I was given this revolver years ago in it's current condition. I was told it was passed down from the donee's uncle and had been in a box in the garage for deades. It shows.
I oiled it to halt further deterioration and put it away. I recently "rediscovered" it and a quick google search leads me to believe it is a S&W Model #3 but I havent seen an identical model. I suspect a few modifications were done but don't know.
It is a top break 6 shot. I mic'd the cylinders at approx .44 caliber.
Serial number on the bottom of the butt is 13494. The cylinder and rear latch/sight have matching numbers.
The barrel is exactly 5"" with fixed sights (cut down at some point?) but doesn't show tooling marks to indicate a bubba job. The front sight is staked in.
There is a small strain screw protruding from the front lower strap.
The gun opens, the cylinder rotates freely, hammer cocks and releases with trigger and there is rifling evident in the barrel. The ejector is however missing.
I am interested in any information anyone has about it's date of manufacture.
Identify an old top break revolver
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