identify please

ramar · #1 11-19-2020, 11:39 AM

trying to identify year and model, etc.

mrcvs · #2 11-19-2020, 11:51 AM

Your revolver appears to be a "Baby Russian", the formal name is a .38 Single Action First Model, in cal .38 S & W, produced 1876-77, yours being No 1260 likely one of the earlier ones.

ramar · #3 11-19-2020, 12:14 PM

Any idea of what it might be worth?

glowe · #4 11-19-2020, 12:40 PM

Welcome to the Forum. The proper name for this revolver is a 38 Single Action, 1st Model. There were a total of 25,548 made in those two years. There was a 38 Single Action, 2nd Model made with several improvements from 1877 to 1891 and that production totaled 108,255.

The caliber was 38 S&W which is still manufactured today. Those Mother-of-Pearl stocks are not original to the revolver, being been first available some 20 years later than your gun was made. The early guns had were black hard rubber with a block lettered S&W in the top round.

Value is not big money. Without the original stocks, in decent condition with most of the nickel remaining, maybe $400. The MOP stocks have one chip in them, but should sell for $125 or more. Problem is the original stocks are hard to find and may be worth more than the MOPs you have.

mrcvs · #5 11-19-2020, 12:53 PM

However, a nickel gun with mother of pearl stocks with medallionsis inherently attractive, so I wouldn't waste time or money trying to replace them.

Here's what your revolver one would have looked like, and the box it shipped in.