carguychris
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Both guns are what's known as top-breaks.First (Larger): .38 Caliber i think. SN: 106218 Only other info on it is as follows.
Smith&Wesson Springfield Mass. U.S.A. PAT'D Jan17&24.65
July.11.65 Aug.24.69 July.25.71 Dec.2.79 May11&25.1880
Second (Smaller): .30 caliber i think. SN: 123046 Other Info
Smith&Wesson Springfield Mass. U.S.A. PAT'D Jan24.65
July.11.65 Aug.24.65 REISSUE July.25.71 May11.80 Jan.3.82
#1 is a .38 Double Action 2nd Model made in 1884. It's chambered in .38 Smith & Wesson aka .38S&W, which should not be confused with the newer, more powerful, and much more commonplace .38 Special.
#2 is a .32 Double Action 4th Model probably made around 1890. It's chambered in .32 Smith & Wesson aka .32S&W. The cartridge is commonly called the .32 Short to avoid confusion with the newer, more powerful, and somewhat more commonplace .32 S&W Long aka .32 Long.
So when do we get to see that one? It might be a rare and valuable gun, but I'll caution you that Spanish fakes outnumber real S&W Model Number Threes (of which the Schofield is a subtype) by a vast margin. FWIW real S&W top-breaks were never chambered in .44 Magnum; Schofields were chambered in .45 S&W aka .45 S&W Short (to avoid confusion with the .45 Long Colt cartridge simultaneously used by the U.S. military), and most other Number Threes were chambered in .44 Russian, although a wide variety of other chamberings were available....what looks like a S&W scofield 44 mag...