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09-21-2018, 03:50 PM
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Help to ID .38S&W HE
Got a .38S&W I'm having a bit of trouble identifying. I think it's a 38/200 commercial, as it has no lend lease or Brit marks, a "high" serial number 806879, and 6" barrel.
Last patent date on barrel is 1914. Marked 38S&W CTG and Made in USA on the right; Smith and Wesson on left barrel; and Sept 14 09 and Dec 29 14 on the top.
Gun is in fair shape and as I'm hunting for a .38S&W top break now I'll have two in that flavor of cartridge.
Am I getting this correct?
Here's some pics
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09-21-2018, 04:32 PM
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It is likely an early .38/200 British Service Revolver, when they still had the commercial blue finish. For S $ W there was no commercial market for K frame .38 S & W revolvers at that time.
The stocks on yours are postwar Magnas; the originals would have been service style, checkered walnut with silver medallions.
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09-21-2018, 11:52 PM
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Pretty sure that you have a five-inch barrel, not six.
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You do indeed have a British Service model from mid-1941, pre-Lend-lease. It was military per the standard P proof on the butt, and almost certainly shipped to the British via the British Purchasing Commission.
The black-paint type refinish indicates it ended up in Indian or Pakistani service (unless the lighting in your pictures creates a really mis-leading impression  ). It originally had the standard pre-war polished blue and small checkered service stocks with medallion.
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09-22-2018, 01:50 AM
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Pretty sure that you have a five-inch barrel, not six.
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I'm pretty sure it's a 5 inch barrel as well....no.wt that I put the ruler to it. My bad. And thanks.
And here's some better lighting....worn, but I don't think reblued.
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09-22-2018, 03:04 AM
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Yours probably shipped in the July-August 1941 period, so it would be a pre-Victory M&P. It also was a little early to be a Lend-Lease revolver. Looks as if it had an interesting life.
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09-22-2018, 03:25 AM
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And here's some better lighting....worn, but I don't think reblued.
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Yep, that‘s just heavily worn blue; the angle of light in the other photos created the rough black impression.
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