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I'm looking for date of manufacture for a 5" pre-model 10 .38. On the frame and crane is E 44528. Under the barrel is c 135304. Thanks in advance!
 
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What can someone tell me about this revoler

582XXX

I received this revolver from my grandpa when he passed. I just want to know what year it was made. Or anything about it.

It is a short handgun 5 shots .38spl

Looks like a blued steel kind of finish. the number has no dashes and was read off of the bottom of the frame.

Thank You,

Justin
 
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The only thing I can tell you about that gun right now is that it has spent time in Britain or one of the other commonwealth nations.

The "Five Tons" and the SP proof marks is indication of that. It also appears that each of the chambers was proofed individually. I've never seen that before.

Unfortunately, the pictures aren't clear enough to let me really see what the proofs are other than very general impressions.
 
Also, if it's a 38 Special then it will actually say 38 S&W Special CTG. on the barrel (38 S&W SPL on short barrels).
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+1. FYI older S&Ws chambered in .38S&W don't say "Special" on the barrel, just ".38 S&W CTG." or ".38 S&W".
My dad is looking at what he says is a five screw, six sot .38...
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FWIW if it's a 5-screw gun that lacks the word "Special" but will chamber a .38Spl cartridge, tell your dad to keep looking. It's likely one of the infamous .38Spl conversions of a former British military Lend-Lease Victory from WWII. These guns were originally manufactured in .38S&W but rechambered in .38Spl for commercial sale in the U.S. They have zero value as collectibles due to the modifications, and are sometimes unsafe to fire due to the poor quality of the reworking. :(

IMHO if he wants a cheap S&W, there is no reason to settle for one of these hack jobs anymore. There are plenty of holster-worn but mechanically tight 60s and 70s-vintage police trade-in M10s floating around for basically the same price. Tell him to buy one of those instead. :)
 
582XXX

I received this revolver from my grandpa when he passed. I just want to know what year it was made. Or anything about it.
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It's a J frame made sometime in the mid 1960s. It should have a model number stamped inside the yoke cut.
Can someone tell me what year this S&W 29-2 .44Mag was made? I know it's after 1969
Serial# N130xxx
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1972-1974, and most likely 1973 since it's in the middle of the N60,001 – N190,000 range.
 
Smith & Wesson pre K?

Need some help in IDing this nice S & W .22 revolver.

No model number on it anywhere, only K 9XXX on bottom of butt frame.
 
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Thanks for the information on the K plus four digits. I had always been told it was pre-WWII. Pre K? But what is the model of this revolver? Could it possibly be a Prewar K-22 Combat Master Piece. Note the shape of the grip. It looks more like that than the Model 17 (K-22) introduced in 1946.
 
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Can someone tell me what year this S&W 29-2 .44Mag was made? I know it's after 1969
Serial# N130xxx

1972-1974, and most likely 1973 since it's in the middle of the N60,001 – N190,000 range.

Thanks carguychris....
 
I had always been told it was pre-WWII. Pre K? But what is the model of this revolver? Could it possibly be a Prewar K-22 Combat Master Piece.
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No, it's a postwar K-22 Target Masterpiece. A prewar gun would have:

1) Tapered-top non-Magna walnut stocks with gold or silver medallions. Granted, stocks can be swapped. However, if it were prewar, it would also have...

2) A long-action "hump back" hammer. The hammer in the picture is clearly a short-action hammer.

3) A smaller non-micrometer rear sight. The big adjustment screw gives yours away as a postwar micrometer sight.

4) A smaller-diameter barrel with a more tapered profile.

FWIW the prewar name of this gun was the K-22 Outdoorsman. Here's a thread from the S&W forum with some good pictures of a correct one:

http://smith-wessonforum.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/540103904/m/3351072603?r=3351072603#3351072603

BTW don't be upset that it's not actually prewar because the early postwar K-22s are quite sought after. They have sharply climbed in value just in the past year or so.

FWIW a Combat Masterpiece has a 4" barrel with a Baughman Quick Draw ramp front sight rather than a 6" barrel with a Patridge front sight.
 
Thanks for defining what I have. Much appreciated. I bought it from my brother in law along with a commercial Colt 1911A1 for 5 bills. I guess I got a great deal.:)
 
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