Old S&W Military & Police

[birdman]

I have a friend that has an old .38 spcl Military & Police that he would like to know the manufacture date. It has the old half moon front sight and a kind of spur hammer. It is a tapered 4" barrel; round butt; with what appears to be genuine stag grips. Serial number is C1423XX. Does anyone have info on this revolver? regards, birdman

 

[4thHorseman]

I have one. The model later became known as the model 10. It was the main stay of S&W revolver line for near a century. See if it has a screw just forward of the the finger guard. If it does it probably is a "five screw" design, common to that era. Can't help you on the date, sorry. I would guess around the 30's or 40's though. Other TFL members will probably help out on the date. Have you shot it yet? Let us know if you do.

 

[RWK]

birdman

I'll bet that if you re-post this same question in TFL's "Harley Nolden's Institute" section you'll receive considerable information.

 

[Hutch]

It's definately post WWII, as the C prefix indicates. It's almost certainly a 5-screw. I don't have access to my Jinks catalog, so I can't help you out more.

 

[WINTERVILLE WILL]

That model began production in 1948...your serial number would place that revolver manufacture date somewhere in the mid 50's, I would think.

 

[Mike Irwin]

Crap.

Another message to which I replied, and which was lost in the recent data dump.

Sigh.

Ok, by my figuring and by the numbers quoted in Supica & Nahaus, your gun would have been made right around 1950.