no biggie, ,just one of those things that sticks in your mind..

 

[Glock Holiday]

How about this one? It's my Model 38-2 Bodyguard
1BLINDREF I dig your wheelgun.

 

[1BLINDREF]

1BLINDREF I dig your wheelgun.

Thanks, I dig yours as well.
They look like brothers from a different mother

 

[News Shooter]

I'm not sure what you mean by hidden , but I had a steel S & W Model 38 bodyguard that had a shrouded hammer. You could either shoot it single or double action. Stupid me sold it

 

[Technosavant]

Neither the 642 or 638 existed in the ‘60s/70s.

I know. I was just listing the current models as examples of their respective types.