Don't See Something Like This Every Day
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OK, it's just serial number 1 triple lock. What else ya got?
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I'll take it!!! PM to follow. 
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I have a few shots of the serial number 1 Triple Lock.
I had it in hand and did not snap a shot of the actual serial number 1 stamping....
bdGreen
I had it in hand and did not snap a shot of the actual serial number 1 stamping....
bdGreen
I was there
That was an amazing piece of history to see and hold. It was in my dads display, and I held it up for several people so they could take pictures of the number 1. Sheryl Cheely graciously loaned it to us from her collection so it could be seen and appreciated by all.
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Jerry Fisher
That was an amazing piece of history to see and hold. It was in my dads display, and I held it up for several people so they could take pictures of the number 1. Sheryl Cheely graciously loaned it to us from her collection so it could be seen and appreciated by all.
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Jerry Fisher
This is amazing and what I have to say is by no means meant to belittle "serial number 1" but rather to invite further discourse.
Could it be that three Triple Lock revolvers with serial number 1 exist, or at least existed at one time?
Let me explain further.
Serial number 1, with a 6 1/2" barrel in .44 Special, having shipped circa 1907, most likely with a blued finish.
Serial number 1, identical to that described above, in .455 Webley, produced for the British government circa 1914.
Serial number 1, this gun, produced possibly nowhere as early as 1907, but maybe so, marked as serial number 1 as it was the first cutaway produced.
Interesting that it has a 4" barrel because my observations, completely unofficial, is that true early production consists of solely 6 1/2" barreled guns, blued finish.
Which leads to the creation of another thread...
Could it be that three Triple Lock revolvers with serial number 1 exist, or at least existed at one time?
Let me explain further.
Serial number 1, with a 6 1/2" barrel in .44 Special, having shipped circa 1907, most likely with a blued finish.
Serial number 1, identical to that described above, in .455 Webley, produced for the British government circa 1914.
Serial number 1, this gun, produced possibly nowhere as early as 1907, but maybe so, marked as serial number 1 as it was the first cutaway produced.
Interesting that it has a 4" barrel because my observations, completely unofficial, is that true early production consists of solely 6 1/2" barreled guns, blued finish.
Which leads to the creation of another thread...
gunnails
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Not even a turn line.
Now that's something I've never seen mentioned on the Smith & Wesson forum. Now, I thought that insanity/nonsense was reserved for the Colt forum, LOL!
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When your father was showing it to me I turned it over to see the serial number. Yep, #1. It was stamped very tiny and I made the quip that it just looked like a scratch in the 'stainless'.
Ha. Glad it was there to see.
bdGreen
Hey, it's shootible!
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My word. We talk about rare, important and high condition S&W's all the time on this site. I have a 1 of 154 657's, a near perfect 455 HE & others - they pale in comparison. How many Wesson family ordered gewgaw's, examples, exhibition pieces, illustrator models, etc. pass through here? I am impressed in the extreme that someone can display this piece for us all to see. I didn't make the show, but thank you to the exhibitor for allowing others to display it here. This is why I belong to this site.
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Denver next weekend
One of the guns we added for the show in Denver next weekend will be a special order one of a kind, built for D.B. Wesson, serial #0172 Triple Lock in .38/40 that shipped in 1912.
Any one in the area is invited to stop and see the display from this years NRA in Dallas. I'm sorry to say that Triple Lock #1 and #09 will not be in attendance in Denver.
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OK, it's just serial number 1 triple lock. What else ya got?
bdGreen
One of the guns we added for the show in Denver next weekend will be a special order one of a kind, built for D.B. Wesson, serial #0172 Triple Lock in .38/40 that shipped in 1912.
Any one in the area is invited to stop and see the display from this years NRA in Dallas. I'm sorry to say that Triple Lock #1 and #09 will not be in attendance in Denver.
SWCA #1834
Now why would anyone do that to a revolver
Just kidding a neat S&W for sure thanks for sharing it !
Just kidding a neat S&W for sure thanks for sharing it !
CptCurl
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I'm not so sure. Not all the parts are present. I see no ejector rod.
That's a wonderful and historic piece. Thanks for sharing it.
Curl
You're right. The only thing holding the cyl closed must be the "cyl hold open detent" (hold closed in this case).
bmg60
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Triple lock serial number 1
Hi
This triple lock was the first one made in 1908 after the prototypes.
The prototypes were numbered in the club gun series and all serial numbers were started with a 0xx.
Serial number 1 was ordered by Joe Wesson who was the president of the company.
This revolver was made into a cut away to be used by Mr.Wesson
to show the lock works of the new Triple lock . This revolver remained in the Wesson
family collection until 1978.
Jim Fisher LM 1491
Hi
This triple lock was the first one made in 1908 after the prototypes.
The prototypes were numbered in the club gun series and all serial numbers were started with a 0xx.
Serial number 1 was ordered by Joe Wesson who was the president of the company.
This revolver was made into a cut away to be used by Mr.Wesson
to show the lock works of the new Triple lock . This revolver remained in the Wesson
family collection until 1978.
Jim Fisher LM 1491
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