Recent content by dpotter1341

Thank you all for the very interesting series of replies, and knowledge. This was my first S&W top-break purchase and seems I got at least a good shooter. I'll have to letter this one to know where and when of shipment. serial 19995 4" nickel which seems original. Dan

Thanks for that information, Murph. So long frame in .44 Russian are rare? I think that is my problem. Once the Frontier was introduced in 1886 all were in .44-40 (or .38-40) so what happened to the .44 DA in Russian? Why the two serial ranges unless all long cylinder in .44 Russian were...

So I've been reading through the Jinks "History of Smith & Wesson" and many posts here but I am still confused on the difference. Surely a revolver with the longer cylinder AND in .44-40 is a Frontier and I gather the revolver has to be in .44-40 to be considered a Frontier. A .44 Double...

cquickel, It sounds correct to me. I had one SV47xxx and the V47xxx portion was to the right of the lanyard. The pistol was later updated to use the hammer drop safety and the S was stamped at that time both on the butt and the side plate. Dan