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I just got this 44 DA First Model in 44 Russian. It is silver plated and engraved in a style which I would not call the "New York School". The scrolls are more like vines, and lack the roundness of typical Nimschke work, imo. The engraving is done against a background of fine hash marks, not...

Here is what I believe must have been a custom order New Model No 3 with an added finger spur and adjustable rear sights. The front sight is the common half-moon type but the rear is an adjustable leaf type. The finger spur is screwed on and done so very professionally. I would think it was done...

There is no better feeling as a collector when you realize that your new purchase turns out to be way more than you had expected. This New Model No. 3 was, according to the vendor, engraved and customized "after-market" in England. Still a beautiful piece, but after-market custom work is never...

This is apparently Walter Roper's 44 DA First Model, with an 8-inch barrel. Roy Jinks has had a look at it and conjectured that it was rebarelled when it was restored at the factory in 1930. This is based on his research of the original factory shipping ledgers which puts this gun into 1886, and...

I recently acquired a very nice antique S&W 38-44 Target revolver. I did a lot of research into making usable ammo for it and figured a specially loaded .38 Special cartridge with the bullet seated deep enough to clear the front of the cylinder ought to do just fine. So, I bought myself a little...

Here's one for you fix-it experts: I have this very nice, antique Ludwig Loewe copy of a S&W 3rd Model Russian which was ruined by a previous owner. Someone tried to bore out the cylinder to turn the .44 Russian into some other .44 calibre (cylinder is too short for .44-40) and in the process...

I am looking for parts for a S&W 44 DA First Model (New Model Navy). In particular I need a rear sear, trigger return spring and a hammer. I WOULD CONSIDER BUYING A WHOLE "SCRAP IRON CONDITION" PIECE, TOO. You can contact me through the forum. Thanks!

I recently picked up this fine specimen. It's one of the famous Tula Arsenal copies of the S&W 3rd Model Russian revolvers, dated 1889. The S&W Russian contract finished in 1878, so I guess S&W didn't really care too much if the Russians made their own version. Besides that, they were busy with...

Here is a simple question: would a .44 Russian cartridge fit into a cylinder chambered for .44-40? Does the .44-40 cylinder have the "ridge" around the inside of the cylinder like the .44 Russian does? I was under the impression that the .44-40 was narrower than the .44 Russian and the latter...

I have this awesome S&W Model 3 target in .38-44 and I'm wondering if you could fire a .38 Special cartridge with it. The .38 Special fits perfectly and from the research I did the bullet diameter is almost identical to a .38-44. I know the target cartridge was meant to be a "gallery load" but...

Up here in Canada we have some screwy gun laws - as I'm sure you have heard... Anyway, I have this near-mint .44 Double Action First Model or Third or whatever you want to call it - Dan Wesson's "New Model Navy No. 3" with a serial number over 50,000. Now we all know that Roy Jinks established...

Hello, all. I live in BC, Canada and I have been a fan of S&W for over 40 years. I bought my first one when I was still in high school - a Model 65, 357 mag with a 4 inch bull barrel. I loved that thing! The next one was a Model 19 in 357 mag with target sights which I used for club target...