Thread: .38 S&W Terrier Question
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Old 10-10-2018, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Duigiud View Post
[...] If I wanted to add to my collection the smallest and shortest I Frame .38 S&W Terrier [...] How could I identify it to a seller on an auction board or anywhere else to make sure I’m getting the right gun? That’s my question.
The only change in frame size during I frame production was extending the grip frame length when it got a coil mainspring and became the improved I frame in 1953. The improved I frame uses the longer J frame stocks that were standard for about four decades. Verifying that a 5 shot S&W hand ejector has a flat mainspring should get a Terrier that is as small as I frames ever were.
Last edited by k22fan; 10-10-2018 at 10:31 PM.
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