For reasons not entirely clear to me right now, I volunteered to help the widow lady of a recently departed friend evaluate and likely move
her husbands firearms. They are few and no high dollar or exceptional ones (that I'm aware of), most need TLC that they have not had.
He was not a collector, or even much of a gun guy, honestly.
The one I'd like to address here is a Smith 5 shot, top break, that appears to be approximately.38 caliber, but I'm not certain of that.
A modern .38 Spl round is too long for the cylinder by a bit, and wobbles slightly in the cylinder bore, not snug like in my 1967 36 no dash.
I'm not at home, and won't be for a couple months yet, so I have no way to measure anything, with other than tape measure accuracy.
Basic dimensions are 7 5/8" OAL, 4" hgt, with a 3 1/4" barrel, and a cylinder length of approximately 1 3/16".
The gun is flattopped across the length of the frame, the barrel is also flattopped, with a rail shaped top. It seems to be DAO, but due to serious lack of attention, that could be a fail to function properly issue. In any case it will not cock manually. It is a square butt, small handled, has Bakelite grips with the diamonds, and the S&W logo moulded in at the top. The front sight is a thin, half round blade, pinned to the barrel, the rear sight is a tiny, tight V, and part of the break mechanism.
The rear of the trigger guard comes straight down, is not really rounded like newer revolvers, but is very slightly arched. Front of the trigger guard is normal S&W. The trigger is also different than anything I'm familiar with. It has a spur to the rear side that forms a rounded notch, seemingly to perform a function when pulled, that I haven't yet figured out.
There is a small, single screw sideplate on the left side, next to the hammer.
On top of the barrel is stamped 4 different Patent dates, from, as I recall, January 1865, through July 1880. Finish is......... well, WAS shiny chrome.
Right now I have no ability to provide any pictures, but if I can get a grandkid to show me how, possibly I can edit some in.
Hopefully some of you will know exactly what I'm talking about, because I sure don't.
Thank you gentlemen, and regards to all,
Bob
her husbands firearms. They are few and no high dollar or exceptional ones (that I'm aware of), most need TLC that they have not had.
He was not a collector, or even much of a gun guy, honestly.
The one I'd like to address here is a Smith 5 shot, top break, that appears to be approximately.38 caliber, but I'm not certain of that.
A modern .38 Spl round is too long for the cylinder by a bit, and wobbles slightly in the cylinder bore, not snug like in my 1967 36 no dash.
I'm not at home, and won't be for a couple months yet, so I have no way to measure anything, with other than tape measure accuracy.
Basic dimensions are 7 5/8" OAL, 4" hgt, with a 3 1/4" barrel, and a cylinder length of approximately 1 3/16".
The gun is flattopped across the length of the frame, the barrel is also flattopped, with a rail shaped top. It seems to be DAO, but due to serious lack of attention, that could be a fail to function properly issue. In any case it will not cock manually. It is a square butt, small handled, has Bakelite grips with the diamonds, and the S&W logo moulded in at the top. The front sight is a thin, half round blade, pinned to the barrel, the rear sight is a tiny, tight V, and part of the break mechanism.
The rear of the trigger guard comes straight down, is not really rounded like newer revolvers, but is very slightly arched. Front of the trigger guard is normal S&W. The trigger is also different than anything I'm familiar with. It has a spur to the rear side that forms a rounded notch, seemingly to perform a function when pulled, that I haven't yet figured out.
There is a small, single screw sideplate on the left side, next to the hammer.
On top of the barrel is stamped 4 different Patent dates, from, as I recall, January 1865, through July 1880. Finish is......... well, WAS shiny chrome.
Right now I have no ability to provide any pictures, but if I can get a grandkid to show me how, possibly I can edit some in.
Hopefully some of you will know exactly what I'm talking about, because I sure don't.
Thank you gentlemen, and regards to all,
Bob
