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Model 36 identify
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Mid- to late 1960s, I would suspect. But Bob (Two-Bit Cowboy) is the man to tell you with some level of precision. I'm sure he will be along soon.
Welcome aboard from ol' Wyo.
I don't list many in the database close to your serial number.
S&W likely shipped it in summer-fall 1967, about the best I can do.
Please give us more details: barrel length, finish, do the stocks
have diamonds around the screw and nut escutcheons?
We like photos, too.
I don't list many in the database close to your serial number.
S&W likely shipped it in summer-fall 1967, about the best I can do.
Please give us more details: barrel length, finish, do the stocks
have diamonds around the screw and nut escutcheons?
We like photos, too.
probably mid 1967- welcome to the Forum
Welcome to the Forum from Virginia. This is the best place to find out anything Smith & Wesson related.
My Model 36 no dash pictured below shipped in January 1967. How do I know for fact? If you are a Member of the Smith & Wesson Collectors Association you are able to ask Roy Jinks (S&W Historian) and he tells you the Month and Year from original company records and archives.
You can also request a Letter of Authentication from the Smith & Wesson Historical Foundation that will tell you the exact configuration of your gun along with exactly when and where it was shipped to originally.
So...........again welcome and please post some pictures of your gun. We love pics and are always happy to see another treasure from days gone by surface.
Welcome to the Forum from Virginia. This is the best place to find out anything Smith & Wesson related.
My Model 36 no dash pictured below shipped in January 1967. How do I know for fact? If you are a Member of the Smith & Wesson Collectors Association you are able to ask Roy Jinks (S&W Historian) and he tells you the Month and Year from original company records and archives.
You can also request a Letter of Authentication from the Smith & Wesson Historical Foundation that will tell you the exact configuration of your gun along with exactly when and where it was shipped to originally.
So...........again welcome and please post some pictures of your gun. We love pics and are always happy to see another treasure from days gone by surface.
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Birdgun
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Odell2024, yes please post pics of your revolver. We do like seeing pics.
S&W Model 36 "Chief's Special" in .38 Special
God bless,
Birdgun
S&W Model 36 "Chief's Special" in .38 Special
God bless,
Birdgun
Engine49guy
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First Welcome to the forum !
There's alot of knowledgeable folks here that enjoy helping others by sharing their knowledge, we all got started with one and by asking questions,
S&W's are fun to compare because they have been in business a long time and the only consistent thing is change.
For instance I look at your revolver and immediately see it doesn't have a letter in the serial but doesn't have a flat latch or diamind in the grips so know its after 1967, the large checkering area hints late 1960's , so If I saw it on a table at a gunshow I'd be thinking 1967-1969 ish even if I didn't know the serial number.
If you compare the checkering pattern on your gun to the ones just above on Birdgun's Mod 36 you will see they are the same.
Now compare the smaller checkering area on Cman's Mod 36, his has the smaller checkering area of the ones shipped in the 70's, since we know his shipped in 67 I would assume the grips were swapped.
That's just one small change, if you were to compare Model 36's from every year back to its introduction in around 1951 you'd see alot of changes every few years besides other variations like longer barrels, heavy barrels, front sight styles, grip shape, grip style, finish style, hammer style, number of screws etc etc.
It's all these variations that makes them so much fun to collect and compare but be warned, if you are bitten by the SW bug it's a deep rabbit hole that can become quite costly.
Warm regards from 83F south Florida.
There's alot of knowledgeable folks here that enjoy helping others by sharing their knowledge, we all got started with one and by asking questions,
S&W's are fun to compare because they have been in business a long time and the only consistent thing is change.
For instance I look at your revolver and immediately see it doesn't have a letter in the serial but doesn't have a flat latch or diamind in the grips so know its after 1967, the large checkering area hints late 1960's , so If I saw it on a table at a gunshow I'd be thinking 1967-1969 ish even if I didn't know the serial number.
If you compare the checkering pattern on your gun to the ones just above on Birdgun's Mod 36 you will see they are the same.
Now compare the smaller checkering area on Cman's Mod 36, his has the smaller checkering area of the ones shipped in the 70's, since we know his shipped in 67 I would assume the grips were swapped.
That's just one small change, if you were to compare Model 36's from every year back to its introduction in around 1951 you'd see alot of changes every few years besides other variations like longer barrels, heavy barrels, front sight styles, grip shape, grip style, finish style, hammer style, number of screws etc etc.
It's all these variations that makes them so much fun to collect and compare but be warned, if you are bitten by the SW bug it's a deep rabbit hole that can become quite costly.
Warm regards from 83F south Florida.
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