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Originally Posted by jallen26t
We too have a gun like this. It has the dates on the top of the gun barrel. On the butt of the gun are stamped the numbers 283462. On the cylinder of the gun are the same numbers. The hand grips have a rounded top with the insignia of S&W on the grips at the top. We would like to know when this gun was manufactured.
S&W 38 Special CTG
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Sorry I didn't see this post at the time it appeared. You have a Model of 1905 .38 Military & Police. It was probably shipped in late 1917, but could have sat on the shelf in inventory for a couple of years more. In late 1917 and through 1918 the company was almost completely given over to producing the .45 caliber Model of 1917 under military contract.