Bob, thanks for the link. There's an event just a dozen miles down the road from me, and I don't have to work that Saturday.
Model 437
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Bob, thanks for the link. There's an event just a dozen miles down the road from me, and I don't have to work that Saturday.
bobf
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You're welcome I wouldn't mind a much longer drive but no luck.
cl998
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I have been looking for the same information. In the email it is not a 2-tone like the ones mentioned above. You would think S&W would have some information on it since they just emailed everyone about it and it is an "exclusive".
JcMack
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I saw a new 637 today. It was all matt blue. The gun in the Buds ad in post 20 is what I handled. It was sitting next to a new 438. Both with locks and the new style rubber "banana" grip. Both were $449. Seemed about $50 high. I'm on the fence about them. I am taking a 24 hr. cooling off period before I decide yes or no and which one if it's yes.
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$449? The local shop participating in the Hometown Game Day Blitz is advertising them (for the event) at $375.
JcMack
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Yeah I figured that. Name of the place is "Gougem and How guns, and septic systems"
I don't need a new gun as much as a new washing machine. So I'm gonna pass. It truly pisses me of the way 3 local gun emporiums are over pricing stuff. I can go across the state line to Illinois and buy a current production Smith for $50 less. But the difference in sales tax plus FFL charges screw the deal.
S&W model 437 ... more info
I have a model 437 ALL BLACK.
From what I understand most of the 437s were two-tone with the frame black and the cylinder and barrel being a steel color.
As far as I can tell, mine is like a 430 except mine has an exposed hammer and is marked on the left side of the barrel, "Smith & Wesson .38 S&W SPL +P"
I got it from a private party and was going to use it a a carry gun and have the hammer bobbed.
Now that I know what it is, I am not sure what I am going to do with it.
I am going to call S&W next week and have the serial number run and see if they have any additional info. One guy told me that there were only 500 437s made.
Bill
I have a model 437 ALL BLACK.
From what I understand most of the 437s were two-tone with the frame black and the cylinder and barrel being a steel color.
As far as I can tell, mine is like a 430 except mine has an exposed hammer and is marked on the left side of the barrel, "Smith & Wesson .38 S&W SPL +P"
I got it from a private party and was going to use it a a carry gun and have the hammer bobbed.
Now that I know what it is, I am not sure what I am going to do with it.
I am going to call S&W next week and have the serial number run and see if they have any additional info. One guy told me that there were only 500 437s made.
Bill
Model 437 - SKU number
The SKU number on my box is 10274.
The model number is 437-2
Bill
The SKU number on my box is 10274.
The model number is 437-2
Bill
Thanks. That's the key that unlocks the door. These guns were for the distributor Ellett Brothers, LLC, in Chapin, South Carolina. Sku (product code) 150674. A sku that begins with "15" is almost always a limited run for one particular distributor, and not something for national distribution. I think they were originally offered in the 2008 - 2009 time frame.
If I had to guess I'd say fewer than 1,000 were made. If there were more, we would be seeing them more often.
They are especially interesting to me because they are what aficionados call "Pintos". Blue/silver contrasting frame, barrel, and cylinder. Doubly cool. Aluminum alloy "Airweight" frame, stainless steel barrel and cylinder. Some guys specialize in collecting Pinto guns. Pinto guns are a tradition that goes way, way, back in S&W (and Colt) history. Of course, back in the day the silver was nickel.
Here's a link to the Ellett Bros catalog....
Ellett Brothers Digital Catalog - Page 68
Kernel Crittenden
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Are you sure, Bill? SKU numbers are typically six-digit. They use to be termed "product codes".
JohnK
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Well, I at least discovered that "Elliot" bros, is spelled "Ellett"
Duh.
Duh.
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I purchased a S&W 437-2 airweight yesterday the revolver is all black
with the combat grips and is marked 38 S&W SPL +p on the left side of the barrel
The serial # is CYL51xx and the SKU # is 10274 I would also like to know more about this model there seems to be little information on the net
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Hi Kernel, you asked me this ? on a more recent thread when I mentioned the new 442 Pinto with its 5-digit SKU. Perhaps this style of SKU designates PC mfg, which the 442 Pinto is?
Kaaskop49
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Kernel Crittenden
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Yep. I remember that. Is the 5-digit sku an one off aberration or a new thing? Looks like the later.
Perhaps they were running short of possible 6-digit Performance Center product codes. The way the PC uses pc's, with "170" being the first three digits, meant they could only have a maximum of (1,000) 6-digit product codes.
If they kept to their established naming convention, in all it years, has there been (1,000) distinct PC guns? Maybe, if you consider the possibility some were reserved for "marketing study" guns that were never made and existed only on paper.
ky wonder
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I traded for one of these pintos, as new in box, mine is a model 437 no dash, it is the black air weight frame with stainless cylinder, barrel, screws and pins, my box label shows model 437, 38sp, sku is 150674
serial number cmw89xx,brass case with gun shows a date of 9/2009
my gun is almost like the other photos of the pinto guns in this thread, with the exception of the fact that the rubber grips are Altamont Falconia boot grips with a white pearl insert in them with the two tone texture rubber, with he intertwined S&W logo high on the shoulder toward the hammer
I don't know if they were an add on after the initial purchase but it caught my eye
serial number cmw89xx,brass case with gun shows a date of 9/2009
my gun is almost like the other photos of the pinto guns in this thread, with the exception of the fact that the rubber grips are Altamont Falconia boot grips with a white pearl insert in them with the two tone texture rubber, with he intertwined S&W logo high on the shoulder toward the hammer
I don't know if they were an add on after the initial purchase but it caught my eye
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ky wonder
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there a gb listing out there now with that same 10274 sku. its an all black gun and it names in the description that it is from another wholesaler run
will smith and Wesson run the same gun as special products for different vendors?
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