S&W ID resource

[NateKirk]

As some of you know, I just bought myself my first revolver. Of course, being the romantic type, I had to go and look into the history of the gun. This post is what I used

http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/68254-How-to-Identify-Date-a-S-amp-W

Note that I wrote absolutely none of this and a lot was credited to someone on a different forum to the one where I found it. Anyway, hope this is useful; just thought I'd share

 

[SaxonPig]

The Standard Catalog of S&W by Supica and Nahas is the Bible for S&W folks. The History of S&W by Roy Jinks is also good.

 

[SaxonPig]

PS: The Smith & Wesson Forum is the best source for advice on S&W.

Oh, on that forum linked in the first post, the member is using my photos he hi-jacked from somewhere else. Not sure if I should be upset by that. Could have at least given photo credit.

 

[James K]

An excellent book, though long out of print, is Smith & Wesson 1857-1945 by Neal and Jimks. The X-ray photos are priceless and it is the best source on the various changes and when they took place.

Jim