Can anyone here tell me anything about this S&W Revolver
Hello, I am new to this forum, and this is my first post so please forgive me if I make any errors. My Dad recently died, and he had a pretty extensive gun collection. I have known many of them since I was a small child, while others are unfamiliar to me. One of the later is this S&W 5 screw revolver with a 2 inch barrel that he had with him when he died. I contacted S&W and gave them what I thought to be the model (R) stamped on the frame just above what I thought was the serial # 46572 which is stamped on the yoke and frame, but after reading a bit here, I realize that # might not be the actual serial # and it might not be of any use for identification purposes. I am including it here on the slim chance that it is. After I gave the folks at S&W the info, they told me that it was made sometime from 1909 to 1930. There is no serial # in any of the spots that I have read about here on the forum. In addition, I do not know what it is chambered as. I was thinking 38 special, but noticed that it is much more heavy bodied than My Dad's other two snubnose 38 specials (one of which is a Colt Police Positive 38 Special from 1919). This made me wonder if it was a 357 magnum. If that were the case, that would mean that the dates they gave me were off as the 357 was not being made in that time frame. So basically, this gun is just a massive mystery to me, and it would seem I am in way over my head when it comes to figuring out what it actually is. Can anyone help?
Last edited by 357MagJames; 01-07-2021 at 03:38 PM.
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