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Welcome to the forums from the Wiregrass! It seems you have quite the Frankengun, there. You have a .38 M&P Model 1902 frame made around 1904 with a WWII British Service Revolver cylinder. The target sights are probably not factory. We really need to see the entire gun to tell if there is more...

A K-22 Combat Masterpiece from 1951. The grips are "sharp-shouldered magnas." The stamps are fitter and inspector marks and an assembly number.

The football cutout targets in your second picture are what was on a K-32 Masterpiece Model 16 that shipped in 1959 that I once owned.

Looks like a Model 1917 from the DA 45 stamp but the lower front of the frame has a "Made in USA" stamp that didn't come along until 1922. It is possible the barrel and cylinder were replaced on a later 2nd Model N frame. I don't see a Brazilian crest on the sideplate. I wonder if the top of the...

Thanks, Scott! Yep. My wife got tired of me wearing it around the house and chanting "I AM the man!" :cool:

One of the "goodies" that members get when they attend the annual S&WCA Business Meeting and Symposium is a challenge coin. A challenge coin is a medallion, typically customized with an organization's insignia, presented to recognize achievements, affiliation, or membership. Each year, a unique...

It's a 6 digit serial. Last number could be a 6 or 9. It likely shipped in late 1930 or early 1931. The grips could be WWII Victories or 1920's service grips that have had the checkering sanded off. Original grips would have been walnut checkered diamond with round top and a silver medallion.

And you are sure it is an S&W gun, not a Spanish or Kyber Pass copy? If the serial was actually 629366, that would put it in the 1930's and would be more compatible with your time frame.

Verify that serial number is from the bottom of the butt frame. It sounds suspiciously like an assembly number with inspector stamp taken from the yoke cut. Some pictures would help us help you.

I'm not an expert or historian. Roy Jinks has said that S&W would do pretty much what someone would pay them to do. Apparently, the original owner of a .38/44 Outdoorsman wanted a .44 Target and was willing to pay for the conversion. I doubt S&W had a "standard practice" of converting .38/44's...

Yes. Should be stamped on the back of the right grip panel.

Call and talk to Bob Cogan at https://apwcogan.com.

Agreed that S&W didn't stamp the gun serial on the bottom of the grips. However, early Bekearts had sequential serials stamped on the bottom up to 3000, IIRC. However, these grips are different from those in the Bekeart era. The checkering covers more of the panel area than S&W grips I'm used to...

This is the .32 HE cylinder assembly.

Jack is right. You have to replace the bolt, the thumbpiece and nut. You may be able to get them from gunpartscorp.com

The serial number falls in with other known guns that shipped in 1927/28. However, that might be a bit early for the barrel-shaped extractor rod knob and the silver medallion stocks. The stocks look odd to me. Is there a serial number on the back of the right grip panel that matches the gun...

Post a picture of the front of the extractor rod. The finish looks original to me. The face of the rod should be in the white.

Would you post some pictures that show the entire gun? From what I can see of the stocks, they are not period correct. They look like WWII-era stocks. The holster is also not period correct. It looks like a replica to me.

You can make it prettier but you cannot restore collector value. I have refinished several guns and have lost money on each one that I later sold. I didn't do a refinish to make money. It just rankled me to see a scarce or rare gun in deplorable condition. Other folks are enjoying the ones I...

Welcome to the forums from the cotton and peanut covered plains of the Wiregrass! 1971.