Hey, all.
Can anyone help me ID and date a revolver I inherited from an aunt.
It's a J frame S&W that looks like a Model 40. Blued, hammerless, no model number were it should be. 5-shot, 2 1/4 inch barrel, .38 special with grip safety.
It seems to have two sets of serial numbers. Odd, but true.
On the butt, on the back of the cylinder and inside one wooden grip are the numbers 51XX. On the arm of the cylinder is 479 (small space) XX and then on the frame where arm resets into the frame, the 479XX number is repeated with a bigger space before the XX and a 1 above and a 0 below.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Can anyone help me ID and date a revolver I inherited from an aunt.
It's a J frame S&W that looks like a Model 40. Blued, hammerless, no model number were it should be. 5-shot, 2 1/4 inch barrel, .38 special with grip safety.
It seems to have two sets of serial numbers. Odd, but true.
On the butt, on the back of the cylinder and inside one wooden grip are the numbers 51XX. On the arm of the cylinder is 479 (small space) XX and then on the frame where arm resets into the frame, the 479XX number is repeated with a bigger space before the XX and a 1 above and a 0 below.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!