Date and History of 38 S & W CTG Revolver

[SoonerBorn]

I ran across this model at a local pawn broker today. It's marked .38 S&W but doesn't have a V or SV designation before serial number 817483. Would that indicate this is a post-WWII model? All the numbers match. I'm sure someone can decipher what all the markings near the cylinder indicate.

 

[DWalt]

Made for the Brits, late 1941: See: http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-ha...87974-pre-victory-victory-model-timeline.html

 

[murphydog]

I ran across this model at a local pawn broker today. It's marked .38 S&W but doesn't have a V or SV designation before serial number 817483. Would that indicate this is a post-WWII model? All the numbers match. I'm sure someone can decipher what all the markings near the cylinder indicate.

An ex-Australian .38/200, that underwent a Factory Thorough Repair in 1954 at Munitions Australia, one of the government arsenals. Usually seen in good mechanical condition and (relatively) freshly Parkerized.

 

[B0B]

Manufacture date for my revolver

I have a revolver passed down from my grandfather who used it as a duty weapon on the local police department. As far as I can tell, it is a Smith and Wesson .38 caliber and is marked as a CTG on the barrel. The serial number on the butt is C356XX. A friend told me that he thought it was a M&P revolver. I have attempted to find information on it and seem to have found that it was manufactured from 1948-1952 and is a C series K frame fixed sight model. Can anyone please help me? Thanks for any help.