A couple of weeks ago I won an auction on Gunbroker for a nickel Ladysmith. I'm pretty sure I beat out forum member Murphydog in the bidding – sorry dude. Well, not really sorry, not at all. 
From the pictures in the auction it looked a bit rough, but when I picked it up from my dealer I was pleasantly surprised. Overall it was in very nice shape, with original finish and clean chambers and barrel interior. The rust on the barrel needs to be taken care of but other than that it's good. I thought I'd group it with my other 3rd Model Ladysmiths, and another GB acquisition I got about a year ago – a Rossi Princess, made in Brazil.
In the first picture, from right to left are:
My first Ladysmith, an overbuffed and renickeled specimen I picked up via Gunbroker in 2009. But it's fully functional and intact, with real (non-S&W) mother of pearl grips. I posted about it when I first got it, shortly after I joined the forum.
The second I acquired from forum member Coug45 in 2010.Original blue finish with only a few scratches, and really nice checkered wood grips. Aside from a set of scratches on the left side from the ejector star, it is in fabulous shape. It looks worse in the pictures than in real life.
The third is the aforementioned nickel model, also with checkered wood grips.
Fourth is the Rossi Princess, a slightly less refined (but still cute!) lady from the southern hemisphere. Grips are ill-fitting plastic with checkering, but it came with a nice little fitted case.
Here's the new nickel gun:
Check out the serial number - 26000! According to the SCSW the highest serial number for a Ladysmith is 26154. Numbers match on the cylinder and barrel, and I think I can just barely make out the same number on the underside of the ejector.
Here's the blue beauty from Coug45. Only a few fine scratches on this side, and the S&W logo. Note that the nickel gun did not have a logo on either side, nor did my older renickeled Ladysmith. Some got 'em, some don't.
The ejector scraping against the side must've been like nails on a chalkboard.
Here's the South American version, with its nifty little case.
Not sure why some Rossis have those ugly grooves in the flutes. For greater purchase in case you have to turn the cylinder by hand?
From a company in Washington D.C.! Obviously imported before the Gun Control Debacle of 1968.
Chambered for the mighty .22 Long Rifle, as opposed to the .22 Long of the Smiths. I think I'll stick with CB caps and such, thank you.
No serial on the cylinder or barrel, just the butt.
By themselves, it's difficult to appreciate how petite the ladies are. Check a couple of my other threads for a sense of scale:
http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-hand-ejectors-1896-1961/226247-amazing-colossal-ladysmith.html
http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-ha...44-incredible-shrinking-1917-also-nickel.html
From the pictures in the auction it looked a bit rough, but when I picked it up from my dealer I was pleasantly surprised. Overall it was in very nice shape, with original finish and clean chambers and barrel interior. The rust on the barrel needs to be taken care of but other than that it's good. I thought I'd group it with my other 3rd Model Ladysmiths, and another GB acquisition I got about a year ago – a Rossi Princess, made in Brazil.
In the first picture, from right to left are:
My first Ladysmith, an overbuffed and renickeled specimen I picked up via Gunbroker in 2009. But it's fully functional and intact, with real (non-S&W) mother of pearl grips. I posted about it when I first got it, shortly after I joined the forum.
The second I acquired from forum member Coug45 in 2010.Original blue finish with only a few scratches, and really nice checkered wood grips. Aside from a set of scratches on the left side from the ejector star, it is in fabulous shape. It looks worse in the pictures than in real life.
The third is the aforementioned nickel model, also with checkered wood grips.
Fourth is the Rossi Princess, a slightly less refined (but still cute!) lady from the southern hemisphere. Grips are ill-fitting plastic with checkering, but it came with a nice little fitted case.
Here's the new nickel gun:
Check out the serial number - 26000! According to the SCSW the highest serial number for a Ladysmith is 26154. Numbers match on the cylinder and barrel, and I think I can just barely make out the same number on the underside of the ejector.
Here's the blue beauty from Coug45. Only a few fine scratches on this side, and the S&W logo. Note that the nickel gun did not have a logo on either side, nor did my older renickeled Ladysmith. Some got 'em, some don't.
The ejector scraping against the side must've been like nails on a chalkboard.
Here's the South American version, with its nifty little case.
Not sure why some Rossis have those ugly grooves in the flutes. For greater purchase in case you have to turn the cylinder by hand?
From a company in Washington D.C.! Obviously imported before the Gun Control Debacle of 1968.
Chambered for the mighty .22 Long Rifle, as opposed to the .22 Long of the Smiths. I think I'll stick with CB caps and such, thank you.
No serial on the cylinder or barrel, just the butt.
By themselves, it's difficult to appreciate how petite the ladies are. Check a couple of my other threads for a sense of scale:
http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-hand-ejectors-1896-1961/226247-amazing-colossal-ladysmith.html
http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-ha...44-incredible-shrinking-1917-also-nickel.html
