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Nice wheelgun. Your wife sounds cool
Thanks for the compliment but I only clean it annually and leave a light trace of oil on it - no wax. Once I found out the "book value" several years ago, it became a safe queen.View attachment 1201575
That's a beautiful 38. It looks like you have Rennaissance wax on it. It looks good. I love that stuff.
Not cool. Too much time together. Mine is wore down and knows to " just say no " so I shop on my own and long as I want. Make my own decisions. Real manly sounding except at this point I always have a good trade. Even up and no tax is bestNice wheelgun. Your wife sounds cool
JT, I've drooled on the picture of the beauty ever since you first posted it. Pre- model 10 K frame Smiths in that condition are rare and most of them are .38 specials. The 32-20 chambering is a bit more difficult to find and it makes the gun that much more valuable. I was going to PM you with a nice four figure offer...until the tax Nazi's bit me in the butt.Thanks for the compliment but I only clean it annually and leave a light trace of oil on it - no wax. Once I found out the "book value" several years ago, it became a safe queen.
I'm not a revolver guy in the slightest, but even I have to say: Congratulations on a very cool score!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.
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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.