Recent content by wileybelch

I forgot to add: The only difference between styles 25 and 24 is the number/position of the snaps. Style 25 has a single snap on the trigger strap, style 24 is style 25 with an additional snap on the belt strap (advertised at the time as aiding in removal of the holster from belt without...

I have an authentic George Lawrence holster purchased in 1955 along with the S&W K22 that it fits perfectly. A 24S indicates a 'plain' flap holster with a sight protector sewn in. Below the Lawrence logo is an 8 above a 6. Apparently, it is for a Group 8 revolver with a 6" barrel. Indeed...

I have a S&W HE Model 1903 5th change that has the right grip panel cracked. Since the grips are serial numbered to the revolver, I would like to salvage the original, correctly numbered grips. Is there an adhesive that will work on these hard rubber grips (gutta percha)? I think it is more...

Murphydog: I sent an email to the folks at Hogue grips asking for their grip model(s) that fit the S&W Hand Ejector (K frame?) revolvers. Reply was that Hogue does not have a grip that fits these old revolvers. Can anyone confirm this? (I'm becoming concerned that a lot of customer support...

I'm posting this query here to avoid bothering the collectors with mundane S&W problems. Do all the Hand Ejector Models with round butt frames use the same grip size/shape? I have a 1902/1905 HE (.38 Special) round butt that needs a set of grips. What is original and, then, what modern pattern...

New Departure: I recently acquired a Hand Ejector Model 1902 round butt #273xxx blued 5"? barrel in .38 Special. Original grips missing, 5 screw. It has been reblued (I can see some very small pits on the cylinder that polishing had not removed). Had a little light surface rust. I paid $150...

Dearest Hondo: Thanks for all your effort. It forced me to do research on S&W revolvers I would never have done if this 'little' glitch hadn't occurred when trying to renovate an old Hand Ejector. I have found the fix, but there are still unanswered questions. First, the fix. It seems I have a...

Hondo: What are you referring to '#1below'? My trigger has only TWO PINS plus the hole for pivoting the trigger itself. Most of the photos I've seen, including the reference photo to the Model 686-3 trigger in FAQs, have three pins. Does that make my trigger an 'early' style? If so, then the...

OK Hondo, your install procedure will be easy to follow. However, what happens with the shorter front leg of the torsion spring? Inside the trigger there is the trigger lever that pushes on the rebound slide. Does that short leg just lay on top of that? On the barrel relining: the barrel...

I have a Hand Ejector, .38 Spl, 4th change, produced in early 1920s, with a missing hand torsion spring (don't ask me how long it took to discover there was such a thing!). Will a Model 10 torsion spring work in my HE? That's the only similar model listed in the Brownell's catalog. Are there...

I am using Jim Supica & Richard Nahas "Standard Catalaog of Smith & Wesson", 3d ed., 2006, as my first reference to ID S&W handguns. It doesn't always resolve problems with early 20th century details, and there are a lot of details to resolve in these revolvers. Thanks, everyone.

For wiregrassguy Yes, Sticky does require more info to do a model search, but many of them disappear at a fork in the road. He states a decision point and if your revolver says go left, many other ID issues are moot. Anyway, the issue of the butt...mine has a round butt so I guess it came with...

Let's see if the instructions given by Sticky for the identification of a S&W revolver work. I have a suspected S&W Hand Ejector: here is the data caliber: .38 Special cylinder: swing out to left crane: no model number, just assy number (says Sticky) barrel length: 5" S/N: 273410 After someone...