Serial Number Smith And Wesson 38
It is a S&W Military and Police made shortly after WWII. The 'S' indicates that it has the improved hammer block developed after an AD from a dropped revolver on a Navy vessel killed a crewman in 1945.The number under the crane is a company fitting number to keep parts together in the factory. It has no meaning after the gun has been completed and a serial number applied.I won't guess a dollar value. It won't be extremely high, these are common guns and yours has a lot of flaws in the finish. On the other hand, the Magna grips from this period are worth a bit of money themselves and add to the value of the gun if they are numbered to match - in pencil on the inside.
Quote:I am no gun expert and I am trying to find out what I can about a 38 smith & wesson special ctg serial number s864498. Any help would be appreciated. The model, year and rough range on value. Thank you in advance for your assistanceHi,According to my S&W book you have M&P 1905 4th change. The serial number means the revolver was between 1940 to 1945. Unless you pay for a letter from S&W you won't know the exact production year. S&W made better than a million of them from 1915-to around 1945.
The value is around $300. They are not rare. Yours is a shooter grade.Hope this helps.Howard.
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The lockwork of the first model differed substantially from subsequent versions. The trigger return spring is a flat leaf rather than the coil spring-powered slide used in variations dating from 1905 onwards.In 1899, the United States Army and Navy placed orders with Smith & Wesson for two to three thousand Model 1899 Hand Ejector revolvers chambered for the M1892 U.S. Service Cartridge. With this order, the Hand Ejector Model became known as the.38 Military and Police model.
That same year, in response to reports from military sources serving in the Philippines on the relative ineffectiveness of the new cartridge, Smith & Wesson began offering the Military & Police in a new chambering,.38 S&W Special (a.k.a.38 Special), a slightly elongated version of the.38 Long Colt cartridge with greater bullet weight (158 grains) and powder charge increased from 18 to 21 grains of gunpowder.In 1902 the.38 Military & Police (2nd Model) was introduced, featuring substantial changes. These included major modification and simplification of the internal lockwork and the addition of a locking underlug on the barrel to engage the previously free-standing ejector rod.
Barrel lengths were 4-, 5-, 6-, and 6.5-inches with a rounded butt. Serial numbers for the Military & Police ranged from number 1 in the series to 20,975. Most of the early M&P revolvers chambered in.38 Special appear to have been sold to the civilian market. By 1904, S&W was offering the.38 M&P with a rounded or square butt, and 4-, 5-, and 6.5-inch barrels.World War I. 29 December 2017.
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P. 1068. Boorman, Dean K., (2002), p. 46: 'The.38 in Military and Police Model 10 has historically been the mainstay of the Smith & Wesson Company, with some 6,000,000 of this general type produced to date. It has been described as the most successful handgun of all time, and the most popular centerfire revolver of the 20th Century.' . ^ Cumpston, Mike (2003-01-16). Retrieved 2008-05-02.
Smith & Wesson did not succumb to the fad for short-barreled revolvers until 1936, when the firm brought out what was termed the 'S&W.38/32 2″,' later christened the 'Terrier' which was simply the round butt Regulation Police Model with a two-inch barrel. Shore, C. (Capt), With British Snipers to the Reich, Paladin Press (1988), p. 55.
Smith And Wesson 38 Serial Number 956418
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