If anyone can help, I'm interested in in the manufacture date and estimated value of a .38 S&W CTG that my late uncle owned.
Here's some info that should also be observable in the attached photos:
Serial # V173910
Stamped "UNITED STATES PROPERTY"
Stamped "NOT ENGLISH MAKE"
Patented Feb. 6, 1906; SEPT. 14, 1909; and DEC. 29, 1914
Four screws (3 on frame and 1 in front of trigger guard) plus one strain screw in the front gripstrap (5 screws total)
No model # on the yoke (only what appears to be the assembly #).