Non-Registered Magnum.

blackdeuce · Saturday at 11:22 AM

My son and I got up early to go to the local gun show. Absolutely not expecting to find a deal.
I spied a gun labeled as pre 27. After negotiating a price, I figured I'd buy it.
My son looked at it and said "dude, buy it!". I gave the guy cash and we were on our way.
From what we can tell, it's an non-registered magnum from 1941 to 1942. I need to the letter it.

mojave30cal · Saturday at 11:27 AM

Wow, nice snag! Gun shows today usually don't have much to offer. Let us know what the letter says.

blackdeuce · Saturday at 11:50 AM

mojave30cal said:
Wow, nice snag! Gun shows today usually don't have much to offer. Let us know what the letter says.

Thank you.

All numbers match. Frame, cylinder, barrel, and grips.

lestert357 · Saturday at 12:04 PM

Yes, that is a beautiful Non-Registered Magnum with a Hump Back Hammer, 6-1/2” barrel, McGivern Bead front sight, and probably a U-notch rear sight. If you paid a typical Pre-27 price then you made a great buy! It probably shipped in about February 1940. Congratulations!! I will add it to the S&WCA Database…..serial number is 60809, correct?

If you obtain a letter of authenticity for this NRM from the Historical Foundation please post a copy of it in this thread.

blackdeuce · Saturday at 12:40 PM

lestert357 said:
Yes, that is a beautiful Non-Registered Magnum with a Hump Back Hammer, 6-1/2” barrel, McGivern Bead front sight, and probably a U-notch rear sight. If you paid a typical Pre-27 price then you made a great buy! It probably shipped in about February 1940. Congratulations!! I will add it to the S&WCA Database…..serial number is 60809, correct?

If you obtain a letter of authenticity for this NRM from the Historical Foundation please post a copy of it in this thread.

Yes, 60809.

When I get a letter, I will post it.

Thank you for the information.

sceva · Saturday at 1:11 PM

Nice number; you don't need to make sure you're orienting it correctly.

Nice revolver too

blackdeuce · Saturday at 5:08 PM

sceva said:
Nice number; you don't need to make sure you're orienting it correctly.

Nice revolver too

Good catch! That is cool.

YouveHadYour6 · Saturday at 6:05 PM

Beautiful find, you guys did well!

glshuck · Saturday at 7:09 PM

YouveHadYour6 said:
Beautiful find, you guys did well!

I thought I did good snagging some grips and a 16ga ithaca 37, but it would have been hard to top @blackdeuce today. I came home with hours on hours of grips to refinish, and he came home with an unregistered mag. An unforgettable father's day.

Frailer · Saturday at 7:24 PM

That is a very good day at the gun show indeed. Congratulations!

moosedog · Saturday at 8:04 PM

This goes down as "Deal of the year" Congratulations.

blackdeuce · Saturday at 8:16 PM

moosedog said:
This goes down as "Deal of the year" Congratulations.

I honestly didn't know what it was. I planned to buy it because I liked it and the price was decent for a nice pre 27. I needed a 6 1/2" model 27 to have one of each barrel length.

My son figured out that it wasn't a pre 27, but it took some research to figure out exactly what it was. Pretty exciting when we figured it out.

ladder13 · Saturday at 8:26 PM

smart son.

Tijeras_Slim · Saturday at 10:04 PM

Love it when a classic Smith finds a good home.

steelslaver · 2025-06-15T05:24:39-0400

Ditto, and especially when its new home is a member here.

oldcorps76 · 2025-06-15T10:14:42-0400

Back about 1998, was in a Co Springs gun show. Was fairly new to the taxonomy and genealogy of Smith and Wesson...but I sure recognized something special in the pristine pre-27 3.5' Smith sitting on a table near the door. It was labelled "Model 19." I asked "do you think that's a model19?" Owner said "yep, $250." Who am I to argue? I wrote him a check. Later sold it to a friend for $850 and now wish I hadn't.

blackdeuce · 2025-06-15T10:43:36-0400

oldcorps76 said:
Back about 1998, was in a Co Springs gun show. Was fairly new to the taxonomy and genealogy of Smith and Wesson...but I sure recognized something special in the pristine pre-27 3.5' Smith sitting on a table near the door. It was labelled "Model 19." I asked "do you think that's a model19?" Owner said "yep, $250." Who am I to argue? I wrote him a check. Later sold it to a friend for $850 and now wish I hadn't.

I don't feel too bad because I honestly thought I was negotiating the price of a pre 27. I was questioning the grips because they didn't look right for a pre 27.

My son figured out that it was probably something much less common. I had no idea what. Lol.

diecidecimi · 2025-06-15T11:02:23-0400

Congrats! Nice shot! I would like to highlight two gems: the Mcgivern gold bead frontsight and the serrated humpback hammer!

DARE · 2025-06-15T11:08:01-0400

You done good. I paid $750 for these grips a few years ago.

Gun Relics · 2025-06-15T13:10:21-0400

blackdeuce said:
My son and I got up early to go to the local gun show. Absolutely not expecting to find a deal.
I spied a gun labeled as pre 27. After negotiating a price, I figured I'd buy it.
My son looked at it and said "dude, buy it!". I gave the guy cash and we were on our way.
From what we can tell, it's an non-registered magnum from 1941 to 1942. I need to the letter it.

Perfect!

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