Hi everyone, I am new to this forum. Can someone please help me identify my Smith & Wesson .22 long rifle ctg
On the butt there is no K, but it starts with M6463
Under barrel has number 41607
Also says MOD 35-I
I have attached a few pictures. If someone has some knowledge about them, can you please tell me the year/age, price.. etc. Need help identifying this revolver

Any info or point me in the right direction would be much appreciated.

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Welcome to the forum.
It looks like you have a very nice model 35-1.
The M6463 is the serial number.
It's a little puzzling to me that it has 41607 under the barrel. Normally it would have 6463 to match the serial number. Maybe it was changed in the past.
That serial number should come from about 1969/70.

Wait, as for the 41607, when you said under the barrel were you talking about on the yoke? The part that swings out and holds the cylinder.
That is an assembly number used to keep parts together in the factory.

Welcome! Good information above. The 41607 is called an assembly number, used to keep major sub-assemblies together through the production process. You will probably see the same number on one side of the grip frame. The model name of this one is .22/32 Target, originally meaning it was a .22 built on the .32 or small frame. Enjoy!

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Alan
SWCA LM 2023, SWHF 220

EuroGuy
Love the Mershon grip adapter! It, by the way, is quite a bit older than your revolver. Mershon was absorbed into Pachmayr in 1958.

bamabiker
If you think about it, there wouldn't have been a serial number on the barrel flat anyway. This gun dates from the late '60s, early '70s. Serial numbers disappeared from the barrel flat in the mid-1950s.

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Jack
SWCA #2475, SWHF #318

One of my problems, my thinker don't always work right.
Thanks for the reminder.

Thank you guys for your info, helps a lot! So this revolver is from
About 1960-1970, does anyone know the possible price of this?

And where could I get a certificate of this gun, because I have a few more other guns, including a WWII German military gun, and a WWII colt, I would like to get the history certificates

Welcome to the forum.

Are you in Europe or the US? Values vary.
Spending $75 for a S&W letter won't tell you much.A Colt letter is more.
A knowledgeable bunch of collectors here.Some help with the Colt and German gun might be possible with photos of them.

The Model 35s are in the $1000 range here in the states in that very nice condition.
Start a thread here for the Colt and German gun:
http://smith-wessonforum.com/firearm...-other-brands/

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Jim
S&WCA #819

Actually, it is almost certainly from 1969.

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Jack
SWCA #2475, SWHF #318

I am here from the US, Washington state. And yes I will post more photos of my German military Luger and the Colt!

Welcome aboard from Pennsylvania, EuroGuy!
This is a great place to find the information you seek.

Looks like a k22 masterpiece target?

A 35 and 51 are the only 2, 22& 22mag S&Ws that I have never
owned. I have never even shot one. Why I never bought a 35,
I don't know, saw plenty new ones in Gunshops back in 70s.
Hard to pick one for shooting purposes over a K22. It would be
interesting to see if it would compare with a 6" m17.

They were slow sellers, so very collectible now. Since they were made on the small frame like the original Model 1911 6" Heavy Frame Target .22/32 I frame, most buyers preferred the portability of the I and J frame 2 and 4 inch Kit Guns, or for target work, the K22.

They do shoot as well as the K22 Target Masterpiece, just not as easy 'to' shoot them well; they are light. Kind of a 'Baby' Masterpiece.

The Model 35's great grandfather:

Photos by 1blindref

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Jim
S&WCA #819

That's a real beauty. I have a 22/32 airweight aluminum frame kit gun. The # on butt is 14563. Not really sure when it was produced, but I was told early 1950's. I too was thinking about getting a letter from Smith. Greatest little shooter I've ever shot. The kind of odd thing is that the cylinder release is rectangular. Another reason why I bought it. I sure hope you can get all the info from Smith on it Hondo44.

The Model of 1955 22/32 Airweight Kit Gun was numbered in the regular kit gun range starting with #5000. Contrary to the I frame kit guns of that period, it is built on the J frame. Became the Model 43 in June 1957.

Yours is likely from May 1955. They were introduced with the 2nd style flat latch, then soon switched to the third style until '66 when all flat latches were discontinued.


2nd style flat latch began on the I frames, Baby Js and K frame airweights just prior to the Models of 1953:



3rd style shown with steeper incline at the front, on lower .38 Chief Spl. in first photo and in 2nd photo; used on I, full size J frames, and K frame airweights beginning mid late ‘50s; ending in 1966.

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Jim
S&WCA #819

Here are some pics of my 22/32 Kit Gun. Thanks for the info Hondo44. Sorry the pics aren't to clear, but maybe it will narrow down the date of manufacture.

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It's features confirm my original May 1955 probable shipping date with manufacture date a month or two earlier.

It's a "3 screw" but then all Airweights are, with alloy frames and cylinders.

The flat latch is the 2nd style, the earliest for this model.

It has the only cataloged 3 1/2" barrel for Airweights, in contrast to the steel frame Kit Guns offered with 2 and 4 inch barrels.

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Jim
S&WCA #819

I am thinking of maybe selling it, so maybe this could be your chance to get your hands on it!

Thanks Hondo44. That's a little more info then I had before.