CajunBass
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This one has been hanging around the case for a while, looking lost in with all the "kids" of the revolver world. I knew it was a greybeard, even older than I am by the stocks, the bulb on the end of the ejector rod, and the fact that it didn't have even "Made in USA" on the right side plate.
What it is apparently is a Smith and Wesson Military and Police 38, (Special) Model of 1905, 4th change. The S/N indicates that it left the factory in either 1915, or 1916, probably '16. There is a star next to the S/N that indicates it's been back to the factory for some kind of work at some time, I'm guessing for a refinish. I'm told there will be a date under the stock for when the service was done.
Mechanically it's good. Lock up, timing, endshake, all that stuff is good. It's got less wear and tear than I've got on me, I promise. My wife finally told me to put it on layaway and stop whinning about it.
It'll have to stay in the layaway bin for a while I suspect, but at least it's not next to an RG 38.
I need more wadcutters.
What it is apparently is a Smith and Wesson Military and Police 38, (Special) Model of 1905, 4th change. The S/N indicates that it left the factory in either 1915, or 1916, probably '16. There is a star next to the S/N that indicates it's been back to the factory for some kind of work at some time, I'm guessing for a refinish. I'm told there will be a date under the stock for when the service was done.
Mechanically it's good. Lock up, timing, endshake, all that stuff is good. It's got less wear and tear than I've got on me, I promise. My wife finally told me to put it on layaway and stop whinning about it.
It'll have to stay in the layaway bin for a while I suspect, but at least it's not next to an RG 38.
I need more wadcutters.
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