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Old 01-21-2011, 12:16 AM
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I have Model 1899 serial number 225 - lettered as having been shipped in December 1899. The barrel is unmarked, but the cylinder chambers .38 Special cartridges. I regularly shoot it with light smokeless powder reloads, so I guess I've voided the warranty!

As to when S&W first approved their guns for smokeless powder, I've heard 1909. This would be supported by the fact that the .44 Special was originally a black powder cartridge and it was introduced in the Triple Lock in 1908. Perhaps Roy Jinks could weigh in on this.


Does the Ejecter Knob have an unusual form or shape on your low serial M1899?

I have seen a couple which did, where, the Knob was the same diameter as the Rod, merely a cylindrical form, and, simpoly knurled, about as the Knobs of Post War M&Ps or Model 10s are.

I was not sure what to make of it.


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