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S&W Hand Ejectors: 1896 to 1961 All 5-Screw & Vintage 4-Screw SWING-OUT Cylinder REVOLVERS, and the 35 Autos and 32 Autos


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Old 05-15-2011, 08:17 PM
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Hello guys,I have a 38-44, 6 1/2" barrell, and I am having trouble dating it. It has serial number of 456xx.It has an excellent pair of the service grips numbered to the gun.The SCSW says that the service grips started to disappear in 1936.Can you pin it down closer.
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Old 05-15-2011, 08:21 PM
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sounds like an pre-war outdoorsmen. did you get the
serial number off the butt? pictures would help
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Hi,I have a 38/44 that shipped dec 3 1935 with service grips.serial number 46848 Mike
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S&W keeper, is your gun fixed sight or adjustable?
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Old 05-15-2011, 08:36 PM
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S&W keeper, is your gun fixed sight or adjustable?
Mine is the Outdoorsman.I think that is somewhere between '31 and '36.
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I think late 1935 - early 1936 .

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