Antique 38sp pistol

adonisdedric · Nov 12, 2011

Looking for some info ... My grandfather has a old revolver and I would like to know how old is. Smith & wesson 38 special snubnose. 5pc ctg on the barrel. C 166428 on the bottom. Very cool gun .. Would love some history on it.

DCWilson · Nov 12, 2011

Welcome to the forum. That gun is a .38 Military & Police, later called the Model 10. With that serial number, your grandfather's gun was probably shipped about 1952, give or take a year.

S&W revolvers were not assigned model numbers until 1957.

The M&P revolvers came in a variety of barrel lengths. The two-inch guns were very popular in the decade after WWII.

The barrel rollmark is actually "38 SPC CTG" for .38 Special Cartridge.

adonisdedric · Nov 12, 2011

David, great info ... We lost our grandfather a few years ago. He was WWII vet. I just shared your info with my family and they thought it was awesome! Thank you so much. He also has another old s&w revolver ..both are in good to great shape. I will post some info and pics of both pistols for ya. Thanks again david.

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