Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Does anybody know?

In yesterdays post is a photo of a .38spl S&W.

It is a 5 screw, 4", hand ejector, no model number. Serial # 601851

I got it from my grandfather 50+ years ago.
It will become part of  my wedding present to my granddaughter next month.
A few interesting stories behind this pistol but I don't know how old it is, and I'm NOT going to pay Smith $75.00 to find out.
Maybe one you have a book or something.
If it was a Colt, I'd just ask Old NFO...heh.

3 comments:

  1. The Colt database -

    https://www.colt.com/serial-lookup

    gives three dates for your pistola.

    1919
    MODEL-1911 MILITARY

    1936
    Model-OFFICIAL POLICE MODEL

    1951
    Model-POLICE POSITIVE SPECIAL & DETECTIVE SPECIAL

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  2. OK, I screwed up, thought this was a colt instead of a S&W, my mistake.

    Try this link.

    https://www.northeastshooters.com/xen/threads/how-to-identify-date-a-s-w.68254/

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