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I expect that all that is to be learned from an S&W "letter" on a U.S. marked gun would be how many units shipped when to the military. I have recently messaged the National Archives History Hub, asking if it is possible to learn the actual unit that the gun was issued to. Wondering if anyone...

Lots of drama since I first posted this thread. My Taylors/Uberti cam became sacrificial, as I drilled it to accept the original bushing & filed a new notch at the 6:00 position with the 'ear" pointed up. Reading that the extractor rods are not interchangeable between first & 2nd models & having...

I have received letters on 4 of my model #3s which were a joy to receive, as I experienced some surprises. As to my latest, a 1st model Schofield, being "U.S." marked, unless someone here corrects me, I don't see a point in it. Since acquiring it, I have seen 2 for sale listings where an S&W...

I put this in "antiques" perhaps a mistake. Hammer, trigger, hand, cylinder stop & cylinder all operate as they should. Amazingly, the bore & chambers are all free of pits. 6 rounds with primers only go "bang". Extraction? Bad news. I experience MAYBE one-half inch of lift with brass failing to...

Got home from gun show with my "find". First model Schofield in what some would call "relic" condition. The relationships between the hammer, hand, trigger & cylinder stop were excellent. Have some empty 45 S&W (Schofield) brass. Primed them. Got "bang" times 6. Amazed with beautiful bore &...

Please correct me if I've miss-identified this as a "Frontier" version of the New Model #3. It has 2 line address & patent info on the rib ,ending with "reissue july 25 1871". 1 & 9/16 inch long cylinder, serial # 131 on butt, cylinder, latch & barrel, short lug or extractor housing, chambered...

Hello. My S&W letter advises me that my S&W 44 double action frontier model was shipped on Feb. 1st, 1915 to Shelton Payne Arms of El Paso with the pearl grips that it's wearing & nickel finish (5% left, if that). Since it appears to have "kill marks" & was shipped to El Paso right in the middle...

I know that there are a multitude of models under the "K" frame hat but....having recently found a set of Magna style with the diamond pattern, I'm wondering what they are for because on every one of my "K" frames I put them on, there is viewable frame metal on the right , left & bottom. A dial...

I've been gifted with a large cigar box full of like new loose but mixed head stamp 32-20 ammo. I've also been warned about using rifle ammo in a revolver. I have an as new S&W hand ejector and a Uberti single action both are 32-20. None of this ammo is jacketed or hollow point. I have sorted &...

Hello out there! Yesterday's gun show find. I guess it's I frame .22 Kit gun. Serial # on bottom of grip, back of cylinder & underside of barrel is 19,8XX. Assembly? # on yolk & inside of frame, 73,6XX. Four screw side plate, coil spring, flat latch 4" barrel, blue finish. Perhaps I'm reading...