Recent content by ocs

Title says it all; for some background you might check this thread. Thanks! OC

Well, well, welll. I've got the gun today. It's a reasonably nice 1-3, no. 103742. The cylinder is a bad joke. First of all, thing is 6-shot! Not surprisingly, it does not lock quite reliably, until rotated by hand. For the moment, I could do just a couple of phone-quality photos; if need be...

Thanks all for the info! So far, I saw just photos, not the real thing. Been told there's no stamping on the cylinder, but it's anyone's guess whether there's really not, or the current owner missed it. Anyway. He relented a bit with the price when I insisted that the gun is not quite in its...

Gentlemen, first of all, nice place here; I'm glad a friend of mine gave me the link. I've bumped into a Model 1 3rd issue with a smooth cylinder, like this: Has ever S&W made such a rare beast, or would it, as I suspect, mean that some of the previous owners blasted the original cylinder...