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Roy Jinks has retired from writing letters. I could see a Jinks letter being worth more than a letter from someone else. I have been a member of SWCA and ordering letters for about four years. Only have one Jinks letter which I treasure.

Are you sure it is a Model 34? Model numbers did not start until around 1958. If it is a Model 1953 which became the Model 34 it should have a 2-inch or 4-inch barrel. If it really has a 3 1/2-inch barrel it is probably a Model 1955 .22/32 Airweight Kit Gun. They started at 5000 serial number. I...

Just had a thought. You really can't just send the gun up north. An individual cannot ship a gun these days. You will probably go to a dealer and pay a transfer fee so he can receive the gun from you and ship it to a dealer up north. Probably $35 or so for the transfer and another $30 or so for...

Pictures would help. Crane number does not matter, what we call an assembly number. With the low serial number I am thinking 1917. Someone may be along with better knowledge.

Nice gun. Think the description is correct. You could add that it is a 4th Change. They started at serial number 241704 in 1915. So .38 M&P Model of 1905, 4th Change. Here is my .38 M&P Model of 1905, 3rd Change #210874 from May 1913.

I have one for a Model 19 and one for a Model 29. Both dated January 1, 1960. Have not seen any with an earlier date. Maybe Doc44 will weigh in.

The early K-22s came with the gold bead sight, but the gold bead could be special ordered after the change to the stainless steel bead. My gun, 661640 shipped April 6, 1937 to Cullum & Boren in Dallas with stainless steel bead. In that time period the invoices were two to a page. So I got the...

Larry, Mr. Lester's opinion is very informed. Until recently he was in charge of the Pre-War .357 Magnum Database on the SWCA site. Another indication of your shipping date is the small logo on the left side. On July 21, 1936 a directive was issued for a bigger logo on the right side. Roy Jinks...

Very nice, congratulations. You should get a letter and then request any documents that are available. On the Registered Magnums there are usually documents to be had. There is an extra fee for this. You will be quoted a price for what they find. No charge if nothing is found. For my gun there...

Mine is from 1913. By then they were using Gold Medallion stocks.

These are N Frame, but K Frame should be the same. 1907-1911. Think you are looking for concave. The grips you show are convex and from a later period.

Think you are right. Bet those suckers were fast.

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Have I told y'all about the three legged chickens? There was a traveling salesman over in Arkansas the other day. He was on some back roads between Hot Springs and Little Rock. Was doing about 35 mph and looked out his window. There were some chickens running along side in the ditch. He bumped...

There have been some Cokes that were cut down to fit a K frame. The top experts here say they have never seen a legit pair of K frame Cokes.

Randy, when will you know if your bid is successful? Even better that the picture is of a famous FBI gunfighter

I only have three pre-war N frames. A 1st Model from 1916, a 2nd Model from 1926 and a .357 Magnum from 1935. None of mine have letters on the cylinders.

Gary was right. Not an original 2-inch gun. All that is known about the gun is that it had a case hardened trigger. Guess it is known that it was not a 2-inch because there were no 2-inch guns on the order. Have heard that invoices before WWII were not very specific. Writing a letter might...

One second does not sound very fast. World record is .208 including reaction time. McGivern fired five shots accurately in 4/10s of a second. Guess that did not include a draw or reaction time. On this deal sounds like the timer started when the G Man started his draw. So with reaction time...

I like your gun. The rear sight blade originally had the white outline. If yours does not, that could be changed by just changing the blade. Pretty sure you could find a white outline blade. Probably could find a red ramp front sight also. If you wanted the gun completely original could find...