Hello, all! I shared my quest to obtain my first revolver with a good friend of mine, and now he's feeling revolver fever! He's looking for something very specific though, and he needs some help tracking it down.

My friend is from Venezuela. He young when he left, but he still has dear memories of his grandfather. They were very close and have managed to stay in touch to a degree, though long distance now.

He remembers his grandfather owning an old Smith & Wesson revolver. His grandfather used to say that a man wasn't properly dressed without his sidearm. My friend said that growing up he always imagined that revolver would be his someday (even if impossible now), so he was saddened to hear that with the current state of things back in Venezuela, his grandfather had to part ways with it to help make ends meet. My friend would like to track down one just like it, and possibly share a picture of it with his grandfather.

I'm just getting into revolvers, so I don't know my revolver history very well. The few details I have are not much to go on, so I know it will be a tall order, but if you could help narrow it down at all I'd appreciate it, and I know he would as well.

Here's all we know for sure:
-It was a Smith & Wesson revolver.
-It was chambered in .38 Special.
-It had a long barrel, at least 5 inches, maybe 6. (He specifically said 5 inches, but when I asked if could be 6 inches he wasn't sure.)
-His grandfather definitely had it in the early 60's, but it might be older. I know that could open up the door to just about anything since the .38 special was first introduced, but let's assume it's no older than 1950.

I don't know if the fact that he owned it in Venezuela is a clue itself. I don't know when we cut off export of small arms to Venezuela.

Like I said, it's not much to go on, but if you have any suggestions I'll look up the model numbers and share it with him and his parents. Maybe one of the pictures will refresh their memories.

s/n would help and/or a photo.

Prob a .38 M&P but need more to go on.

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Mike
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Unfortunately, he doesn't have any pictures. It's hard to get a hold of his grandfather. His phone is broken.

My friend started looking up the M&P revolver after you suggested it, and he found this image on google he said this is pretty close to what he remembers.

He said the proportions are right, the grip is a dead ringer and so is the extractor rod. He said something about the front sight seems wrong though. He said it's conceivable his grandfather filed it down or something, but I thought it might be worth mentioning.

After seeing a few model 10's he things it was probably a model 10.

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