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Originally Posted by DWalt
This may or may not help you - From Jenks "History of S&W." These will cover every .32 and .38 DA and SH made up to 1890.
.32 DA
1st Model 1-30 (1880)
2nd Model 31-22172 (1880-82)
3rd Model 22178(sic)-43405 (1882-83)
4th Model 43406-282999 (1883-1909)
.38 DA
1st Model 1-4000 (1880)
2nd Model 4001-119000 (1880-84)
3rd Model 119001-322700 (1884-95)
.32 Safety Hammerless (SH)
1st Model 1-91417 (1888-1902)
.38 Safety Hammerless (SH)
1st Model 1-5250 (1886-87)
2nd Model 5251-42483 (1887-90)
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(Brand new user) I have a S&W .44 I believe. No caliber stamped on it anywhere. A .45 round won't fit (almost does) and a .380 falls through. That's all of the ammo I use, so I have nothing else to guage it by. It was my granddaddys, and he was contracted to work with the Texas Rangers in the 1930's. Do you have a database for when it would have been manufactured? SN: 22642, on the end of the pistol grip (frame) and on the cylinder.
Barrel has: SMITH & WESSON SPRINGFIELD MASS U.S.A. PAT'D JAN 17&24 65 JUL 11 65 AUG 24 69 JUL 25 71 DEC 2 79 MAY 11&25 1880
Thanks, in advance!